"Start the Commotion" is a song by British electronic music duo

The Wiseguys The Wiseguys were a British electronic duo active in the mid to late 1990s. They produced the song "Start the Commotion", which was featured in a Mitsubishi TV advertisement, as well as the films ''The Lizzie McGuire Movie'', ''Zoolander'' and ...

, from their second album ''The Antidote''. It was released as a single in the UK in 1998, and peaked at #66 on the

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. A re-release the following year gave the song a higher chart placing, peaking at #47. It also peaked at #36 on the American dance charts in 2000. "Start the Commotion" has also been officially

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ed by

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and

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Background

The song is built around a repeated sample from the 1966 song "

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Track listing

;UK CD single # "Start the Commotion" (Radio edit) # "Fatal Femme" (feat. Sense Live) # "Start the Commotion" (Full length)

2001 re-release

After being used in a

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in the U.S. in 2001, the song gained a second life and significant

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, reaching the top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and making it the Wiseguys' best known song.

Charts

Other uses in popular culture

*It was featured in the 2001 comedy ''

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'', where it was used to promote the film. *It was also featured in the films '' Gun Shy'' and ''

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Start The Commotion 1998 singles The Wiseguys songs 1999 singles 2001 singles 1998 songs Music videos directed by Pedro Romhanyi