Not Gonna Get Us
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"Not Gonna Get Us" is the second single from t.A.T.u.
's debut English album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
and was released in mid-2003. It was the last song taken from that album in the UK, where it reached #7 on the singles chart
. The music was composed by Sergio Galoyan. The lyrics were written by Elena Kiper, Ivan Shapovalov, Valeriy Polienko and Sergio Galoyan.
was released, the next single to be released was Not Gonna Get Us. On May 2003 the band released it in Russia
.
The song was added to their YouTube
channel five years later on 6 February 2008.
listed this as the 33rd best single of 2003.
The song was nominated "Best Russian Act" in 2003 on MTV Europe Music Awards
.
The music video for this song is a re-edited version of the Russian video, altered to remove the lip synching (usually by adding a broken glass shot over the shots of them singing). The video starts off with close-ups of Yulia and Lena, implying that they have done something wrong. They steal a large truck and ride off down a snowy Siberian landscape together with the truck slightly burning on the engines' left side while talking and reading a map. They run over a construction worker in the middle of the road, who is played by their producer at the time, Ivan Shapovalov. At the end of the video it shows both girls standing on the top of the moving truck, hugging each other in triumph. Ivan Shapovalov directed the video.
s that the player must dodge. It was uploaded by a user on game-sharing web site Newgrounds
.
Released May 5, 2003
Europe Maxi-CD single
Released May 5, 2003
New Zealand CD single
Released May 5, 2003
UK CD single
Released May 26, 2003
Australia CD single
Japan CD single
Released June 11, 2003
The song was released world
wide in 2003 and peaked Top 10 in some Europe countries, where it became a massive hit. It reached number one in US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
, with its remixes version, besides had already entered it, in its original/album version peaking at 31, two in Russia, number three in Finnish Charts, four in Italy and five in Austrian Charts.
It debuted number seven in UK charts, becoming t.A.T.u.'s second Top 10 single there, where it sold 43.000 copies. It also debuted number nine in Sweden, and number 10 in Irish Charts.
The song peaked Top 20 in some other countries, and reached number eleven in Australia and Netherlands. In Australia it spent 6 weeks in the Top 20, and went gold for selling more than 35.000 copies. It reached number twelve in Norway, fifteen in Germany and eighteen on the French and Swiss Charts, where it spent 18 weeks on the charts.
The song peaked at number twenty-five in New Zealand Chart, where it only spent 1 week on the chart, becoming its poorest chart performance. "Not Gonna Get Us" also entered US [Top 40 Mainstream], peaking at number thirty-five.
" by W
. The song was used as the closing song in the 2008 film
, The Code
, which had Russian characters and clubs as central to the plot.
The song was covered by Japanese
singer Maki Nomiya
on her 2005 album Party People
.
T.A.T.u.
t.A.T.u. was a duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consisted of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova.Their debut single "Ya Soshla S Uma" was released in December 2000. The single had a huge success in Russia and Eastern Europe...
's debut English album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
200 km/h in the Wrong Lane is the debut studio album by Russian duo t.A.T.u.. It was released on 10 December 2002. The album was produced by Trevor Horn, Martin Kierszenbaum, Robert Orton and Ivan Shapovalov, who was the main and executive producerand writer. Before the release, it preceded...
and was released in mid-2003. It was the last song taken from that album in the UK, where it reached #7 on the singles chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. The music was composed by Sergio Galoyan. The lyrics were written by Elena Kiper, Ivan Shapovalov, Valeriy Polienko and Sergio Galoyan.
Background and production
After their critical acclaim single All The Things She SaidAll the Things She Said
"All the Things She Said" is a song by Russian recording duo t.A.T.u., which was for their first English-language studio album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane . The song was written by Sergio Galoyan, Trevor Horn, Martin Kierszenbaum, Elena Kiper and Valeriy Polienko, while produced by Horn...
was released, the next single to be released was Not Gonna Get Us. On May 2003 the band released it in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
The song was added to their YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
channel five years later on 6 February 2008.
Critical reception
"Not Gonna Get Us" received favorable reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic highlighted the track on the album saying it was a "exhaustling offering hit". Popdirt commented that the "high-pitched helium voices" on the song work at "complimenting the sensitivity they feel for each other and the reckless abandonment of the outside world perfectly". Furthermore, PitchforkPitchfork
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listed this as the 33rd best single of 2003.
The song was nominated "Best Russian Act" in 2003 on MTV Europe Music Awards
MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider...
.
Music video
Online game
A video game was created by a fan based on the music video. In the game, the band is inside a truck trying to get away from the bad guys. The game course also features land mineLand mine
A land mine is usually a weight-triggered explosive device which is intended to damage a target—either human or inanimate—by means of a blast and/or fragment impact....
s that the player must dodge. It was uploaded by a user on game-sharing web site Newgrounds
Newgrounds
Newgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website. Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal...
.
Track listings
U.S. CD singleReleased May 5, 2003
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Club Vocal Mix)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Vocal Edit)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Larry Tee Electroclash Mix)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Richard Morel's Pink Noise Dub)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Richard Morel's Pink Noise Vocal Mix)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Richard Morel's Pink Noise Edit)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Remix-Velvet Dub Aka Big Dud Mix)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Club Dub Mix)
Europe Maxi-CD single
Released May 5, 2003
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Vocal Edit)
- "All The Things She Said" (DJ Monk's Breaks Mix)
- "All The Things She Said" (Blackpulke Remix)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Music Video)
New Zealand CD single
Released May 5, 2003
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version)
- "Ne Ver Ne Boisia" (Eurovision 2003)
- "All The Things She Said" (Running And Spinning Remix)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" Music Video (Video Alone By Itself)
UK CD single
Released May 26, 2003
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version)
- "Ne Ver Ne Boisia" (Eurovision 2003)
- "All The Things She Said" (Running And Spinning Remix By Guéna LG & RLS)
- Not Gonna Get Us (Music Video)
Australia CD single
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Vocal Edit)
- "All The Things She Said" (DJ Monk's Breaks Mix)
- "All The Things She Said" (Blackpulke Remix)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Music Video)
Japan CD single
Released June 11, 2003
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audeé Extension 119 Vocal Edit)
- "All The Things She Said" (Instrumental Version)
- "Not Gonna Get Us" (Music Video)
Chart performance
Not Gonna Get Us reached number 10 in Europe Official Top 100.The song was released world
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
wide in 2003 and peaked Top 10 in some Europe countries, where it became a massive hit. It reached number one in US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
, with its remixes version, besides had already entered it, in its original/album version peaking at 31, two in Russia, number three in Finnish Charts, four in Italy and five in Austrian Charts.
It debuted number seven in UK charts, becoming t.A.T.u.'s second Top 10 single there, where it sold 43.000 copies. It also debuted number nine in Sweden, and number 10 in Irish Charts.
The song peaked Top 20 in some other countries, and reached number eleven in Australia and Netherlands. In Australia it spent 6 weeks in the Top 20, and went gold for selling more than 35.000 copies. It reached number twelve in Norway, fifteen in Germany and eighteen on the French and Swiss Charts, where it spent 18 weeks on the charts.
The song peaked at number twenty-five in New Zealand Chart, where it only spent 1 week on the chart, becoming its poorest chart performance. "Not Gonna Get Us" also entered US [Top 40 Mainstream], peaking at number thirty-five.
Charts
| Country | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... ) |
11 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75) | 5 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) | 3 |
| France (SNEP) | 18 |
| Germany (Media Control AG Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... ) |
15 |
| Italy (FIMI) | 4 |
| Ireland (IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... ) |
10 |
| Japan (Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com .... ) |
86 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 11 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | 25 |
| Norway (VG-lista VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... ) |
12 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... ) |
9 |
| Switzerland (Media Control AG Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... ) |
18 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) | 7 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
1 |
| U.S. Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
35 |
Radio add dates
| Country | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| United States | May 22, 2003 | Mainstream Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts... airplay |
Release history
| Country | Date |
|---|---|
| Europe | May 5, 2003 |
| United States | |
| United Kingdom | May 26, 2003 |
| Japan | June 11, 2003 |
Cover versions and derivatives
"Not Gonna Get Us" was sampled in the song "Miss Love TanteiMiss Love Tantei
is the 6th and the last single of the Hello! Project duo, W, released on September 7, 2005. The visuals of the music video caused some controversy for use of the ganguro look...
" by W
W (Double You)
, also written as Double You or Double U, was a Japanese pop duo associated with Hello! Project. Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago, former fourth generation members of Morning Musume, were in the group.- 2004 :...
. The song was used as the closing song in the 2008 film
2008 in film
This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
, The Code
The Code (2008 film)
Thick as Thieves is a 2009 American/German crime/heist film directed by Mimi Leder, starring Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, and Radha Mitchell...
, which had Russian characters and clubs as central to the plot.
The song was covered by Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
singer Maki Nomiya
Maki Nomiya
is a Japanese singer and musician. She released her first solo album in 1981, and worked through the 1980s as the lead vocalist of the New Wave band Portable Rock. In 1991 she became the lead singer of the band Pizzicato Five. When the group disbanded in 2001 she embarked on a solo career...
on her 2005 album Party People
Party People (album)
-Track listing:# "Party Girl" - 4:53# "Big Bang Romance " - 4:40# "odoru "oshare techō" - 2:41# "I Was Made For Lovin' You "# "Yamate Line" - 3:46# "Question Girl" - 2:59# "Not Gonna Get Us" - 4:11...
.