Timber
Pitbull (Ft. Kesha)
“Timber” is a song by American rapper Pitbull, featuring recording artist Kesha. The song was released on October 7, 2013 as the lead single from Pitbull’s EP, Meltdown. The song was produced by Dr. Luke, Cirkut, and Sermstyle, with additional production by Nick Seeley. The song interpolates the song “San Francisco Bay”, written by Lee Oskar, Keri Oskar, and Greg Errico.
The song features harmonica player Paul Harrington of Rockwall, Texas who plays through the entire song. He was told to emulate War harmonica player Lee Oskar.
In an interview in December 2013, Pitbull revealed that the featured artist on “Timber” was originally supposed to be Rihanna. At the time, however, he stated that Rihanna was already asked to be the featured artist on the lead single off Shakira’s upcoming album and didn’t have time to record “Timber”. Pitbull later asked Ke$ha to be the featured artist and she accepted.