Chemicals React
{{distinguish|Chemical reaction}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Chemicals React
| cover = Alyaj chemicalsreact ep.PNG
| type = single
| artist = Aly & AJ
| album = Into the Rush (Deluxe Edition)
| released = {{Start date|2006|6|27}}
| recorded = 2006
| genre = {{flat list|
| length = {{duration|m=2|s=55}}
| label = Hollywood
| writer = {{hlist|Aly Michalka|AJ Michalka|Antonina Armato|Tim James}}
| producer = Rock Mafia
| chronology = Aly & AJ
| prev_title = On the Ride
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Greatest Time of Year
| next_year = 2006
| misc =
}}
"Chemicals React" is a song written and recorded by American pop rock duo Aly & AJ, for the deluxe edition reissue of their debut album Into the Rush (2005). The Michalka sisters co-wrote the song with Antonina Armato and Tim James of production duo Rock Mafia, who also produced the track. It was the second mainstream single from Into the Rush and seventh overall single, released to radio by Hollywood Records on June 27, 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id%3D69239 |title=FMQB: Radio Industry News |accessdate=February 16, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210143744/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239 |archivedate=December 10, 2005 |url-status=dead }} "Chemicals React" served as the group's debut international release. A re-recorded version of the song was released on July 22, 2022.
Release and promotion
The song was recorded in 2006 for the reissue of the duo's debut album, Into the Rush, which was released in August 2006.{{cite web|title=Into the Rush [Deluxe Edition] - Aly & AJ {{!}} Release Info|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/into-the-rush-deluxe-edition-mr0001119748|accessdate=April 30, 2017|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network}} "Chemicals React" was released June 15, 2006 as the fourth overall single from the album and first from the Deluxe Edition. Hollywood Records serviced the song to contemporary hit radio in the United States on June 27, 2006. It follows "Rush" as the album's second mainstream single. An extended play containing five tracks and three music videos was released in the United States on in September 2006. The song was released digitally in Europe in May 2007, their first international release.
Aly & AJ recorded a version in Simlish for The Sims 2: Pets, an expansion pack to the popular The Sims game franchise.{{cite web|last1=Totilo|first1=Stephen|title=Aly & AJ Aren't Speaking Gibberish — It's Just Simlish |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1538556/aly-aj-arent-speaking-gibberish-its-just-simlish/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140830115141/http://www.mtv.com/news/1538556/aly-aj-arent-speaking-gibberish-its-just-simlish/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2014|website=MTV|publisher=Viacom|accessdate=April 30, 2017 |date=August 14, 2006}} The Simlish version was released for digital download in the iTunes store on October 31, 2006. A remix of the song was later included on their third studio album Insomniatic (2007).{{cite web|title=Insomniatic - Aly & AJ {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/insomniatic-mw0000562138|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=April 30, 2017}}
Following the re-recording of "Like Whoa (A&A Version)" in May 2022, the duo released a re-recording of "Chemicals React" on July 22, 2022, also subtitled "A&A Version".
Commercial performance
"Chemicals React" failed to chart on its first release in June 2006, but after its re-release in September 2006, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 70.{{cite magazine|title=All Timberlake, All The Time On Billboard Charts |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57189/all-timberlake-all-the-time-on-billboard-charts|accessdate=April 30, 2017|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=September 21, 2006}} It reached a peak position of 50 on the chart dated October 10, 2006. "Chemicals React" also charted at number 36 on the magazine's Pop 100 chart, which combines mainstream radio airplay and sales, but failed to enter the Mainstream Top 40 component chart. As of June 2007, the song had sold 175,000 downloads in the United States.{{cite book|title=Billboard |date=June 16, 2007|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|page=7|edition=Vol. 119, No. 24|accessdate=April 30, 2017 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA7}}
Music video
The music video was directed by Chris Applebaum and features Aly & AJ lip synching the song live.{{cite web|title=Aly & AJ {{!}} Chemicals React|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/aly-aj/93446/chemicals-react.jhtml#id=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627043546/http://www.cmt.com/videos/aly-aj/93446/chemicals-react.jhtml#id=|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 27, 2010|website=CMT|publisher=Viacom|accessdate=May 1, 2017}} It premiered June 29, 2006 on MTV.{{cite news|title=Aly & AJ Gear Up For Aug. 8 Release of 'Into The Rush - Deluxe Edition'|url=http://www.starpulse.com/aly-aj-gear-up-for-aug-8-release-of-into-the-rush---deluxe-edition-1847802875.html|accessdate=April 30, 2017|work=Starpulse|date=June 26, 2009}} As of May 2017, the video on Hollywood Records's YouTube account has accumulated over 12,000,000 views.{{cite web|author1=Hollywood Records|author-link=Hollywood Records|title=Aly & AJ - Chemicals React |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIDoPETif8g|website=YouTube|accessdate=May 1, 2017 |format=video |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501000822/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIDoPETif8g|archivedate=May 1, 2017|date=May 12, 2007}} The video for "Chemicals React" is included on the duo's video album, Fav Five - Let Me Repeat That (2007).{{cite web|title=Fav Five - Let Me Repeat That - Fav Five by Aly & AJ|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fav-five-let-me-repeat-that/id268321556|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317130247/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fav-five-let-me-repeat-that/id268321556|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 17, 2014|website=Apple Music |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}
A video was also produced for the Simlish version of the song, set in the Sims world and featuring the sisters as Sims characters alongside virtual replicas of their dogs, Saint and Bandit.{{cite book|title=Billboard|date=August 26, 2006|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|page=12|edition=Vol. 118, No. 34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12 |accessdate=May 1, 2017}} This video is included on the Chemicals React EP and on the Deluxe Edition of Into the Rush.
Track listings and formats
{{tracklist
| headline = Digital download/Promo CD
| title1 = Chemicals React
| writer1 = {{hlist|Aly Michalka|AJ Michalka|Antonina Armato|Tim James}}
| length1 = 2:55}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Chemicals React (Simlish Version)
| title1 = Chemicals React (Simlish Version)
| writer1 = {{hlist|Aly Michalka|AJ Michalka|Armato|James}}
| length1 = 2:54}}
{{tracklist
| total_length = 18:12
| title1 = Chemicals React
| writer1 = {{hlist|Aly Michalka|AJ Michalka|Armato|James}}
| length1 = 2:58
| title2 = Shine
| writer2 = {{hlist|Aly Michalka|AJ Michalka|Armato|James|Nick Scapa}}
| length2 = 3:24
| title3 = Never Far Behind
| writer3 = {{hlist|Jeremy Bose|Paul Robert Evens|Matt Bronleewe}}
| length3 = 3:20
| title4 = Something More
| note4 = new version
| writer4 = {{hlist|Aly Michalka|AJ Michalka|Carrie Michalka}}
| length4 = 3:36
| title5 = Collapsed
| note5 = new version
| writer5 = Aly Michalka
| length5 = 2:54}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| Chart (2006)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|50|artist=Aly & AJ|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 30, 2017|refname="Hot 100"}} |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Pop 100{{cite web|title=Aly & AJ {{!}} Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/aly-aj-mn0000390185/awards |website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=April 30, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024923/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/aly-aj-mn0000390185/awards|archivedate=March 14, 2016}}
| 36 |
Release history
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIDoPETif8g Aly & AJ's "Chemicals React" music video] on YouTube.
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Category:Songs written by Antonina Armato
Category:Song recordings produced by Rock Mafia