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"Get the Party Started" is a song by American singer Pink, released on October 16, 2001, as the lead single from her second album, '' Missundaztood'' (2001). The song was originally intended for
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's 2000 album ''
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'', but when her team turned it down, it was later given to Pink. "Get the Party Started" received positive reviews and became an international success, reaching the top 10 in many countries and topping the charts of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, Spain, and
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. In 2003, '' Q'' ranked the track at number 185 on their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever". About.com rated the song number one in their list of "The Top 100 Best Party Songs of All Time" in 2019.


Composition

"Get the Party Started" was composed by former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman Linda Perry. She said that the process of making the song was "so unlike me"; according to her, she was going through a "weird phase" during which she wanted to learn how to program drums. She programmed her first beat, started playing a
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, and, in her words, "did what the beat was asking me to do." She decided to put "every wrong instrument" in the song, and consequently added in a horn sample. "I was doing the music, the melody was already coming to me in what I wanted the song to be," she said. She then decided to write lyrics containing "every catch phrase you possibly could imagine", before laughing at the realization that she had written a potential hit single and her first
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song. "You create something in your bedroom or your house, and it's just a fun thing that you're doing," she said. "Then all of a sudden, you hear that song that you started in your house, and it's on the radio. And people are now acknowledging it. It's just trippy.""Linda Perry, High Priestess of Pop"
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Some listeners thought the song made a reference to ecstasy, the drug of choice for ravers: "I can go for miles if you know what I mean. I'm comin' up so you better get this party started." Pink told '' Q Magazine'' in a 2017 interview: "You'd have to ask Linda Perry if it's about ecstasy. I don't know what she meant with it. I still don't know if it's 'I'm coming out...' Or 'I'm coming up...' I don't even know what I sang."


Critical response

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highlighted the song and added: "This record bubbles over with imagination, as hooky pop songs like the title track rub shoulders with glitzy dancefloor anthems like "Get the Party Started." Jim Farber was favorable: "The single "Get the Party Started" has the tricky synth hook of a perfect new-wave hit from the '80s." ''
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'' was less positive, saying it "displays the kind of clod-hopping attention-seeking on single 'Get the Party Started' that makes you assume you're listening to a Geri Halliwell record." Jason Thompson described this song and praised: "the dance inducing "Get the Party Started". Again, even this isn't really in the mold of current dance tracks. Instead, it feels more like the kinds of grooves that were coming out in the early Nineties, when
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was influencing the discos as well as the college charts. In fact, it sounds a little like Apollo Smile who had an album out back in '91 or so. "Get the Party Started" also echoes the good time vibe that other hits like Deee-Lite's " Groove Is in the Heart" had that won over many fans. This track should do just the same thing. It did for me, anyway." ''Slant Magazine'' called this song "retro-dipped dance-pop." '' Sputnikmusic'' marked it as a highlight and added: "It is not all slow and serious going though, as 1st single 'Get The Party Started' proves. As the song title suggests, this is the
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-oriented party-starter that the artist's debut album lacked." ''Stylus'' magazine called the song "near perfection." Max Mohenu of ''Espresso'' said that the song felt "fun and imaginative, and challenged what it meant to be a successful pop artist who didn't have the Britney Spears look."


Commercial performance

"Get the Party Started" reached number four on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on December 29, 2001, becoming one of Pink's biggest solo hits in the US with " Most Girls" also reaching number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2000 and " So What", " Raise Your Glass", and " Just Give Me a Reason" (featuring Nate Ruess) reaching number one in 2008, 2010, and 2013 respectively, and " Fuckin' Perfect" that reached number two in America. The single's success was spurred by heavy airplay in the US, which prompted the song to also peak at number four on '' Billboard'''s Radio Songs chart. The song peaked at number two in the UK, where it was certified platinum for sales and streams exceeding 600,000 units. The song reached number one in Australia and number two in many European countries, including Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. "Get the Party Started" is certified multi-platinum in Australia, platinum in Canada, Norway, and the UK, and gold in Austria, Germany, France, Sweden, and Switzerland. The song was nominated for a
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in 2003 in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, which it lost to Norah Jones's " Don't Know Why" at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. It won the award for Favorite Song at the 2002 Kids' Choice Awards, and won Best Song at the 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards. "Get the Party Started" is often considered one of Pink's
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s as she tends to finish her shows with this song in her encore section along with a ballad song such as " Nobody Knows" and " Glitter in the Air". In July 2011, the song was listed as number 81 on ''
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'''s Top Songs of the 2000s.


Music video

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was shot by director Dave Meyers in
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. It was filmed from September 22–24, 2001. The video uses an abbreviated version of the song, cutting out the last chorus as well as the instrumentals. Perry has a brief cameo as a bartender. In the video, Pink is getting ready to go out, trying on different outfits. One of her friends picks her up, and they drive in a car bobbing their heads to the music. However, the car runs out of fuel, so they get out and steal two skateboards from two boys. Pink falls off her skateboard because men in a car are whistling at her. The women arrive at the club but are refused entry, so to get in they use a scaffold to reach the top of the building. Inside the club, Pink changes her clothes and starts to party; in the end Pink dances with two other dancers ( Kevin Federline and Georvohn Lambert). The video was nominated at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Pop Video and won the awards for Best Female Video and Best Dance Video.


Remixes

Pink teamed up with Redman and Rockwilder for a remix of "Get the Party Started" using elements of the Eurythmics song " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", titled "Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams". It is included as the B-side on several single releases. Pink performed the remix during her I'm Not Dead Tour in 2006 and 2007.


Awards


Track listings

* UK CD1 and cassette single # "Get the Party Started" (radio mix) – 3:12 # "Get the Party Started/ Sweet Dreams" (featuring Redman) – 4:05 # "Get the Party Started" (radio mix instrumental) – 3:12 * UK CD2 # "Get the Party Started" (radio mix) – 3:12 # "Get the Party Started" (K5 Werk Kraft Mix featuring Spoonface) – 7:02 # "Get the Party Started" (P!nk Noise Disco Mix radio edit) – 3:44 # "Get the Party Started" (video) – 3:21 * European CD single # "Get the Party Started" (radio mix) – 3:12 # "Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams" (featuring Redman) – 4:05 * Australian and New Zealand CD single # "Get the Party Started" (radio mix) – 3:12 # "Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams" (featuring Redman) – 4:04 # "Get the Party Started" (P!nk Noise Disco Mix radio edit) – 3:44 # "Get the Party Started" (instrumental) – 3:14


Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the '' Missundaztood'' album booklet. Studios * Recorded at LP Studios ( Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles) * Additional recording at Larrabee Studios (Los Angeles) * Mixed at The Enterprise ( Burbank, California) * Mastered at Hit Factory Mastering (New York City) Personnel * Linda Perry – writing, all instruments, drum programming, production, recording * Pink – vocals, background vocals * Bernd Burgdorf – additional recording, Pro Tools programming * Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado – mixing * Dave Guerrero – mixing assistant * Herb Powers Jr. – mastering


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications

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Release history


Shirley Bassey version

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and was included on her 2007 album, also titled '' Get the Party Started''. ''
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'' wrote, "Bassey is the only singer alive who could take the bouncing, enthusiastic R&B of the original 'Get the Party Started' and turn it into a grand, imperious swoop worthy of a Bond theme; it's a terrific cover version, even if it perhaps didn't quite merit the album attached to it." On January 13, 2008, Bassey's version was used in the opening sequence to the ITV1 series '' Dancing on Ice''. It was also used in the promo for season 4 of '' Australia's Next Top Model'', and Bassey's version charted at number 47 in the UK and ended at the ''Billboard'' Year-End Charts at number forty-three in the Hot Dance Club Play Tracks of the year, having peaked at number 3 in April 2008. The track was used again in 2010 for the opening credits of '' Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore''. The track was also used for 2015 commercial of Honda Stepwgn.


Track listings and formats

UK CD single # "Get The Party Started" (Radio edit) – 3:08 # "Get The Party Started" – 4:02 # "Get The Party Started" (NorthXNorthWest Club mix) – 7:21 # "Get The Party Started" (Fugitives Coming Up mix) – 5:34 # "Get The Party Started" (Flip & Fill remix) – 5:58 # "Get The Party Started" (Music video) – 4:00 US Digital single # "Get The Party Started" ( Chris Cox Club mix) – 8:45 # "Get The Party Started" (Chris Cox Dub mix) – 8:05 # "Get The Party Started" (Chris Cox Radio mix) – 3:49


Charts


See also

* List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2000s


References

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