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Get Busy

{{Short description|2003 single by Sean Paul}}

{{For|the 1992 single|Courtney Pine}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Get Busy

| cover = Get Busy.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Sean Paul

| album = Dutty Rock

| language = {{hlist|Jamaican Patois|English}}

| released = {{start date|2003|1|27|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = * Dancehall{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2021/06/beyonce-jay-z-when-rappers-started-to-sing|title= Say My Name, Say My Name Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= June 21, 2021|access-date= February 13, 2024}}

| length = 3:32

| label = * VP

| writer = * Sean Henriques

| producer = Steven "Lenky" Marsden

| prev_title = Make It Clap

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Breathe

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{External music video|header=Official video|{{YouTube|oPQ3o14ksaM|"Get Busy"}}}}

}}

"Get Busy" is a song by Jamaican dancehall singer Sean Paul, from his album Dutty Rock. The song was one of the many hits from the jumpy handclap riddim known as the Diwali Riddim, produced by then-newcomer Steven Marsden, and was the only song that never made the "Diwali" rhythm album on Greensleeves Records as it was more than likely a late entry.

Paul described it as "mainly a party song. It's not all about smoking weed". "Get Busy" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in May 2003 and also reached number one in Italy and the Netherlands, becoming a top-10 hit in an additional 11 countries. On 10 May 2003, the song was performed on Saturday Night Live.{{cite book |last1=Tropiano |first1=Stephen |title=Saturday Night Live FAQ |date=November 2013 |publisher=Applause |isbn=9781480366862 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtGGDwAAQBAJ}}

Composition

"Get Busy" is written in the key of F minor in common time with a tempo of 100 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of Fm−A{{Flat}}–G–G{{Flat}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sheetmusicdirect.us/sheetmusic/song/1000007969/get-busy|title=Get Busy|last=Sheetmusicdirect.us|website=Sheet Music Direct|access-date=27 December 2016}}

Remix

The official remix, "Get Busy (Clap Your Hands Now Remix)", features Fatman Scoop and the Crooklyn Clan, the remix uses the instrumental of Paul's previous single, "Gimme the Light", on the near end of the song.

Music video

The video for "Get Busy" (directed by Little X) was shot in Woodbridge, Ontario, and released in February 2003. The video was also nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Dance Video and Best New Artist in 2003. The video shows people dancing to the song at a basement house party, with some partygoers banging on duct pipes until the homeowner comes down to warn them to stop the banging. At the end of the video Paul's brother Jason introduces a song, noting it as a brand new single, and Paul then sings part of "Like Glue". Shortly into the second song, renewed banging on the pipes leads the homeowner to come back down to the basement and declare the party over. Kardinal Offishall makes a cameo appearance in the video.

Track listings

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US 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get Busy|others=Sean Paul|year=2003|type=US 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=VP Records, Atlantic Records|id=0-88020}}

:A1. "Get Busy" (album version) – 3:32

:A2. "Get Busy" (Diwali Riddim instrumental) – 3:20

:B1. "I'm Still in Love with You" (album version) – 4:32

:B2. "I'm Still in Love with You" (instrumental) – 4:16

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get Busy|others=Sean Paul|year=2003|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=VP Records, Atlantic Records|id=AT0155CD, 7567-88084-2-5}}

  1. "Get Busy" (album version) – 3:31
  2. "Get Busy" (instrumental) – 3:20
  3. "Get Busy" (a cappella) – 3:43
  4. "Get Busy" (video) – 4:27

UK 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get Busy|others=Sean Paul|year=2003|type=UK 12-inch single liner notes|publisher=VP Records, Atlantic Records|id=AT0155T}}

:A1. "Get Busy" (album version) – 3:31

:B1. "Get Busy" (instrumental) – 3:20

:B2. "Get Busy" (a cappella) – 3:43

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European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get Busy|others=Sean Paul|year=2003|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=VP Records, Atlantic Records|id=7567-88088-2}}

  1. "Get Busy" – 3:32
  2. "Get Busy" (Diwali Riddim instrumental) – 3:20

German 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get Busy|others=Sean Paul|year=2003|type=German 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=VP Records, Atlantic Records|id=7567-88075-0}}

:A1. "Get Busy" (album version) – 3:31

:A2. "Get Busy" (Diwali Riddim instrumental) – 3:20

:A3. "Gimme the Light" (2Step Moabit Relick remix) – 3:53

:A4. "Gimme the Light" (2Step Moabit Relick instrumental) – 3:53

:B1. "Like Glue" (album version) – 3:53

:B2. "Like Glue" (instrumental) – 4:01

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get Busy|others=Sean Paul|year=2003|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=VP Records, Atlantic Records|id=7567880732}}

  1. "Get Busy" (album version)
  2. "Get Busy" (Diwali Riddim instrumental)
  3. "Gimme the Light" (2Step Moabit Relick remix)
  4. "Gimme the Light" (Nappy Doggout remix)

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Personnel

  • Written by Steven Marsden and Sean Paul Henriques
  • Mastered by Paul Shields
  • Executive producers: Christopher Chin, Jeremy Harding, Murray Elias, and Sean Paul Henriques
  • Produced by Steven "Lenky" Marsden
  • Photography by William Richards
  • Artwork by Floodzone Design

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (2003)

!Peak
position

{{Single chart|Australia|4|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Australiaurban|3|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222425/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031007-0000/Issue705.pdf|urltitle=Issue 705|rowheader=true|access-date=27 February 2022}}
{{Single chart|Austria|4|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Flanders|3|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Wallonia|3|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407223203/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2003.pdf|archivedate=April 7, 2005|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2003.pdf|title=Canadian Top 20 in 2003|website=Cross Canada Countdown|accessdate=July 26, 2024}}

| style="text-align:center"|2

scope="row"|Colombia (Notimex){{cite news|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2003/linkin-park-anda-popular.html|title=Linkin Park anda popular|work=El Siglo de Torreón|date=August 24, 2003|access-date=May 4, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=May 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504115054/https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2003/linkin-park-anda-popular.html}}

| 4

scope="row"|Czech Republic (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|title=Oficiální Česká Hitparáda – Pro týden|publisher=IFPI ČR|language=cs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040219022231/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|archive-date=19 February 2004|access-date=4 April 2022}}

|9

{{Single chart|Denmark|4|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-07-05.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=21|issue=28|page=12|date=5 July 2003|access-date=14 April 2021}}

|3

{{Single chart|Finland|17|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|France|8|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Germany|3|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|songid=5624|rowheader=true|access-date=18 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Hungarydance|1|year=2003|week=42|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Hungary|17|year=2003|week=40|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|9|year=2003|week=21|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Ireland2|14|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true|access-date=18 January 2020}}
{{Single chart|Italy|1|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Dutch40|1|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true|access-date=18 January 2020}}
{{Single chart|New Zealand|19|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Norway|2|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10091.html |title=Romanian Top 100: Editia 40, saptamina 20.10 – 26.10, 2003 |access-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514165831/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10091.html |archive-date=14 May 2005}}

|3

{{Single chart|Scotland|11|date=20030525|rowheader=true|access-date=8 July 2015}}
{{Single chart|Sweden|4|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Sean Paul|song=Get Busy|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|UK|4|date=20030518|rowheader=true|access-date=8 September 2020}}
{{Single chart|UKrandb|2|date=20030518|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2022}}
{{Single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Sean Paul|rowheader=true|access-date=8 September 2020}}
{{Single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Sean Paul|rowheader=true|access-date=8 September 2020}}
{{Single chart|Billboardrapsongs|2|artist=Sean Paul|rowheader=true|access-date=8 September 2020}}
{{Single chart|Billboardpopsongs|3|artist=Sean Paul|rowheader=true|access-date=8 September 2020}}
{{Single chart|Billboardrhythmic|1|artist=Sean Paul|rowheader=true|access-date=8 September 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (2003)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2003/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2003|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|45

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2003|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2003|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|19

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2003|title=Jaaroverzichten 2003|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|11

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2003|title=Rapports Annuels 2003|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|17

scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2003|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2003|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=14 April 2021}}

|33

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control GfK){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2003|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2003|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|15

scope="row"|Italy (FIMI){{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2003.pdf|title=Top of the Music – Mix e Singoli|publisher=FIMI|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510010334/http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2003.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2006|access-date=14 December 2020}}

|4

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2003|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2003|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|21

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2003&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2003|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|13

scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html|title=Romanian Top 100 Singles Chart 2003|publisher=Romanian Top 100|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122205325/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html|archive-date=22 January 2005|access-date=13 September 2022}}

|36

scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2003&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2003|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|24

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2003|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|3

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2003|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|64

scope="row"|UK Urban (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2004/Music-Week-2004-01-17.pdf|title=2003 Urban Top 30|magazine=Music Week|page=18|date=17 January 2004|access-date=4 August 2023}}

|21

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|title=2003 Year End Charts – The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2003/hsititl.jsp|magazine=Billboard|access-date=3 January 2012}}

|3

scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: 2003|magazine=Billboard|url-access=subscription|access-date=14 February 2020}}

|8

scope="row"|US Hot Rap Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Year in Music: Hot Rap Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=52|page=YE-65|date=27 December 2003}}

|4

scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Year in Music: Hot Mainstream Top 40 Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=52|page=YE-80|date=27 December 2003}}

|15

scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Year in Music: Hot Rhythmic Top 40 Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=52|page=YE-81|date=27 December 2003}}

|14

=Decade-end charts=

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!Chart (2000–2009)

!Position

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s&dec=00|title=Decennium Charts – Singles 2000–2009|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=3 May 2022}}

|97

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs|title=The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks – Decade Year End Charts|magazine=Billboard|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326034137/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs|archive-date=26 March 2011|access-date=18 April 2011}}

|50

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|type=single|award=Gold}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|award=Gold}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|award=Gold}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Sean Paul|title=Get Busy|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2003|certyear=2019|access-date=27 April 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|relyear=2003|certyear=2021|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|award=Gold|id=10694|access-date=26 October 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|award=Silver|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|certyear=2003|relyear=2003|source=archive}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Platinum|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|certyear=2023|relyear=2003|access-date=16 May 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|relyear=2003|certyear=2024|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|award=Platinum|access-date=16 May 2024|id=12512}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|relyear=2005|certyear=2014|certmonth=1|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|award=Gold|digital=true}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|award=Platinum|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|certyear=2004|relyear=2003|access-date=7 April 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|award=Gold|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|certyear=2024|relyear=2003|access-date=7 August 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|award=Gold|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|certyear=2003|relyear=2003|relmonth=1}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|award=Gold|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|certyear=2003|relyear=2003}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|relyear=2003|certyear=2020|id=12578-1098-1|salesamount=504,000|salesref={{cite web|first=Justin |last=Myers|title=Sean Paul's Official Top 20 biggest singles revealed |publisher= Official Charts Company |date=12 February 2019 |access-date=12 February 2019 |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sean-pauls-official-top-20-biggest-singles-revealed__17132/}}|refname="bpi"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|title=Get Busy|artist=Sean Paul|type=single|certyear=2017|relyear=2003|access-date=7 April 2022}}

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Release history

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scope="row" rowspan="2"|United States

|27 January 2003

|{{hlist|Rhythmic contemporary|urban radio}}

|rowspan="4"|{{hlist|VP|Atlantic}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-01-24.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1488|page=30|date=24 January 2003|access-date=10 June 2021}}

24 March 2003

|Contemporary hit radio

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-03-21.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1496|page=24|date=21 March 2003|access-date=10 June 2021}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|12 May 2003

|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2003/Music-Week-2003-05-10.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 12 May 2003: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=10 May 2003|access-date=5 September 2021}}

scope="row"|Australia

|9 June 2003

|CD

|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue694.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 9th June 2003|publisher=ARIA|page=25|date=9 June 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030706140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030707-0000/Issue694.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2003|access-date=10 June 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In popular culture

{{In popular culture|date=September 2018}}

The song was used in the DANCE! Online online game, and in the game Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2. The song's remix was played in the club scene of the 2003 film Grind. The song also briefly appeared in the season two episode of The Wire, Hot Shots. The song was used in DJ Hero 2. The song was featured in a scene from the 2004 film Chasing Liberty. An instrumental version of the song appeared on the 11th episode of the season 2 of The Office. The song was also played in a dance scene in the film Baby Mama. The song also featured in a scene in the season two episode of Bad Education.

See also

References

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External links

  • {{YouTube|oPQ3o14ksaM|"Get Busy" music video}}

{{Sean Paul}}

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Category:2003 singles

Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles

Category:Number-one singles in Italy

Category:Sean Paul songs

Category:Music videos directed by Director X

Category:Songs written by Sean Paul

Category:Songs written by Steven "Lenky" Marsden

Category:Song recordings produced by Steven "Lenky" Marsden

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:VP Records singles