"Push It" was the first single from Garbage's second album Version 2.0, released in 1998. It became a worldwide hit in the spring of 1998, preceding the long awaited second album from the group. It was accompanied by an acclaimed music video.

In 2007, "Push It" was remastered and included on Garbage's greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.

"Push It" is a song by the group Salt-N-Pepa. This song was released in 1987.

The quote "This dance ain't for everybody, only the sexy people" is a reference to the song "The Bird" by the band The Time.

The lyric "Boy, you really got me going, You got me so I don't know what I'm doing" is a tweaked excerpt from the Kinks song "You Really Got Me".

The song is ranked #440 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

"Push It" is the first single from the industrial metal band Static-X's first album, Wisconsin Death Trip. Push It is one of Static-X's best known songs and is credited, along with "I'm with Stupid", for making Wisconsin Death Trip Static-X's best selling album. The song is a combination of most effects of the industrial metal genre along with the band's self-described "evil disco". The music video for Push It was directed by Mick Olszewski and introduces shots of clay creatures mixed in with the band performing the song.

Push It is the third single off of rapper Rick Ross's debut album Port of Miami. It samples Scarface (Push It to the Limit) from the movie Scarface and the story of the video has a very similar theme to Scarface. It was produced by J. R. Rotem. A remix to this song features Bun B, Jadakiss, Styles P., & The Game, which samples Scarface (Push It to the Limit) more heavily than the original. A remix was released with Miami rapper Trina and Plies. Another remix was released by Sean Kingston. The song was also featured on the 37th episode of Criminal Minds.