This song features Pitbull's RCA labelmate Kesha. The pair previously collaborated on the rapper's Rebultion album track "Girls" as well as a remix of the "TiK ToK" star's single "Crazy Kids."
About a quarter of this song is devoted to Kesha "Whoo Whoo"-ing. If we consider this a vocal break, then here's how the song is structured: Intro :08 Vocal Break 1 (Kesha): 15 Chorus 1 (Kesha) :15 Verse 1 (Pitbull): :15 Pre-Chorus 1 (Pitbull - "Swing your partner round and round..."): 15 Chorus 2 (Kesha) :30 Vocal Break 2 (Kesha): 15 Verse 2 (Pitbull): :15 Pre-Chorus 2 (Pitbull): :15 Chorus 3 (Kesha) :30 The last 30 seconds or so is more of the vocal break, with Kesha doing more of her vocalizations while Pitbull injects "Timber" from time to time. So Kesha really carries the load here, with about 2:15 of the song devoted to her vocals (accordingly, she gets most of the screentime in the video). Pitbull shows up for about a minute. When he performed the song in concert, Pitbull would usually play a video of Kesha doing her parts.
A team of songwriters and producers worked on this track, with eight getting songwriting credits and more added later. Let's try to sort them out: Producers: Dr. Luke and his frequent collaborator Cirkut, and also the English producer Sermstyle. They also received songwriting credits. Writers: Kesha, her mom Pebe (who has written several songs with her daughter), Pitbull, Priscilla Renea, Breyan Isaac. Priscilla Renea you probably know as Muni Long, a name she started using around 2019. She had a hit as a singer in 2022 with "Hrs And Hrs." Around this time, many hit songs were written by committee, but not all: Pharrell Williams wrote "Happy" on his own.
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