We're Going to Ibiza

Jim Wirth from NME commented, "Who better than the peerless Vengaboys to soundtrack this moment of pure spiritual tranquillity with a spot of ersatz reggae?"{{cite web|first= Jim |last= Wirth |title= This Week's Singles August 28 1999 |url= http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/singles280899.html |work= NME |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20001005001305/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/singles280899.html |access-date= 24 November 2020|archive-date= 5 October 2000 }} The Daily Record stated that the 1975 number-one hit, "We're Going to Barbados, "has been reworked and renamed. Cheesier than a quattro formaggio pizza.""Chartslot". Daily Record. 17 September 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2020. Pop Rescue wrote that the song "isn't half as clubby as their previous singles", adding that "Kim's vocals are pretty good here apart from where she has to reach a high note, which is a bit wobbly on the way up to. Robin and Roy hold back for some 'woah!' vocals only."{{cite web|url=https://poprescue.com/2015/09/18/pop-rescue-party-album-vengaboys-cd-1999/|title=REVIEW: "THE PARTY ALBUM!" BY VENGABOYS (CD, 1999)|publisher=Pop Rescue|date=18 September 2015|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925162808/https://poprescue.com/2015/09/18/pop-rescue-party-album-vengaboys-cd-1999/|url-status=live}}

After the revelation of the Ibiza affair in May 2019, which caused the resignation of Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, demonstrators in Vienna used the song as a protest song.{{cite web |last1=Oltermann |first1=Philip |title=Austria prepares for fresh elections after Ibiza video scandal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/19/austria-prepares-for-elections-after-ibiza-video-scandal-strache |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 May 2019 |date=19 May 2019 |archive-date=19 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519200549/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/19/austria-prepares-for-elections-after-ibiza-video-scandal-strache |url-status=live }} As a consequence, the song re-entered the Austrian singles chart and eventually reached number 16.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/05/vengaboys-head-back-to-ibiza-with-protest-hit-in-austria/ |title=Vengaboys head back to Ibiza with 'protest' hit in Austria |date=31 May 2019 |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124064417/https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/05/vengaboys-head-back-to-ibiza-with-protest-hit-in-austria/ |url-status=live }} This popularity culminated with a live performance by the Vengaboys at the {{ill|Donnerstagsdemonstrationen|de}} (German: 'Thursday demonstrations') protests in front of the Chancellery in Vienna.{{cite tweet|number=1134194840974086149|user=vengaboys|title=We love you #Vienna! ❤️ |date=30 May 2019}}

The animated music video for the song features the Vengaboys travelling to Ibiza via a circuitous route that takes them all across the world. In the Washington D.C. part, a man and a woman silhouetted in a window of the Capitol building are having sex, a reference to the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal.{{cite web|url=https://www.revistagq.com/noticias/articulo/venga-boys-antifascistas-ibiza|title="We're going to Ibiza": Cómo los Vengaboys se han convertido en iconos antifascistas|website=GQ España|language=es-ES|date=5 June 2019|access-date=8 April 2021|archive-date=24 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124064420/https://www.revistagq.com/noticias/articulo/venga-boys-antifascistas-ibiza|url-status=live}}

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• Dutch CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=We're Going to Ibiza!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=Dutch CD1 liner notes|publisher=Breakin' Records|id=KRAK 4031}}

1. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitradio mix)
2. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (DJ Peran remix)
3. "We Like to Party!" (Jason Nevins club mix)
4. "We Like to Party!" (Tin Tin Out remix)
5. "We Like to Party!" (Klubbheads remix)
6. "We Like to Party!" (Jason Nevins dub mix)

• Dutch CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=We're Going to Ibiza!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=Dutch CD2 liner notes|publisher=Breakin' Records|id=KRAK 4032}}

1. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitradio mix)
2. "We Like to Party!" (Jason Nevins club mix)

• UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=We're Going to Ibiza!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Positiva Records|id=CDTIVS-119, 7243 8 87607 0 6}}

1. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitradio mix) – 3:36
2. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitclub extended remix) – 5:07
3. "Vengaboys Megamix" – 5:47
4. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (video)

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• UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=We're Going to Ibiza!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Positiva Records|id=CDTIV119, 7243 8 87607 2 0}}

1. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitradio mix) – 3:36
2. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (DJ Peran remix) – 6:40
3. "Paradise" (DJ Jam X & De Leon's DuMonde mix)

• UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=We're Going to Ibiza!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Positiva Records|id=TCTIV119, 7243 8 87607 4 4}}

1. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitradio mix) – 3:36
2. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitclub extended remix) – 5:07
3. "Vengaboys Megamix" – 5:47

• Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=We're Going to Ibiza!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Central Station Records|id=CSR CD5 0347}}

1. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitradio mix) – 3:40
2. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitclub Airplay) – 3:25
3. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (DJ Peran remix) – 6:44
4. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (Hitclub extended remix) – 5:08
5. "Paradise" (DJ Jam X & De Leon's DuMonde mix) – 8:38
6. "We're Going to Ibiza!" (video)

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