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"Not Gonna Get Us" is a song by the Russian music duo
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for their first English-language album, ''
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'' (2002).
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released it on 3 February 2003 as the second single from the album. It was originally released as "Nas Ne Dogonyat" ( rus, Нас не догонят, p=nas nʲe dɐˈɡonʲət;
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Won't Catch Us") on t.A.T.u.'s debut album, '' 200 По Встречной'' (2001). The song was written by
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Elena Kiper Nichya (Ничья in Russian Cyrillic; translates as "No one's") is a singing, songwriting and producing duet consisting of Elena Kiper and Oleg Borschevsky. The group has released four singles, and one album to date. History Elena Kiper became ...
and
Valery Polienko Valery Valentinovich Polienko (; born October 17, 1974, Taganrog, Soviet Union) is a Russian director, poet, composer and producer. Author and co-author of lyrics for bands t.A.T.u. (Ya Soshla S Uma, Nas Ne Dogonyat, A Simple Motion, Ne Ver', Ne ...
, while production was handled by Horn. "Not Gonna Get Us" is a
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-inspired song, and lyrically it talks about the group running away from people as they don't understand their love towards one another. The song was included on the duo's compilation album ''
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'' (2006). "Not Gonna Get Us" received mixed reviews from music critics. It was a commercial success, peaking inside the top-ten in countries including Finland, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The single also reached number one on the US ''Billboard''
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chart, becoming the duo's only number-one single on the US component charts. An accompanying
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was filmed for the single directed by
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, who appears in a cameo. The song has been performed on all of the duo's concert tours and was also performed at the 2003
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. In 2009, t.A.T.u. played a special concert featuring the song at the
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with a Russian Army Choir, the
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. In February 2014, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi, t.A.T.u. performed "Нас не догонят". Additionally, the song was sung later in the ceremony when Russia's competitors entered the stadium.


Background and composition

The song was written by Elena Kiper, Ivan Shapovalov, Valeriy Polienko and Sergio Galoyan, while production was handled by Trevor Horn. The song was added to their
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channel five years after its release on 6 February 2008. "Not Gonna Get Us" is a
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, dance-pop,
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and
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. Lyrically, it talks about teenage lovers, which was usually exampled by Volkova and Katina, as people did not understand their love towards each other, so they run away from people to start fresh.


Critical reception

"Not Gonna Get Us" received mixed reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from
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highlighted the track on the album saying it was an "exhausting offering hit" but continued saying; "Well, it's easy not to be into it when Julia and Lena appear to have been run through a marketing processor so they could become two Sapphic tarts who sing songs with suggestive titles like "Not Gonna Get Us", " Show Me Love" and "
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" (it's likely a coincidence that the latter two share titles with songs by
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, respectively, but perhaps not) .." ''Popdirt'' commented that the "high-pitched helium voices" on the song work at "complementing the sensitivity they feel for each other and the reckless abandonment of the outside world perfectly". ''Pitchfork'' listed this as the 33rd best single of 2003. The song was nominated "Best Russian Act" on the 2003
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Chart performance

"Not Gonna Get Us" was first released in Europe in 2003. In the United Kingdom, it debuted and peaked at number seven. It remained in the charts for eight weeks, selling over 43,000 copies. The song also peaked at number ten on the
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. In Sweden, it debuted at number ten, peaked at number nine and stayed in the charts for nine weeks. In Finland, it debuted at number three and stayed in the charts for five weeks. In Italy, it debuted at number four and stayed in the charts for a total of seven weeks. In Austria, it debuted at number 22. After two weeks, it rose and peaked at number five for two non-consecutive weeks. It stayed in the charts for sixteen weeks in total. In Switzerland, the song debuted at number 37. The next week, it rose and peaked at 18, and stayed in the charts for 18 weeks in total. The song peaked at numbers twelve and ten in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia). The song reached number ten in the Europe Official Top 100. In Oceania, it received more moderate success. The song debuted and peaked at number 11 on the
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, remaining in the charts for 11 weeks. It was certified gold by
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for selling over 35,000 copies. The song spent only a sole week in the
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, where it peaked at number 25, becoming the group's poorest performing single in the country. It was the group's last single to chart in New Zealand. The song was eventually released in North America, charting in Canada and the United States. The single version peaked at number 31 on the US
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chart.
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then released a remix of the single in the United States, which peaked at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs Chart, where it became the group's first and only number one in North America. Not Gonna Get Us also managed to peak at 35 on the US
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Charts.


Music video

The video starts off with Julia and Lena's mugshots being placed on screen, with the truck's engine starting up and steam surrounding the two girls and the vehicle. They then are outside in a snowy environment, where they steal a large truck and ride off through an airfield, breaking through a fence while singing. The two girls later find themselves in snow-covered
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. They run over a construction worker in the middle of the road, who is played by
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. After breaking through another fence, some family photos of both the girls as young children are shown during the video. Towards the end, Yulia and Lena climb to the roof of the truck and stand on top, hugging and smiling as they continue to sing the song, until they crack the lens of the camera as they leave. The video was directed by their former producer Ivan Shapovalov. The music video is a re-edited version of the original video "Nas Ne Dogonyat", altered to remove the lip syncing (usually by adding a broken glass shot over the shots of them singing).


Media appearances

The words "нас не догонят" made their way into 2006 Russian ''Dictionary of Modern Quotes'' (''Slovar sovremennykh tsitat'').


Track listings

European CD single # "Not Gonna Get Us" (radio version) – 3:38 # "Not Gonna Get Us" (
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's Extension 119 vocal edit) – 3:54 European and Australian maxi-CD single # "Not Gonna Get Us" (radio version) – 3:38 # "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé's Extension 119 vocal edit) – 3:54 # "
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" (DJ Monk After Skool Special) – 6:04 # "All the Things She Said" (Blackpulke remix) – 4:13 # "Not Gonna Get Us" (video) – 4:13 * On the Australian CD, the DJ Monk After Skool Special version of "All the Things She Said" is labelled as the "DJ Monk Breaks" mix French CD single – "Not Gonna Get Us (Part 2)" # "Not Gonna Get Us" (original version extended mix by Guéna LG & RLS) – 6:20 # "Not Gonna Get Us" (Generates-A-Yippee mix by Guéna LG & RLS) – 6:56 # "Not Gonna Get Us" (Hardrum Mix re-edit by Guéna LG & RLS) – 5:39 # "Not Gonna Get Us" (
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Electroclash mix) – 6:17 # "Not Gonna Get Us" (
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's Pink Noise vocal mix) – 8:09 UK CD single # "Not Gonna Get Us" (radio version) – 3:36 # " Ne Ver, Ne Boisia" ( Eurovision 2003) – 3:03 # "All the Things She Said" (Running & Spinning mix) – 6:12 # "Not Gonna Get Us" (CD-ROM video) UK cassette single # "Not Gonna Get Us" (radio version) – 3:36 # "All the Things She Said" (Running & Spinning mix) – 6:12 Japanese CD single # "Not Gonna Get Us" (radio version) # "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé's Extension 119 vocal edit) # "All the Things She Said" (TV track—karaoke version) # "Not Gonna Get Us" (video)


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications and sales


Release history


Cover versions and derivatives

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" by W. The song was used as the closing song in the 2009 film, '' The Code'', which had Russian characters and clubs as central to the plot. The song was covered by Japanese singer
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covered the song in Moscow while on her
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. In 2004, a cover of the song by Eurobeat artist Dave Rodgers was featured on Super Eurobeat Vol.147


See also

* List of number-one dance singles of 2003 (U.S.) *
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References

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