"Rip It Up" is a rock and roll song written by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco.

In June 1956, Specialty Records released it as a single by Little Richard with "Ready Teddy" as the B-side.

In the Richards recording, the tenor saxophone solo is by Lee Allen.

[2] The song, which was recorded at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Recording Studio in New Orleans,[4] is included as a full-length performance by Earl Palmer with guest vocalist Ivan Neville and house band in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky!, which presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk and jazz.

[5][6] Los Lobos recorded the song for the 1987 Ritchie Valens biography film La Bamba.