Shake Your Pom Pom

Infobox Single
Name = Shake Your Pom Pom


Artist = Missy Elliott
from Album = Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack and Block Party
Released = March 4, 2008
Genre = Pop rap, dance-pop
Length = 3:38
Label = Goldmind/Atlantic
Writer = Campbell, S./Elliott, M./Lamb, C./Leather, M.
Producer = Timbaland, Missy Elliott
Last single = "Ching-a-Ling" (2008)
This single = "Shake Your Pom Pom" (2008)
Next single = "Bad Girl" (2008)

"Shake Your Pom Pom" is a song by Missy Elliott, and is a single from the "Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack". It will also appear on Elliott's forthcoming album "Block Party". The song was released in Germany and the U.S.

Music video

The video premiered on MTV's "TRL" and BET's "106 & Park" on February 4, 2008. It was directed by Dave Meyers and has a combination of "Ching-a-Ling" and "Shake Your Pom Pom". It is the first ever 3D music video and guest-stars the famous Japanese Hip hop dance group U-Min known especially for their excellent slow motion dancing and popping. [ [http://www.missy-elliott.com/index.php Missy Elliott & Dave Meyers Create History] . Accessed February 3, 2008.]

The "Ching-a-Ling" portion of the music video is set primarily with a white backdrop featuring Elliott and various background dancers, such as U-Min. Other shots are interspersed throughout the video which relate to the lyrics, such as Elliott swinging on a rope swing in an Autumn setting, and playing a DDR-esque game which uses the letters of Ching-A-Ling instead of arrows.

The "Shake Your Pom Pom" portion of the music video is set in what appears to be a house party, with Elliott and others dancing before ending with Elliott and others blowing noisemakers at the camera.

In the song, sound elements of the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong are heard throughout the song.

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