It Takes Two (edited version)

~ Recording by Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z Rock

Annotation

This is an edited version with "fuck the big mac" bleeped

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockIt Takes Two
  • 1988-08-02 US
1.1It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockIt Takes Two
1.1It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockIt Takes Two
1.1It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockIt Takes Two
1.1It Takes Two4:58Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockIt Takes Two
1.1It Takes Two5:02Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockMr. Magic’s Rap Attack, Volume 4
2.2It Takes Two4:58Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockRappin' Up the House
1.2It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockYo! MTV Raps: The CD
  • 1989-05-25 US
1.2It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockYo! MTV Raps: The Album
  • 1989-06-09 US
1.12It Takes Two4:55Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockRap Attak
  • 1989 -
1.3It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & D.J. EZ RockRap Traxx
1.3It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & D.J. EZ RockRap Traxx
1.3It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & D.J. EZ RockRap Traxx
1.6It Takes Two?:??Rob Base & DJ E-Z RockTurn Up the Bass: Rap, Volume 4
  • 1992 -
1.10It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockOld School
1.4It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockRap Is Good
1.2It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockBest of Rap, Volume 1
1.6It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ Easy RockDance Hits: 40 Dance Hits: The Complete Dance Collection
1.5It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockThe Message: The History of Rap
1.13It Takes Two4:55Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockPower 106 10th Anniversary Compilation
2.14It Takes Two4:58Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockThe Party Zone
1.10It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockKurtis Blow Presents the History of Rap, Volume 3: The Golden Age
  • 1997-08-19 US
1.5It Takes Two4:55Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockHip Hop Don't Stop
2.11It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockMagic Hip Hop: The Real Classics
2.2It Takes Two4:55Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockHip House
  • 1998-06-25 GB
1.11It Takes Two4:53Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockOld Skool Hip Hop
  • 1998-08-17 GB
2.2It Takes Two4:55Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockHip House
1.6It Takes Two4:58Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockMillennium Hip Hop Party
  • 1999-05-04 US
1.12It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockBack in tha Day 2
  • 1999-09-21 US
1.1It Takes Two5:03Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockProfilin' the Hits
1.10It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockUltra Mix
1.2It Takes Two5:03Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockLove & Basketball
  • 2000-04-18 US
1.7It Takes Two4:58Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockHip‐Hop Party
  • 2000-07-25 US
1.8It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockNon Stop Hip Hop
  • 2001-06-19 US
2.8It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockHed Kandi: Back to Love 03.02
  • 2002-06-03 GB
1.3It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockRhythm + Grooves
2.2It Takes Two4:55Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockThe Funkin 80s
  • 2003-01-25 GB
1.3It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockYo! MTV Raps: A Journey Back In Rhyme
  • 2003-09-13 US
1.1It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockThe Best of the 80s (disc 2)
1.2It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockMassive Party Hits
  • 2005-07-26 US
1.4It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockTommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials, Volume 5 (1979-1991)
  • 2005-11-08 US
1.7It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockHip Hop Gold
  • 2006-04-25 US
1.7It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockHip Hop Gold
  • 2006-04-25 CA
2.18It Takes Two4:50Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockR&B Summertime
  • 2006-07-03 GB
1.7It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockMy Name Is Earl: The Album
  • 2006-09-19 US
3.13It Takes Two4:52Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockClubbing Anthems: 60 Massive Dance Hits
  • 2006-12-04 GB
2.11It Takes Two4:50Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockEssential R&B: The Very Best of R&B: Autumn 2006
3.10It Takes Two4:51Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockR&B Anthems
2.5It Takes Two4:54Rob Base & DJ EZ RockVintage Grooves - Old School Hip-Hop, Volume 1
1.2It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockMassive Party Hits
1.7It Takes Two4:59Rob Base and DJ E-Z RockOld School Hip Hop
1.5It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & DJ EZ RockPush It! Classic Party & Dance Tracks
1.3It Takes Two (dirty version)5:01Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockAnthems: Hip-Hop
  • 2011-02-21 GB
2.6It Takes Two (vocal version)5:01Rob Base & DJ EZ RockDance Classics, Volume 41 & 42
  • 2011-09-30 NL
2.3It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockGiant Single: The Profile Records Rap Anthology
  • 2012-02-06 GB
1.17It Takes Two4:58Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockSomething from Nothing: The Art of Rap
1.17It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockSomething From Nothing: The Art of Rap
1.4It Takes Two4:58Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockThe Grandmaster Flash Collection
  • 2014-08-18 GB
1.4It Takes Two?:??Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockThe Grandmaster Flash Collection
  • 2014 -
1.9It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ EZ RockBack & Forth
  • 2015-07-10 IE
  • 2015-07-10 GB
2.1It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockUltimate Hip-Hop
1.9It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockBumblebee (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • 2018-12-21 XW
1.63It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockKontor: Top of the Clubs: Electric 80s (unmixed + mixes)
  • 2019-03-15 AT
  • 2019-03-15 DE
  • 2019-03-15 CH
1.6It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E-Z RockMark Ronson Presents the Music of “Spies in Disguise”
  • 2019-12-13 US
4.9It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockSmithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap (explicit)
  • 2021-08-20 US
1.1It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockIt Takes Two
1.11It Takes Two5:02Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockMastermix Classic Cuts 20: Hip Hop/Rap
1.8It Takes Two5:00Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockRap's Biggest Hits
Bootleg
1.8It Takes Two4:59Rob Base & DJ E‐Z RockHip Hop 100 Hits
  • 2013-06-21 XW
(unknown)
1.10It Takes Two5:01Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z RockYou Don't Mess With The Zohan

Relationships

producer:Rob Base
William Hamilton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Arista Records LLC (in 1988)
Profile Records, Inc. (in 1988)
recorded at:Hillside Sound Studio in Englewood, New Jersey, United States
sampled by:Euphoria (Force mix) by Dream Frequency
Euphoria (Force mix) by Dream Frequency
I Wanna Rock by Snoop Dogg
I Wanna Rock by Snoop Dogg
I Wanna Rock (instrumental) by Snoop Dogg
Jack to the Sound of the Underground by Hithouse
Jack to the Sound of the Underground (party mix) by Hithouse
Rock That Body by The Black Eyed Peas
The Samples by Hithouse
samples:Space Dust by The Galactic Force Band
Think (About It) by Lyn Collins
mash-ups:It Takes Two Aerosol Cans (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock vs. Major Lazer feat. Pharrell) by DJ Schmolli
One Two Three Floor by nakinyko
Passion / It Takes Two (Gat Décor vs. Rob Base & DJ Ez Rock) by The Cut Up Boys
Still Riding by E-603 (order: 3)
part of:VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 80) (order: 80)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 116) (order: 116)
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 462) (order: 462)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/3uBheb4NdCqSAZg5EncmPO [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/102627484 [info]
recording of:It Takes Two

Related works

It Takes Two (It Takes Two/2 Way)

writer:James Brown
Robert Ginyard
is the basis for:It Takes Scoop