"Throw It on Me" is a song performed by American producer, songwriter and rapper Timbaland, taken from his second studio album Shock Value (2007). The song is performed as a collaboration between Timbaland and Swedish garage rock band The Hives. It was written by Timbaland, Attitude and Randy Fitzsimmons, while production and instrumentation were helmed by Timbaland.

The song was made available for download in Australia on August 4, 2007. "Throw It on Me" utilizes disco and rock genres while incorporating dance and hip hop flavored beats. Contemporary music critics viewed it as one of the better rock tracks on Shock Value, although they were collectively criticized as falling short of expectations. The single ultimately flopped in Australia, spending only one week on the singles chart at number fifty.

"Throw It on Me" was written and produced by Timbaland, while additional writing was done by Attitude and Randy Fitzsimmons, the latter is a long-time collaborator for The Hives. Sound engineer Demacio "Demo" Castellon handled the programming and mixing for the song; the latter took place at The Studio at The Palms Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. Mark Gray, James Roach and Doug Sadler assisted Castellon in mixing the song. Castellon also recorded Timbaland's vocals for the song at Thomas Crown Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia and The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida. The Hives received their own recording engineer, Johan Gustafsson, and had their vocals recorded at Studio Gröndahl in the band's home country Sweden.Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, lead vocalist of The Hives, contributed vocals alongside Timbaland. In addition to co-writing and producing the song, Timbaland also provided every instrument. The guitars, however, were also provided by The Hives's guitarists Vigilante Carlstroem and Nicholaus Arson alongside musician Dan Warner. "Throw It on Me" merges disco and rock music with dance and hip hop beats. The song uses a jagged guitar, techno keyboards, drums and pulsating dance beats.

...
Wikipedia