"The Itch" is pop singer Vitamin C

Vitamin C (artist)

Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick is an American pop music singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress better known by her stage name, Vitamin C. Her singles include "Graduation ", "As Long As You're Loving Me", "The Itch", and her most successful hit the Top 20 Gold certified "Smile"...

's first single from her second album, More

More (Vitamin C album)

More is the second album released by singer Vitamin C in 2001. The album was not as successful as Vitamin C's previous eponymous album both in terms of chart positions and sales. The album peaked at #122 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was uncertified...

. Vitamin C also performed the song on the sketch comedies

Sketch comedy

A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...

 MADtv

MADtv

MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...

and All That

All That

All That is an American live-action, sketch comedy-variety show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable television network featuring short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests. The theme song for All That was performed by TLC...

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Reception

The song failed to crack the top 40 on the Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 in 2001, peaking at #45.
It had moderate success by peaking on the Hot 100 Singles Sales

Hot 100 Singles Sales

The Hot Singles Sales chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures sales of commercial singles and is one of three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Airplay and the Hot Digital Songs, that determine the chart positions of singles on the...

 at #5, and the Top 40 Mainstream at #26. In Australia, "The Itch" reached number 6 on the 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...

 Charts and was certified Platinum, with 70,000 copies distributed. It peaked at #34 in New Zealand on the RIANZ Charts.

Music video

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories...

 and Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis

Milena "Mila" Kunis is an American actress. Her work includes the role of Jackie Burkhart on the TV series That '70s Show and the voice of Meg Griffin on the animated series Family Guy...

 both appear in the video with Vitamin C. The video includes film clips from the movie Get Over It

Get Over It (film)

Get Over It is a 2001 American romantic comedy film about a teenage boy whose girlfriend ends their relationship. The film was directed by Tommy O'Haver for Miramax Films. The film stars Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Colin Hanks, Shane West, and Martin Short. R. Lee Fleming,...

, which stars all three women. The song is not part of the film. The music video for the single was directed by Brothers Strause

Brothers Strause

Brothers Greg and Colin Strause are a directing duo, most famous for directing Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Skyline, and special effects artists who make movies and grew up in Waukegan, Illinois...

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Track listing

US Promo CD

1. The Itch (Album Version) 3:16
2. Audio Bio 1:03

US Single

1. "The Itch" - 3:29
2. "Graduation (Friends Forever)
   Graduation (Friends Forever)
   "Graduation " is a single by American pop singer Vitamin C released in 2000 through Elektra Entertainment. It was the third single from her debut album Vitamin C. The song is considered, to date, the biggest hit of Vitamin C. The song is well known for being played at high school graduations and at...
   
   " - 5:40

Europe CD

1. The Itch (Radio Edit) 3:14
2. The Itch (Album Version) 3:29

Europe Maxi-CD

1. The Itch (Radio Edit) 3:14
2. The Itch (Album Version) 3:29
3. The Itch (DJ Skribble's Radio Edit) 3:13

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak position
2000	Australian ARIA Singles Chart	6
2000	New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	34
2000	Billboard Hot 100	45
2000	Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	26
2000	Canadian Singles Chart	16