Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)

{{Quote box|width=300px|align=left|quote="It's crazy how the whole thing came about, [...] I'm a writer, and I've been fortunate enough to write for the Dolls, but when they asked me to look at the movie and do my own version, I was really afraid to take on the task of rewriting the lyrics, [...] because I thought the movie was so profound, I didn't know how to make sure I kept the integrity of the movie and the love story, but also make it cool enough for the Pussycat Dolls and for people all over the world to connect to."|source=— Scherzinger on the process of recreating "Jai Ho!"{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1607620/20090324/the_pussycat_dolls.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327085115/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1607620/20090324/the_pussycat_dolls.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 27, 2009|title=Nicole Scherzinger Says She Originally Didn't Want To Cover 'Jai Ho'|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=March 24, 2009|access-date=July 18, 2010|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks}}

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At the beginning of 2009, Billboard magazine stated that Doll Domination failed to make a commercial impact on the Billboard 200, unlike their previous effort PCD, which sold 3 million copies in the United States.{{cite web|last=Montgomery|first=James|title=Pussycat Dolls Prepare For MTV Movie Awards Performance – And 'The Next Level'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588426/pussycat-dolls-rehearse-mtv-movie-awards.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129065007/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588426/pussycat-dolls-rehearse-mtv-movie-awards.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2013|publisher=MTV News|access-date=March 8, 2014}} Subsequently, Nicole Scherzinger confirmed that the current album would be re-released with new songs. In the interview she said: "it's a new life, a new push for Doll Domination. In this industry these days, that's what we're trying to do, always put new music out there and get people to pay attention. So this is a way for people to get new songs of ours and for people who haven't picked up the album so far to get another spin of our music."{{cite magazine|last=Graff|first=Gary |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269071/pussycat-doll-nicole-scherzinger-talks-solo-album-domination-20 |title=Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger Talks Solo Album, 'Domination 2.0' |magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.| date=2009-04-01 |access-date=2009-08-15}}

After watching Slumdog Millionaire, record executives Ron Fair and Jimmy Iovine wanted to turn "Jai Ho" into a "pop record without deviating from the original melody". After Fair and Iovine were successful in getting a green-light from A. R. Rahman, they asked Scherzinger, the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, to write an interpretation of the song. Scherzinger was hesitant at first, stating in an interview that: "[...] I was scared to death to touch it [and] afraid for people to hear it before I even wrote it". Scherzinger put her "heart into writing the lyrics and put in themes from the film Slumdog Millionaire. Love and destiny were elements from the movie that [she] put into the track". She stated that she "prayed every night to do this right".{{cite news|url=http://www.desihits.com/news/view/nicole-scherzinger-reveals-why-she-never-wanted-to-do-the-jai-ho-remix-20090320|title=Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger Didn't Want To Remix 'Jai Ho' – DH! Exclusive|last=Chatterjee|first=Anita|date=19 March 2009|access-date=20 July 2012|publisher=DesiHits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723021928/http://www.desihits.com/news/view/nicole-scherzinger-reveals-why-she-never-wanted-to-do-the-jai-ho-remix-20090320|archive-date=23 July 2012|url-status=dead}} Fair and Iovine additionally hired Brick & Lace, The Writing Camp and Ester Dean to write their own interpretation of the song.

E. Kidd Bogart, a member of The Writing Camp, stated that: "They [Fair and Iovine] wanted to get a bunch of different versions to see who could nail a version for the Pussycat Dolls." Once all interpretations were complete, "they [Fair and Iovine] took parts of The Writing Camp version, parts of Ester Dean's version, and parts of another version, and they put them together, and then Nicole [Scherzinger] and Ron [Fair] filled in the blanks that they thought were missing". Bogart additionally stated that it was "a very unique and awkward way of writing a song".{{cite news|url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Evan_Bogart_Interview.html |title=Interview With Evan 'Kidd' Bogart |first=Kimbel |last=Bouwman |date=8 February 2010 |publisher=HitQuarters |access-date=20 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314061622/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Evan_Bogart_Interview.html |archive-date=14 March 2012}} Scherzinger, Fair, Dean, Bogart, Erika Nuri, David Quiñones, Candace Thorbourne, Nailah Thorbourne and Nyanda Thorbourne are credited for writing the track, while its production was handled by Fair and Scherzinger.{{cite AV media notes|author=Pussycat Dolls |title=Doll Domination|year=2009|type=liner notes|publisher=Interscope Records}} The song was recorded in London, while Scherzinger and Rahman corresponded via webcam.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Now-Pussycats-do-a-Jai-Ho/articleshow/4179824.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811065417/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-24/us/27997908_1_song-pussycat-dolls-rahman|url-status=live|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Now, Pussycats do a Jai Ho

|last=Kumaraswami|first=Lakshmi|date=23 January 2009|work=The Times of India|access-date=28 February 2009}} Scherzinger's version replaces the original tune's Hindi words with English lyrics, including the chorus, "You are the reason that I breathe/ You are the reason that I still believe/ You are my destiny/ Jai ho."{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1605695/pussycat-doll-revamps-slumdog-millionaire-song-jai-ho/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055524/http://www.mtv.com/news/1605695/pussycat-doll-revamps-slumdog-millionaire-song-jai-ho/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 1, 2017|title=Pussycat Doll Revamps 'Slumdog Millionaire' Song 'Jai Ho'|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=February 24, 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=January 22, 2015}} Stephanie Nolen of The Globe and Mail the lyrics as "racier than the original Hindi words by Indian poet Gulzar."{{cite web|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/indias-got-nothing-but-love-for-slumdog/article1154388/|title=India's got nothing but love for Slumdog|last=Nolen|first=Stephanie|date=February 24, 2009|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=October 15, 2017}}

"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" premiered on DesiHits and was issued as a digital download on February 23, 2009, a day after Rahman won Best Original Song for "Jai Ho" and Best Original Score for the soundtrack of Slumdog Millionaire at the 81st Academy Awards.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123568984902087603|title='Slumdog' Remix|last=Smith|first=Ethan|date=February 27, 2009|work=Wall Street Journal|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|access-date=January 22, 2015}} It became the group's first and only single where Scherzinger was billed as a featured artist.

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"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" received critical acclaim. Bill Lamb from About.com gave the song 4.5 out of five stars. "The addition of the Pussycat Dolls to the song may have seemed a questionable decision at first glance, but it is this move that is likely to get the joyful explosion on to pop radio playlists. "Jai Ho!" abundantly deserves its place, and the vocals of head Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger will have pop fans singing as well as dancing along. Look for this song to set up a long residency scaling pop charts around the world."{{cite news|url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/jaiho.htm|title=A R Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls – Review of the "Jai Ho!" Pop Remix|publisher=About.com|last=Lamb|first=Bill|access-date=2010-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924111258/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/jaiho.htm|archive-date=2012-09-24|url-status=dead}} Lamb also ranked the song number 56th on his Top 100 Pop Songs of 2009.{{cite web|last=Lamb|first=Bill|title=Top 100 Pop Songs 2009 – The Best of the Year|url=http://top40.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/top100songs2009.04.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=February 21, 2014|archive-date=January 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106175256/http://top40.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/top100songs2009.04.htm|url-status=dead}} Newsround praised the song by saying "[Nicole Scherzinger] sounds right at home – making the most of her soulful R&B voice and hitting all the (incredibly) high notes on this Eastern-themed piece of pop!"{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7980000/newsid_7989900/7989946.stm|title=AR Rahman feat. Pussycat Dolls – Jai Ho (Review)|publisher=Newsround. BBC|date=4 June 2009|access-date=20 July 2012}} Nick Levine from Digital Spy wrote that, "The Hindi original, which soundtracks the Bollywood dance routine at the end of the movie, is far more urgent and atmospheric, but this remake works nicely enough as a slick, shamelessly opportunistic PCD single. Well, that hollered "JAI HO!" makes for a pretty sweet pop hook, you have to admit."{{cite web|last=Levine|first=Nick|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a109910/pussycat-dolls-when-i-grow-up.html|title=Music – Singles Review – A. R. Rahman & Pussycat Dolls: 'Jai Ho!'|work=Digital Spy|date=13 April 2009|access-date=20 July 2012}} MuchMusic ranked the song at number 2 on their Top 10 Soundtracks Songs in 2012.{{cite web|author=Lauren|title=Today's Top 10: Soundtrack Songs|url=http://blog.muchmusic.com/todays-top-10-soundtrack-songs-2/3/|work=MuchMusic|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512222629/http://blog.muchmusic.com/todays-top-10-soundtrack-songs-2/3/|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}

In the United States, "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" was combined with "Jai Ho", debuting at number 100 on the US Billboard Hot 100, experiencing an increase of 248% and selling 22,000 downloads.{{cite magazine|date=March 7, 2009|title=Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|volume=121|issue=20|page=47|issn=0006-2510}} The song rose to number 15 on the chart the next week after vaulting 85 positions, making "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" the biggest single-week jump from number 100 in the Hot 100's history and one of the biggest single-week jump overall.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/957932/chart-beat-thursday-lee-crystal-rock-on|title=Chart Beat Thursday: Lee & Crystal Rock On|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=June 3, 2010|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 16, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022210921/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/957932/chart-beat-thursday-lee-crystal-rock-on|archivedate=October 22, 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8510137/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-tops-hot-100-fifth-week|title=Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Tops Billboard Hot 100 For Fifth Week, Taylor Swift's 'Me!' Vaults to No. 2|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=June 5, 2019|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 29, 2021|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120071030/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8510137/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-tops-hot-100-fifth-week|archivedate=January 20, 2021}} The song is also the highest-ranking Academy Award winner for Best Original Song since Eminem's "Lose Yourself" which peaked the summit for 12 weeks in 2002–2003.{{cite magazine|url=https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-1-2009-theyre-not-exactly-burnin-up.html|title=Week Ending March 1, 2009: They're Not Exactly "Burnin' Up"|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=March 4, 2009|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 16, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140616195832/https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-1-2009-theyre-not-exactly-burnin-up.html|archivedate=June 16, 2014}} It experienced a near 500% sales increase, selling 130,000 downloads and claiming the week's greatest Digital Gainer on the Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=March 14, 2009|title='Millionaire' songs cash in|magazine=Billboard|volume=121|issue=10|page=47|issn=0006-2510}} On the Hot Digital Tracks chart the two versions were listed separately, with the soundtrack version being more popular, selling 103,000 downloads. The Pussycat Dolls' version sold 27,000 downloads, however it did receive more radio airplay, debuting at number 47 on the Pop 100 Airplay with 5 million audience impressions. On the Mainstream Top 40, "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" debuted and peaked at number 37, becoming Rahman's first airplay hit and the Pussycat Dolls' eighth chart entry.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1272761/kelly-clarkson-holds-at-no-1-while-twilight-bites-back|title=Kelly Clarkson Holds At No. 1, While 'Twilight' Bites Back|date=March 25, 2009|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 29, 2021|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529191908/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1272761/kelly-clarkson-holds-at-no-1-while-twilight-bites-back|archivedate=May 29, 2021}} On the Canadian Hot 100 it fared better, peaking at number four, seven weeks into the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2009-04-18|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Chart: The week of April 18, 2009|date=April 18, 2009|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 29, 2021|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129235114/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2009-04-18|archivedate=November 29, 2020}}

On March 23, 2009, the song debuted at number ten in Australia on the official ARIA Singles Chart,{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2009&date=20090329&cat=s|title=Australia Singles Top 50|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=23 March 2009|access-date=2010-11-17}} It ultimately peaked at number one, and became their second number one for two straight weeks.{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20090510|title=Australia Singles Top 50|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=10 May 2009|access-date=2010-11-17}} "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 70,000 copies of the single.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accr.htm|title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Singles

|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=2009-05-31}} The song debuted at seventeen on the New Zealand Top 40 on 23 March 2010.{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/weekchart.asp?year=2009&date=20090323&cat=s|title=New Zealand Top 40|date=19 March 2009|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|access-date=2010-11-17}} It has peaked at number two.{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/weekchart.asp?year=2009&date=20090420&cat=s|title=New Zealand Top 40|date=23 April 2009|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|access-date=2010-11-17}}

In the United Kingdom, the song entered at number twenty on the UK Singles Chart. On April 11, 2009, the song peaked at number three up 35.5% selling 44,128 digital downloads.{{cite journal|title=Charts Analysis: Lady GaGa's Fame hits new heights|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=April 11, 2009|page=24|issue=14|journal=Music Week|issn=0265-1548}} In April 2010, the song returned to the top 100 at number 60 selling 4,579 copies, after it was featured on Dancing on Ice finale.{{cite journal|title=Scouting into the singles top spot|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=April 10, 2010|page=24|journal=Music Week|issn=0265-1548}} As of October 2017, "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" has sold 605,000 digital downloads and is the group's second best-selling single in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/pussycat-dolls-biggest-singles-on-the-official-uk-chart-revealed__20690/|title=Pussycat Dolls' biggest singles on the Official UK Chart revealed|last=White|first=Jack|date=October 9, 2017|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 12, 2017}} Across Europe, the song reached the top five in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Finland, France and Italy.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=A.R.+Rahman+%26+The+Pussycat+Dolls+feat.+Nicole+Scherzinger&titel=Jai+Ho!+%28You+Are+My+Destiny%29&cat=s|title=A. R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls Feat. Nicole Scherzinger- Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (Song)|work=Ultratop|access-date=2010-11-17}}

An accompanying music video for "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" was directed by Thomas Kloss, in the Vienna Transport Museum Remise, a tramway museum in Vienna, Austria,{{cite tweet |author= Wiener Linien |user= wienerlinien|number= 311006042752442368 |date= 11 March 2013 |title= Ja, das wurde im Straßenbahnmuseum gedreht. (Yes, that was filmed in the Tram Museum.) |access-date= 29 December 2014 }} while A. R. Rahman filmed his scenes in Los Angeles days before the 81st Academy Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/arts/music/21rahm.html|title='Slumdog' Fusionist in Oscar Spotlight

|last=Sisario|first=Ben|date=February 20, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 30, 2017}} The video premiered on the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown on March 21, 2009. The clip recreates the last scene from the movie, Slumdog Millionaire. The video starts off where Scherzinger is followed by a mystery man through the marketplace, while her bandmates record him. On the second verse, Scherzinger is separated from the rest of the group and sings and dances. The remainder of the video focuses on dance routines inspired by Bollywood.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2009/03/13/video-pussycat-dolls-jai-ho-you-are-my-destiny/|title=Video: Pussycat Dolls – 'Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)'|publisher=Devine Lazerine|work=Rap-Up|date=13 March 2009 |access-date=2009-08-29}}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Now-Jai-Ho-inspires-Pussycat-Dolls/articleshow/4263795.cms|title=Now, 'Jai Ho' inspires Pussycat Dolls|last=Kumaraswami|first=Lakshmi|date=23 March 2009|access-date=2010-11-19|work=Times of India|publisher=The Times Group}}

DesiHits praised the video. "The rhythmic beats of the drums, coupled with the scintillating dance moves is sure to get you on your feet. You've already heard the remix of the song, but the video adds another dimension thanks to the captivating scenes in it."{{cite news|url=http://www.desihits.com/news/view/full-length-jai-ho-remix-music-video-20090315|title=Pussycat Dolls 'Jai Ho' Remix Music Video|date=15 March 2009|access-date=2010-11-18|work=DesiHits}} Daniel from MTV Buzzworthy agreed with Banes. "The video is an elaborate dance extravaganza, the kind made famous by suddenly super-hip Bollywood movies. And you know what? It fits. Like a midriff-revealing sari, it fits."{{cite news|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/03/17/new-video-pussycat-dolls-jai-ho-you-are-my-destiny/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322114644/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/03/17/new-video-pussycat-dolls-jai-ho-you-are-my-destiny|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2009|title=New Video: Pussycat Dolls, 'Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)'|author=Daniel|date=17 March 2009|access-date=2010-11-19|work=MTV Buzzworthy|publisher=MTV Networks}} On 4 August 2009, it was announced that the video was nominated for Best Choreography at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617542/20090804/lady_gaga.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807003613/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617542/20090804/lady_gaga.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 7, 2009|title=Complete List Of MTV Video Music Award Nominees|author=MTV News staff |date=4 August 2009|access-date=2010-11-19|work=MTV Buzzworthy|publisher=MTV Networks}}

The Pussycat Dolls first performed "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" for the first time on television on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on March 10, 2009, wearing Indian-inspired outfits.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2009/03/11/video-pussycat-dolls-perform-jai-ho/|title=Video: Pussycat Dolls Perform 'Jai Ho!'|date=March 11, 2009|magazine=Rap-Up|access-date=June 16, 2014}} The Pussycat Dolls later performed the track as part of their set list on the North American leg of The Circus Starring Britney Spears.{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2009/03/18/8800801-sun.html|last=Stevenson|first=Jane|title=Britney brings Circus to town|date=March 18, 2014|newspaper=Toronto Sun|publisher=Sun Media|access-date=June 16, 2014}} The group went on to perform on MuchOnDemand on March 18 along with "I Hate This Part",{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2009/03/18/pussycat-dolls-take-over-toronto/|title=Pussycat Dolls Take Over Toronto|date=March 18, 2009|magazine=Rap-Up|access-date=June 16, 2014}} a medley with "When I Grow Up" on the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards on March 28 and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 20.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2009/03/29/nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-2009/|title=Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2009|date=March 29, 2009|magazine=Rap-Up|access-date=June 16, 2014}} They performed the song on the TV show One Life to Live, during the episode called "Driving Miss Destiny". The performance took place at the prom of the fictional Llanview High School as reward for winning a radio contest. The episode was aired on May 13.{{cite web|url=http://onelifetolive.about.com/od/news/a/pr_release032409.htm|last=Thurston|first=Katherine|title=Pussycat Dolls to Appear on 'One Life to Live'|date=March 24, 2009|publisher=About.com|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713010820/http://onelifetolive.about.com/od/news/a/pr_release032409.htm|archive-date=July 13, 2014|url-status=dead}} The song was included as one of the encore songs on the set list the Pussycat Dolls' Doll Domination Tour (2009) before ending with "When I Grow Up".{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/fans-go-gaga-for-pussycat-dolls/story-e6frg3ic-1225718843370|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140616224333/http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/fans-go-gaga-for-pussycat-dolls/story-e6frg3ic-1225718843370|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2014|last=Noakes|first=Maria|title=Fans go gaga for Pussycat Dolls|date=May 31, 2009|newspaper=Perth Now. News Limited|access-date=June 17, 2014}} During the tour, the group's dissatisfaction over Scherzinger's prominence led to a public outburst by Melody Thornton. While opening for The Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009) in Glendale, Arizona, Melody Thornton addressed the crowd during their break saying, "[...] let me give a shout-out to my family. Thank you for supporting me, even if I'm not featured" referring to the billing of the song, and encouraging the audience to follow their dreams and to "never let anyone stomp on them, ever."{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1610068/pussycat-dolls-melody-thornton-sounds-off-onstage-in-phoenix/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918171734/http://www.mtv.com/news/1610068/pussycat-dolls-melody-thornton-sounds-off-onstage-in-phoenix/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 18, 2014|title=Pussycat Dolls' Melody Thornton Sounds Off Onstage In Phoenix|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=April 27, 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=December 13, 2019}} Less than a year later, the group formerly disbanded following an initial hiatus.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a218532/wyatt-dolls-have-completely-disbanded/|title=Wyatt: 'Dolls have completely disbanded'|last=Copsey|first=Robert|date=May 6, 2010|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=May 23, 2018}} Scherzinger would later go on to perform "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" as part of a Pussycat Dolls medley during her own 2012 solo tour, Killer Love, in support of her debut album Killer Love.{{cite web|url=http://www.lisburntoday.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-culture/belfast-s-got-killer-love-for-nicole-scherzinger-1-3529776|last=Heaney|first=Stacey|title=Fans go gaga for Pussycat Dolls|date=February 16, 2012|publisher=Ulster Star. Johnston Press|access-date=June 17, 2014}}

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1. "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"

• CD single{{cite web|url=http://de.7digital.com/artist/the-pussycat-dolls/release/jai-ho-you-are-my-destiny-2|title=Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (2009)  – A. R. Rahman / The Pussycat Dolls / Nicole Scherzinger|publisher=7digital (Germany)|access-date=June 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705194802/https://de.7digital.com/artist/the-pussycat-dolls/release/jai-ho-you-are-my-destiny-2|archive-date=July 5, 2015|url-status=dead}}

1. "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"
2. "Lights, Camera, Action" (featuring New Kids on the Block)

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• CD maxi single{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0024QSQAY |title= Pussycat Dolls: Music: Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny) (Maxi)|website= Amazon|access-date=2009-08-29}}

1. "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"
2. "I Hate This Part" (Dave Audé Remix – Club)
3. "Bottle Pop" (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
4. "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" (music video)

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• On some editions of the CD single, "Jai Ho! You Are My Destiny" is referred to as the "RF Mix".

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Doll Domination and CD liner notes.

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• The Pussycat Dolls – primary artist
• Deepak P.A. – engineering
• Ron Fair – additional production, vocal production
• Tal Herzberg – engineering, Pro Tools

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• Peter Mokran – mixing
• A. R. Rahman – primary artist, musical production, composer
• Nicole Scherzinger – featured artist, vocal production
• H. Sridhar – engineering

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• List of number-one singles of 2009 (Australia)
• List of number-one singles of 2009 (Finland)
• List of number-one singles of 2009 (Ireland)
• List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (Australia)
• List of number-one digital tracks of 2009 (Australia)
• List of Top 50 Australian chart achievements and trivia
• List of best-selling music downloads of the 2000s in the United Kingdom

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