Take It Off (Kesha song)

"Take It Off"
Single by Kesha
from the album Animal
Released	July 13, 2010
Recorded	2009
Studio	Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Dubstep electro dance-pop EDM
Length	3:35
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Kesha Sebert Lukasz Gottwald Claude Kelly
Producer(s)	Dr. Luke
Kesha singles chronology
"My First Kiss" (2010) "Take It Off" (2010) "We R Who We R" (2010)
Music videos
"Take It Off" on YouTube "Take It Off" (K$ n' Friends version) on YouTube

"Take It Off" is a song by American recording artist and songwriter Kesha, from her debut album, Animal. It was written by Kesha Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald and Claude Kelly and it was produced by Dr. Luke with vocal editing done by Emily Wright. It was released as the fourth and final single from the album on July 13, 2010. "Take It Off"'s initial writing consisted of Kesha attending a drag show and becoming turned on by drag queens taking their clothing off. The song is an upbeat song that uses heavy amounts of auto tune and utilizes an electro infused beat, driven by a melody known as the Arabian riff.

Due to strong digital sales from the release of Animal, the song charted on the United States Billboard Hot 100, the United Kingdom Singles Chart and the Canadian Hot 100 before being announced as a single. After being released as a single, the song reached the top ten in Canada, Australia and the United States, and reached number one on Hungarian radio. With the song reaching the top-ten in the United States, Kesha became only the eleventh artist in history to amass four top-tens from a debut album. "Take It Off" was certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling four million equivalent units in the United States.

Two music videos for the single were released. The first video features Kesha and her friends on a distant planet, dancing around in a mosh pit while slowly turning into stardust as the video progresses. The inspiration for the video, according to Kesha, was about shedding your inhibitions and being "raw and real". The second video released for the song features Jeffree Star and incorporates a more dominant animal theme, while drawing from 1980s themed inspiration such as: the 1982 film Tron, David Bowie as Jareth in the 1986 film Labyrinth, and the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. To promote the single Kesha performed "Take It Off" alongside earlier singles "Your Love Is My Drug" and "Tik Tok" on NBC's Today.