"Got Me Going" is the debut single from the ''

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. It is the first single from their debut album ''

''. The song was released digitally in January. Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Robert Curry, and Big Mike sing lead on the album version. Que has additional ad libs on the single version.

Music video

The music video starts with an appearance by Diddy dressed in black. The camera then switches to the guys walking into a room to find a note left by Diddy on top of 5 black notebooks. They have to write lyrics to a song that they would be recording. As their turns come up each one has a setting with a beautiful model either in a luxurious bedroom or living room. The video also includes choreography with all members dressed in black. As the song comes to an end they finish their lyrics, close their notebooks, smile, get up, and walk out with their notebooks in hand. While walking out to the right of the door there is a calendar set to August. The camera zooms in on the 26th circling it with "Got Me Going" written on that date. The video, which was directed by Syndrome, premiered on

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'' on March 24, 2008, the day before the album's release. The video debuted on ''106 & Park'' on April 3, 2008 at the tenth position and bested at the third position.

Chart performance

The single entered the ''

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chart at number 72 and climbed as high as number 30. The single entered the ''

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at number 79 on the week of April 12, 2008 and dropped to 87 the following week and 98 for the last week. "Got Me Going" did not live up to the success of

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s' first single " Show Stopper" which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.http://www.mtb4-exclusive/day26upendsdktodebut@no.1-3-2-08.

Charts

Remix

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References

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