There You Go
{{Short description|2000 single by Pink}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = There You Go
| cover = Rsz thereyougo.jpg
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Pink
| album = Can't Take Me Home
| released = {{start date|2000|1|18}}
| recorded =
| studio = Triangle Sound (Atlanta)
| genre = R&B{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/08/best-r-and-b-songs-by-white-singers-in-the-2000s/|title=The Best R&B Songs by White Singers in the 2000s|website=Complex.com|access-date=October 21, 2021}}
| length = 3:26
| label =
| writer =
| producer = Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
| next_title = Most Girls
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|66LnhtnSoKc&ob|"There You Go"}} }}
}}
"There You Go" is a song by American singer Pink from her first studio album, Can't Take Me Home (2000). It was co-written by Pink, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, and Kandi Burruss and was produced by Briggs, while Burruss produced the vocals. "There You Go" is a sassy, playful, and jittery R&B track with slinky instrumentation led by harpsichord-synthesizers. Based on personal experiences, the uptempo song is about a bad relationship that the protagonist has ended, but the ex-boyfriend wants her back.
The song was released as the lead single from Can't Take Me Home on January 18, 2000, by LaFace Records and Arista Records, serving as Pink's debut single. It received critical acclaim, with most critics comparing it favorably to other She'kspere productions from that time, including songs by Destiny's Child and TLC. Commercially, it reached the top of the Canadian Digital Songs Sales Chart and became a top ten hit in several countries, including Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, where it reached Gold status the same year.
Pink collaborated with director Dave Meyers to film a music video for "There You Go," which depicts her getting revenge on her cheating boyfriend and debuted via The Box in late November 1999. The visuals were nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. While Pink performed the song frequently during her first concert tours, her shift in sound, beginning with follow-up album Missundaztood (2001), led to the exclusion of "There You Go" from her set lists after 2013's The Truth About Love Tour.
Background
"There You Go" was co-written by Pink along with Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, and singer Kandi Burruss from R&B group Xscape for debut studio album, Can't Take Me Home (2000). Production on the song was helmed by Briggs, while Burruss served as a vocal producer. Reminiscent of other Briggs production from that time, it features a "fluttering sound effect,"{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/2000-best-deep-cuts-album-tracks-9342363/|title=The 40 Best Deep Cuts of 2000|magazine=Billboard|date=March 26, 2020|access-date=May 7, 2024}} which is led by harpsichord-synthesizers and was described as "She'kspere's "trademark strums’n’stabs formula."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/greatest-songs-of-1999-top-99-8505742/|title=The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=April 8, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2024}} As with most of her material on Can't Take Me Home, "There You Go" was largely inspired by "a bad relationship and [her] attitude."{{Cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/pnk/there-you-go|title=There You Go by Pink|website=Songfacts.com|access-date=May 7, 2024}} Pink told interviewer Lindzi Scharf in 2002: "When I wrote that, I was really angry at someone that I'm probably still angry with. I don't write love songs because I'm not in love. So I basically write about experiences that I've had or stuff that's embarrassed me or even something that gets on my nerves. Basically, writing is my vent. So, "There You Go" was like that. I'd always wanted to have the upper hand in that relationship and the only way I could have that was through the song." MTV News noted that "There You Go" "featured era-appropriate urban slang (such as "Sometimes it beez like that") and references to "bling-bling" and Hennessy."{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/h9okee/pink-cant-take-me-home-20th-anniversary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818154232/https://www.mtv.com/news/h9okee/pink-cant-take-me-home-20th-anniversary|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 18, 2022|title=How P!nk's 'Can't Take Me Home' Kicked Off A Career Of Triumphant Authenticity |website=MTV News|date=April 3, 2020|access-date=May 7, 2024}}
Critical reception
"There You Go" earned generally positive reviews from music critics, many of called it the standout track on parent album Can't Take You Home, with others comparing it favorably to other She'kspere productions from the late 1990s to early 2000s. In his review of Can't Take Me Home, Lennat Mak from MTV Asia called the song one of the album's "edgy cuts" which had "the grooves needed to top the charts."{{Cite web|first=Lennat|last=Mak|url=http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C2000101302.html|title=Having a striking hair color does help |website=MTV Asia|access-date=May 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040410024009/http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C2000101302.html|archive-date=April 10, 2004}} NME critic John Mulvey found that Pink "manages some pretty excellent syncopated put-downs on "There You Go." The best track by far on her bland and avoidable debut album, the skills here come courtesy of ace writer/producer Kevin "She’kspere" Briggs, who bestows upon Pink his trademark strums’n’stabs formula heard to such witheringly brilliant effect on TLC's "No Scrubs"."{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-3443-334567|title=Pink There You Go (Arista)|first=John|last=Mulvey|website=NME.com|date=September 12, 2005|access-date=May 7, 2024}} Douglas Wolk from Rolling Stone was also positive, saying: "Her debut has one awesome single in "There You Go," whose wronged-woman sass is set to a stop-start groove so bling-bling it redeems a chorus that ends, "Sometimes it be's like that"."{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/cant-take-me-home-186163/|title=Can't Take Me Home|first=Douglas|last=Wolk|website=Rollingstone.com|date=April 27, 2000|access-date=October 21, 2021}}
File:Destiny Child at Super Bowl XLVII halftime show.jpg productions such as Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" (1999).]] Billboard editor Chucky Taylor called "There You Go" a "pretty nice effort. The tone is immediately set by the intro, which initially reminds one of the mega-smash "No Scrubs." With its uptempo groove, attitude, and universal lyries, "There You Go" could take Pink on a radio ride-it just depends on what else is out there. You see, while the record has some good elements and structure, it's more of a flavor record than one that is driven by its genuine hit potential."{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Q0EAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews & Previews – Singles|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|magazine=Billboard|date=February 12, 2000|access-date=May 7, 2024}} In another lukewarm review, Rob Brunner from Entertainment Weekly stated: "Briggs's "There You Go" is remarkably similar to his hits for Destiny's Child ("Bills, Bills, Bills") and TLC ("No Scrubs") but minus the vocal interplay that gives those tunes their punch."{{Cite magazine|first=Rob |last=Brunner |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/04/10/cant-take-me-home/|title=Can't Take Me Home |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=April 10, 2000|access-date=October 21, 2021}} In her review of parent album Can't Take You Home, New Zealand Herald editor Russell Baillie wrote: "Like Kelis and others in the new breed of stroppy, crazy-haired divas, she's got an attitude to remember her by, at its best on the syncopated sass of single "There You Go"."{{Cite web|first=Russell |last=Baillie|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/ipinki-cant-take-me-home/VEB3LHB5XXAQPQ6BCGOBAGHI24/?c_id=264&objectid=145724|title=Pink: Can't Take Me Home |website=New Zealand Herald|access-date=May 7, 2024}}
Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called "There You Go" one of the highlights of Can't Take You Home.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-take-me-home-mw0000055859|title=Can't Take Me Home - P!nk | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|access-date=October 21, 2021}} In a retrospective review, Justin Myers from the Official Charts Company described the song "a classic slice of Destiny's Child-inspired, useless man-dissing R&B. Even though the song was a vicious takedown, it had a fairly chilled vibe, but Pink was full of attitude and you could see that fiery personality was waiting to come out."{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/flashback-pink-scored-her-first-uk-hit-with-there-you-go-16-years-ago-this-week__15243/|title=Flashback: Pink scored her first UK hit with There You Go 16 years ago this week|first=Justin |last=Myers |magazine=Official Charts Company|date=June 6, 2016|access-date=May 7, 2024}} In 2013, Complex ranked the song at number 11 on their list of "The Best R&B Songs by White Singers in the 2000s." In 2017, Billboard ranked "There You Go" ninth on its "Pink’s 20 Best Songs: Critic’s Picks" listing, with editor Patrick Crowley commenting: "Though she’s since settled into a rock-leaning sound, it’s undeniable that Pink’s swagger on this track matched that of club staples by Aaliyah ("Try Again"), Mya ("Case of the Ex") and Destiny’s Child ("Jumpin', Jumpin'") from the same year."{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/pink-songs-best-hits-list-7604143/|title=Pink's 20 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|first=Patrick |last=Crowley |magazine=Billboard|date=December 10, 2017|access-date=May 7, 2024}}
Commercial performance
"There You Go" was released by LaFace Records and Arista Records as the lead single from Can't Take Me Home on January 18, 2000.{{cite magazine |date=January 14, 2000 |title=CHR/Rhythmic: Going for Adds |magazine=Radio & Records |page=57 |issue=1333}} It first entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on the issue dated March 4, at the twenty fifth spot.{{Cite magazine |last=tolsen |date=2013-01-02 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/ |access-date=May 7, 2024|magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Six weeks later it peaked at number seven. Additionally, it peaked at number 2 on the US Dance/Club Songs{{Cite magazine |title=Pink {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pink/ |access-date=May 7, 2024|magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} and the Pop Songs charts, and number 4 on the Rhythmic radio chart. The same year, it was certified Gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States. In late 2000, Billboard ranked it 15th on its Hot 100 year-end chart as well we as ninth on its US Rhythmic Top 40 year-end chart.
Elsewhere, the song peaked inside the top ten in the charts of eight more countries, including a second spot in Australia, where it eventually received a Platinum certification by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 copies. It also gained a Platinum certification in the United Kingdom, where it debuted and peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the UK R&B Singles Chart, and went Gold in New Zealand, where it also reached number six on the New Zealand Singles Chart. "There You Go" also peaked at number six in Canada, where it moreover reached the top of the Canadian Digital Songs Sales Chart, and reached number eight on the Dutch Top 40.
Music video
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The accompanying music video for "There You Go" was directed by Dave Meyers and debuted via The Box in late November 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA85|title = Billboard|date = November 27, 1999}} Filmed in various locations throughout Los Angeles, their collaboration marked the beginning of several future videos the pair would work on together.{{cite web|first=Rebecca|last=Schiller|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/pink-video-interview-8541342/|title=Filming P!nk's 'There You Go' Video Involved a Lot of Weed and Near Misses On Her Motorcycle|website=Billboard.com|date=October 31, 2019|access-date=June 16, 2020}} Pink, who had "just started riding motorcycles," reportedly "almost crashed 85 times" during filming. In 2019, the singer confessed to being under the influence of marijuana while shooting the video, to the point she was unable to keep her eyes open, explaining to Billboard: "Dave Meyers kept coming up to me and saying, "Can you wait to smoke that next blunt before the beauty shot?" I was like, "What do you mean?". He was like, "I really want you to be able to open your eyes"."
In the music video, Pink's ex-boyfriend Mikey calls her asking for a ride and she reluctantly agrees to give him one. She hops on a motorcycle and rides to the top of a parking structure overlooking his apartment, where she calls him. She then accelerates her motorcycle, jumps off the last second, and watches as it soars off the building and crashes into his apartment window before exploding into flames, burning the armchair and the PlayStation Mikey was playing on earlier in the video. Pink then jumps into a car driven by a new guy, giving Mikey the middle finger as they drive off. Entertainment Weekly described the video by saying: "In the video for "There You Go" — her smash single — the piqued Pink freaks, sending a motorcycle crashing into [her boyfriend's] fab bachelor pad."
Track listings
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- US and European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=There You Go|others=Pink|year=2000|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records|id=73008-24456-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=There You Go|others=Pink|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records, Arista Records, BMG|id=74321-74927-2}}
- "There You Go" (album version) – 3:26
- "There You Go" (instrumental) – 3:36
- Canadian and Australian CD single, European maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=There You Go|others=Pink|year=2000|type=Canadian & Australian CD single; European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records, Arista Records, BMG|id=74321-74705-2}}
- "There You Go" (album version) – 3:26
- "There You Go" (Hani Num club) – 8:27
- "There You Go" (Hani radio edit) – 3:33
- "There You Go" (Hani MFF mix) – 8:39
- "There You Go" (Hani Mix Show edit) – 5:32
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- "There You Go" (album version) – 3:26
- "There You Go" (Hani radio edit) – 3:33
- "There You Go" (video) – 3:47
- UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=There You Go|others=Pink|year=2000|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=LaFace Records, Arista Records, BMG|id=7432175760-4}}
- "There You Go" (album version) – 3:26
- "There You Go" (Hani radio edit) – 3:33
- "There You Go" (instrumental) – 3:36
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Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the Australian CD single liner notes.
Studios
- Recorded at Triangle Sound Studio (Atlanta, Georgia, US)
- Mixed at Larrabee North Studios (Hollywood, California, US)
- Mastered at Powers House of Sound (New York City)
Personnel
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- Pink – writing (as Alecia Moore), vocals, background vocals
- Kandi Burruss – writing, background vocals, vocal production
- Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs – writing, production, recording
- Andre Ware – recording
- Kevin "K.D." Davis – mixing
- Steve MacAuley – mixing assistance
- Herb Powers – mastering
- Darrick "D.L." Warfield – art direction
- Cherie O'Brien – creative coordination
- Fusion Designworks – artwork design
- Daniela Federici – photography
- Lysa Cooper – prop stylist
- Yellaka – image consultant
- Justin Henry – make-up
- Fredrick Parnell – hair
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for "There You Go" ! scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Peak |
{{single chart|Australia|2|artist=P!nk|song=There You Go|rowheader=true|refname="Australia"}} |
{{single chart|Flanders|22|artist=P!nk|song=There You Go|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|3|artist=P!nk|song=There You Go|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2018}} |
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|6|chartid=7289|rowheader=true|access-date=September 17, 2019|refname="Canada"}} |
{{single chart|Canadadance|20|chartid=7250|rowheader=true|access-date=September 17, 2019}} |
scope="row"|Canada (Canadian Digital Songs){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/p!nk/chart-history/cns/|title=P!nk Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 18, 2022}}
|1 |
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scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-06-17.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=25|page=11|date=June 17, 2000|access-date=February 9, 2020}}
|25 |
{{single chart|Germany|65|artist=P!nk|song=There You Go|songid=4243|rowheader=true}} |
scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3001167#page/n9/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (1.6–8.6 2000)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=10|date=June 2, 2000|access-date=November 5, 2019}}
|10 |
{{single chart|Ireland2|19|song=There You Go|rowheader=true|access-date=November 5, 2019}} |
{{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=2000|week=19|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2018|refname="Netherlands"}} |
{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=P!nk|song=There You Go|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|New Zealand|6|artist=P!nk|song=There You Go|rowheader=true|refname="New Zealand"}} |
scope="row"|Poland Airplay (Music & Media){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-06-17.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay – Week 25/2000|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=25|page=23|date=June 17, 2000|access-date=January 28, 2021}}
|6 |
{{single chart|Scotland|16|date=20000618|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Sweden|26|artist=P!nk|song=There You Go|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Switzerland|37|artist=P!nk|song=There You Go|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|6|artist=Pink|song=There You Go|artistid=7334|rowheader=true|refname="UKsinglesbyname"}} |
{{single chart|UKrandb|2|date=20000618|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2018|refname="UKrandb"}} |
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|7|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|2|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|15|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|2|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}} |
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|4|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|refname="aria"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Pink|title=There You Go|award=Gold|relyear=2000|relmonth=02|certyear=2000|id=2000-10-20|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|refname="rianz"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pink|title=There You Go|award=Silver|relyear=2000|certyear=2018|id=15186-550-1|refname="bpi"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Pink|title=There You Go|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|salesamount=600,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64|title=Best-Selling Records of 2000|magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications Inc.|date=February 10, 2001|access-date=June 5, 2015|page=64|issn=0006-2510|volume=113|number=6}}|refname="riaa"}}
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Release history
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{YouTube|66LnhtnSoKc|Official music video}}
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Category:LaFace Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Dave Meyers (director)
Category:Songs written by Kandi Burruss
Category:Songs written by Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs