made Rolling Stone Magazine’s 50 Best One-Hit Wonders of the 2000s list, the deejay got ecstatic. The list, which was released on May 22, captures the songs that made the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

The song, which was certified gold in 2008, is the biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Kat Deluna, who is of Dominican heritage. The song was not only a hit stateside, reaching as far as #1 on Billboard’s Dance Music Club Play, #29 on the Hot 100, and #14 on Pop Airplay charts, but it also made the top 10 in Romania, France, and Belgium.

“This is a big win for dancehall music, and we give God thanks everyday fi di blessings and fi di talent weh him give wi. We just keep on representing dancehall to the fullest, because Rolling Stone Magazine is a respected media entity, and to be on their list is just good news,” Elephant Man told the Jamaica Observer. He explained how the career-defining hit came about and how its success changed his life.

“Red One [Lady Gaga’s producer] reached out to me and said he wanted me to be on the song, so he and his team flew to Jamaica and they stayed at the Hilton hotel in New Kingston. We booked studio time around Daseca studio on Red Hills Road, and we did the song. A few weeks later, they flew me to Manhattan, where we did the music video,” Elephant Man recalled. The video for Whine Up was directed by Gil Green, a respected force in the music video industry at the time, who also directed visuals for Sean Paul and several others. The video has to date racked up more than 200 million views on YouTube.

“Recording the song was just crazy vibe in the studio. The place did a mash-up with nuff energy and mi can tell yuh say from that moment I knew the song was going to be a hit. Red One said he was pleased with how the song turned out, and he even pointed out that dancehall is one of his favourite genres of music,” Elephant Man disclosed. (Jamaica Observer)