All About Us
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| Single by t.A.T.u. | ||||||||||
| from the album Dangerous and Moving Can also be found on Lyudi Invalidy and The Best | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Divine" | |||||||||
| Released |  August 2005  September 1, 2005 |
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| Format | CD/DVD | |||||||||
| Recorded | March 2005 | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop rock, symphonic rock | |||||||||
| Length | 03:02 | |||||||||
| Label | Interscope | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Billy Steinberg, The Veronicas, Josh Alexander | |||||||||
| Producer | Martin Kierszenbaum, Robert Orton | |||||||||
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"All About Us" is the first single released from the Russian band t.A.T.u.'s second English studio album, Dangerous and Moving, and its Russian counterpart, Lyudi Invalidy (Invalid People). The song peaked at #6 in the Europe Official Top 100 in 2005. The song was written by Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg. The demo version was sung by the Australian duo, The Veronicas.
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[edit] Music video
The shooting of the music video took place in Los Angeles, produced by film director James Cox. There are two versions of the video, one censored, and the other uncut (also known as the explicit version). The censored video was released on the official website on August 18. The uncut version was released later. The video was popular in Europe and was retired on Poland's TRL after spending 50 days on the countdown. The video had much airplay on American television, but was actually played more on Spanish-speaking networks than others.[citation needed]
[edit] Summary
The uncensored version of the music video starts off with Lena and Yulia pulling up in a car, with the chorus to "All the Things She Said" playing on the radio. They enter a Korean restaurant as fake headlines are shown on the screen - rumors of their relationship. They sit at a table, take shots and begin arguing to each other, and Yulia storms off. The headlines continue as Yulia walks down the side of the restaurant, and Lena drives off after her. While walking down the road, Yulia gets picked up by a man (played by actor Charlie Koznik). Lena attempts to call Yulia on a cell phone, but it seems she is already on her phone with another person. Yulia and the man eventually go to his home, where they start to have sex. However, it quickly turns into attempted rape, when the man begins to force himself on Yulia. She shoves him off of her, flips the man off and calls Lena. However, he then physically assault Yulia, first punching her in the back of her head before pushing her through the glass top of a coffee table. Her phone is dropped, and Lena drives off in search of her. The man attempts to strangle Yulia, but she is able to break free, and gain enough time to locate bullets and a gun in a case. When he turns around to attack her again, Yulia shoots him in the head, causing his brains to be splattered on the wall. She then climbs out a window and down the fire escape, just in time to meet up with Lena who drives up to her and the two smile at each other.
The censored version of the music video was heavily edited for viewing on television. Omitted are Yulia giving the finger to the man, her being thrown into the glass, the finding of the gun, and the blood splatter. VEVO censors out the flipping scene and replaces it with Yulia giving the man the fist.
[edit] Track listings
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Japan CD single
UK Maxi-CD single
Europe Maxi-CD single
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The Remixes CD single
DVD promo single
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