Get the Party Started

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"Get the Party Started" was composed by former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman Linda Perry. She said that the process of making the song was "so unlike me"; according to her, she was going through a "weird phase" during which she wanted to learn how to program drums. She programmed her first beat, started playing a bass guitar, and, in her words, "did what the beat was asking me to do." She decided to put "every wrong instrument" in the song, and consequently added in a horn sample. "I was doing the music, the melody was already coming to me in what I wanted the song to be," she said. She then decided to write lyrics containing "every catch phrase you possibly could imagine", before laughing at the realization that she had written a potential hit single and her first dance song. "You create something in your bedroom or your house, and it's just a fun thing that you're doing," she said. "Then all of a sudden, you hear that song that you started in your house, and it's on the radio. And people are now acknowledging it. It's just trippy."[http://www.ascap.com/playback/2003/fall/perry.html "Linda Perry, High Priestess of Pop"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927140933/http://www.ascap.com/playback/2003/fall/perry.html |date=September 27, 2013 }}. ASCAP, Playback. Late 2003. Retrieved August 26, 2022. Some listeners thought the song made a reference to ecstasy, the drug of choice for ravers: "I can go for miles if you know what I mean. I'm comin' up so you better get this party started."

Pink told Q Magazine in a 2017 interview: "You'd have to ask Linda Perry if it's about ecstasy. I don't know what she meant with it. I still don't know if it's 'I'm coming out...' Or 'I'm coming up...' I don't even know what I sang."

AllMusic highlighted the song and added: "This record bubbles over with imagination, as hooky pop songs like the title track rub shoulders with glitzy dancefloor anthems like "Get the Party Started."{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/m!ssundaztood-mw0000588530|title=M!ssundaztood - P!nk - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic}} Jim Farber was favorable: "The single "Get the Party Started" has the tricky synth hook of a perfect new-wave hit from the '80s."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,253257,00.html|title=M!ssundaztood|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 23, 2001|access-date=August 19, 2013|archive-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819102211/https://ew.com/article/2001/11/23/mssundaztood-2/|url-status=dead}} NME was less positive, saying it "displays the kind of clod-hopping attention-seeking on single 'Get the Party Started' that makes you assume you're listening to a Geri Halliwell record."{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/name/6038|title=Pink : M!ssundaztood - NME|website=NME|date=September 12, 2005 }} Jason Thompson described this song and praised: "the dance inducing "Get the Party Started". Again, even this isn't really in the mold of current dance tracks. Instead, it feels more like the kinds of grooves that were coming out in the early Nineties, when alt-rock was influencing the discos as well as the college charts. In fact, it sounds a little like Apollo Smile who had an album out back in '91 or so. "Get the Party Started" also echoes the good time vibe that other hits like Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart" had that won over many fans. This track should do just the same thing. It did for me, anyway."{{Cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/pink-missundaztood/|title=Pink: M!ssundaztood|website=Popmatters.com|access-date=October 21, 2021}}

Slant Magazine called this song "retro-dipped dance-pop."{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/pink-missundaztood/154 |title=Pink: Missundaztood | Music Review |publisher=Slant Magazine |date=November 25, 2001 |access-date=June 5, 2014}} Sputnikmusic marked it as a highlight and added: "It is not all slow and serious going though, as 1st single 'Get The Party Started' proves. As the song title suggests, this is the dance-oriented party-starter that the artist's debut album lacked."{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/27594/P!nk-M!ssundaztood/|title=Review: Pink - M!ssundaztood - Sputnikmusic|website=www.sputnikmusic.com}} Stylus magazine called the song "near perfection."{{Cite web|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204230545/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/pink/mssundaztood.htm|url-status=dead|title=Stylus Magazine|archive-date=February 4, 2010|website=Stylusmagazine.com|access-date=October 21, 2021}} Max Mohenu of Espresso said that the song felt "fun and imaginative, and challenged what it meant to be a successful pop artist who didn't have the Britney Spears look."{{cite web|last=Mohenu|first=Max|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/20-pop-songs-that-shaped-the-2000s/ss-BB1hNpJU?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=d84e42fa3d904d28991fff089cc30d98&ei=7#image=2|title=20 pop songs that shaped the 2000s|work=Espresso|publisher=MSN|date=June 21, 2024|access-date=December 2, 2024}}

"Get the Party Started" reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 on December 29, 2001, becoming one of Pink's biggest solo hits in the US with "Most Girls" also reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000 and "So What", "Raise Your Glass", and "Just Give Me a Reason" (featuring Nate Ruess) reaching number one in 2008, 2010, and 2013 respectively, and "Fuckin' Perfect" that reached number two in America. The single's success was spurred by heavy airplay in the US, which prompted the song to also peak at number four on Billboard's Radio Songs chart.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/radio-songs/2001-11-17|title=Radio Music: Top Radio Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 28, 2017}} The song peaked at number two in the UK, where it was certified platinum for sales and streams exceeding 600,000 units. The song reached number one in Australia and number two in many European countries, including Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.

"Get the Party Started" is certified multi-platinum in Australia, platinum in Canada, Norway, and the UK, and gold in Austria, Germany, France, Sweden, and Switzerland. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2003 in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, which it lost to Norah Jones's "Don't Know Why" at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. It won the award for Favorite Song at the 2002 Kids' Choice Awards, and won Best Song at the 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards. "Get the Party Started" is often considered one of Pink's signature songs as she tends to finish her shows with this song in her encore section along with a ballad song such as "Nobody Knows" and "Glitter in the Air". In July 2011, the song was listed as number 81 on Rolling Stone's Top Songs of the 2000s.

The music video was shot by director Dave Meyers in Los Angeles. It was filmed from September 22–24, 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DuRphDDkeA|title=P!nk Making of Get The Party Started Part 1|date=September 8, 2008 |via=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2DuRphDDkeA|archive-date=December 21, 2021|access-date=October 21, 2021}}{{cbignore}} The video uses an abbreviated version of the song, cutting out the last chorus as well as the instrumentals. Perry has a brief cameo as a bartender.

In the video, Pink is getting ready to go out, trying on different outfits. One of her friends picks her up, and they drive in a car bobbing their heads to the music. However, the car runs out of fuel, so they get out and steal two skateboards from two boys. Pink falls off her skateboard because men in a car are whistling at her. The women arrive at the club but are refused entry, so to get in they use a scaffold to reach the top of the building. Inside the club, Pink changes her clothes and starts to party; in the end Pink dances with two other dancers (Kevin Federline and Georvohn Lambert).

The video was nominated at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Pop Video and won the awards for Best Female Video and Best Dance Video.

Pink teamed up with Redman and Rockwilder for a remix of "Get the Party Started" using elements of the Eurythmics song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", titled "Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams". It is included as the B-side on several single releases. Pink performed the remix during her I'm Not Dead Tour in 2006 and 2007.

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• UK CD1 and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get the Party Started|others=Pink|year=2001|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=74321 91337 2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Get the Party Started|others=Pink|year=2001|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Arista Records|id=74321 91337 4}}

1. "Get the Party Started" (radio mix) – 3:12
2. "Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams" (featuring Redman) – 4:05
3. "Get the Party Started" (radio mix instrumental) – 3:12

• UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Get the Party Started|others=Pink|year=2001|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=74321 91338 2}}

1. "Get the Party Started" (radio mix) – 3:12
2. "Get the Party Started" (K5 Werk Kraft Mix featuring Spoonface) – 7:02
3. "Get the Party Started" (P!nk Noise Disco Mix radio edit) – 3:44
4. "Get the Party Started" (video) – 3:21

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• European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get the Party Started|others=Pink|year=2001|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=74321 90462 2}}

1. "Get the Party Started" (radio mix) – 3:12
2. "Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams" (featuring Redman) – 4:05

• Australian and New Zealand CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Get the Party Started|others=Pink|year=2001|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=74321912852}}

1. "Get the Party Started" (radio mix) – 3:12
2. "Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams" (featuring Redman) – 4:04
3. "Get the Party Started" (P!nk Noise Disco Mix radio edit) – 3:44
4. "Get the Party Started" (instrumental) – 3:14

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Credits are taken from the Missundaztood album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=Missundaztood|title-link=Missundaztood|others=Pink|year=2001|type=US CD album booklet|publisher=Arista Records|id=07822-14718-2}}

Studios

• Recorded at LP Studios (Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles)
• Additional recording at Larrabee Studios (Los Angeles)
• Mixed at The Enterprise (Burbank, California)
• Mastered at Hit Factory Mastering (New York City)

Personnel

• Linda Perry – writing, all instruments, drum programming, production, recording
• Pink – vocals, background vocals
• Bernd Burgdorf – additional recording, Pro Tools programming
• Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado – mixing
• Dave Guerrero – mixing assistant
• Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

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Shirley Bassey recorded a cover for a spy-themed 2006 Marks & Spencer Christmas television advertising campaign.Woods, Sarah. [https://archive.today/20130102173343/http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/br/article/602985/shirley-bassey-stars-bondstyle-marks-spencer-ad/ "Shirley Bassey stars in Bond-style Marks & Spencer ad"]. Brand Republic. November 6, 2006. Her version became a cult hitMacpherson, Alex. [http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2108431,00.html "Reviews - Pop CD - Dame Shirley Bassey, Get the Party Started"]. The Guardian. June 22, 2007. and was included on her 2007 album, also titled Get the Party Started. The Guardian wrote, "Bassey is the only singer alive who could take the bouncing, enthusiastic R&B of the original 'Get the Party Started' and turn it into a grand, imperious swoop worthy of a Bond theme; it's a terrific cover version, even if it perhaps didn't quite merit the album attached to it."

On January 13, 2008, Bassey's version was used in the opening sequence to the ITV1 series Dancing on Ice. It was also used in the promo for season 4 of Australia's Next Top Model, and Bassey's version charted at number 47 in the UK{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/What%20Hurts%20The%20Most|title=Official Charts Company - The Chart Archive|website=Official Charts Company}} and ended at the Billboard Year-End Charts at number forty-three in the Hot Dance Club Play Tracks of the year, having peaked at number 3 in April 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/dance-club-songs |title=Dance/Club Songs - Year-End 2008 | Billboard |website=www.billboard.com |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310031501/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/dance-club-songs |archive-date=March 10, 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/shirley-bassey/chart-history/dsi/|title=Shirley Bassey|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2021}} The track was used again in 2010 for the opening credits of Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. The track was also used for 2015 commercial of Honda Stepwgn.{{cite web|title=Honda｜Honda Movie Channel｜ステップ ワゴン - 「ARROW」篇|url=http://www.honda.co.jp/movie/201504/stepwgn01/|website=Honda Japan|access-date=March 6, 2016}}

UK CD single

1. "Get The Party Started" (Radio edit) – 3:08
2. "Get The Party Started" – 4:02
3. "Get The Party Started" (NorthXNorthWest Club mix) – 7:21
4. "Get The Party Started" (Fugitives Coming Up mix) – 5:34
5. "Get The Party Started" (Flip & Fill remix) – 5:58
6. "Get The Party Started" (Music video) – 4:00

US Digital single

1. "Get The Party Started" (Chris Cox Club mix) – 8:45
2. "Get The Party Started" (Chris Cox Dub mix) – 8:05
3. "Get The Party Started" (Chris Cox Radio mix) – 3:49

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