This Is How We Party

"This Is How We Party" was first released in Denmark as a maxi-CD single on 15 December 1997. In March of the following year, two more CDs with new cover artworks were issued, followed by a four-track maxi-CD in May.{{cite web|url=http://soap.dk/us/diskografi/singler/thisishowweparty.html|title=This Is How We Party|website=soap.dk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000411121534fw_/http://soap.dk/us/diskografi/singler/thisishowweparty.html|archive-date=11 April 2000|access-date=31 December 2023}} The song was made available for purchase in the US on 18 March 1998 and was scheduled to debut on radio on 17 March, though it ended up being played before that date. It received significant radio coverage in the US.{{cite magazine |last=Reece |first=Doug |date=6 June 1998 |title=Popular Uprisings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bw4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18 |magazine=Billboard |pages=18 |access-date=20 February 2015}}

Larry Flick from Billboard gave a favourable review of the song, calling it a "synth-happy pop shuffler" with "harmonized vocals" that "suits the song's 'let's have fun' tone just fine".{{cite magazine |last=Flick |first=Larry |date=28 March 1998 |title=S.O.A.P.: This Is How We Party |magazine=Billboard |pages=56}} In May 1998, another editor Michael Paoletta stated that S.O.A.P. had made an "impressive splash" in the US with the debut single.{{cite magazine |last=Paoletta |first=Michael |date=8 May 1998 |title=Crave in Lather Over Soap |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38 |magazine=Billboard |pages=38, 40 |access-date=20 February 2015}} Matt Stopera and Brian Galindo from BuzzFeed said "it's basically 1998 in the form of a song." Chad Watson from The Newcastle Herald stated the song had "enough sugar to lure children and enough spice to tempt night-clubbers."{{cite news |last=Watson |first=Chad |date=20 August 1998 |title=CD reviews |page=46 |newspaper=The Newcastle Herald }} Kris Teo from the Sunday Mail also gave a favourable review, calling the track "pure bubblegum" that "should have preteens singing along with thoughtless cheer."{{cite news |last=Teo |first=Kris |date=6 September 1998 |title=Burning beat of Midnight Oil |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Kuala Lumpur}}

Heidi and Saseline (credited as 'Line' in the video) are seen preparing their outfits and makeup at night in their home while singing the lyrics to the song. A photograph of a young man in a black vest is seen on Heidi's mirror, and Line clutches a photo frame containing an image of the same man. Wearing bathrobes, they make phone calls before escorting their parents to the front door. Once their parents leave, they remove their robes, revealing their party attire. A crowd of people immediately comes to the house, and a party begins inside. A young man dressed in a green suit, bow tie and glasses enters the party, as does the man in Heidi and Line's photo's (portrayed by the same actor). Heidi and Line dance on stage with the man in the vest, before rejecting him for the man in the green suit. When the girl's parents return home and see the party their mother faints, though their father appears amused. The participants of the party flee the house, and Heidi and Line are seen leaving in the arms of the man in the green suit.

The S.O.A.P. samples released on the US formats consist of "Ladidi Ladida", "Wishing", "Stand by You", "Who Can I Talk To", and "Not Like Other Girls".

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Danish maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1997|type=Danish maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=SOAP Records|id=665400 2}}

1. "This Is How We Party" (album version) – 3:17
2. "This Is How We Party" (rap version featuring Remee) – 3:34
3. "This Is How We Party" (karaoke version) – 3:34

Danish and European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=Danish & European CD single liner notes|publisher=Soap Music|id=665400/1}}

1. "This Is How We Party" (album version) – 3:17
2. "This Is How We Party" (rap version featuring Remee) – 3:34

Danish maxi-CD single (1998); European 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=Danish maxi-CD single|publisher=Soap Music|id=665400/5}}{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=European 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Soap Music|id=665400 6}}

1. "This Is How We Party" (the Almighty Mighty mix—edit) – 3:57
2. "This Is How We Party" (the Almighty Mighty mix) – 7:34
3. "This Is How We Party" (album version) – 3:20
4. "This Is How We Party" (the Almighty dub) – 6:19

UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=666129 2}}

1. "This Is How We Party" (album version) – 3:19
2. "This Is How We Party" (Almighty club mix) – 7:37
3. "This Is How We Party" (Almighty dub mix) – 6:20

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UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=666129 5}}

1. "This Is How We Party" (Almighty radio version) – 3:19
2. "This Is How We Party" (Gotta Party mix) – 3:49
3. "This Is How We Party" (Gotta Party extended mix) – 6:37
4. "This Is How We Party" (rap version featuring Remee) – 3:34

UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Columbia Records|id=666129 4}}

1. "This Is How We Party" (album version) – 3:19
2. "This Is How We Party" (Almighty radio version) – 3:19

US CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Crave Records|id=30K 78876}}{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Crave Records|id=30T 78876}}

1. "This Is How We Party" – 3:19
2. S.O.A.P. samples – 4:58

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=This Is How We Party|others=S.O.A.P.|year=1998|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Soap Music, Dance Pool, Columbia Records|id=665939 2}}

1. "This Is How We Party" (album version)
2. "This Is How We Party" (Almighty Mighty mix)
3. "This Is How We Party" (rap version featuring Remee)
4. "This Is How We Party" (karaoke version)

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