We Like to Party
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| Single by Vengaboys | ||||
| from the album The Party Album | ||||
| Released | 9 November 1998 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Eurodance, Dance-pop | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Groovilicious/S.R. | |||
| Vengaboys singles chronology | ||||
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"We Like to Party" is the title of a song by Dutch music group Vengaboys. It is played in A-flat major. The song became their biggest hit in the United States, peaking at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and selling 405,000 copies.
The single proved a higher seller than "Up & Down" in the UK, where it peaked at number 3 in November 1998, eventually selling 474,000 copies, making it the 29th biggest hit of the year.
Most recently, Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio ranked the song at #45 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever while telling the listener, "If you live within a few hundred miles of a Six Flags adventure [sic] park, you've heard this 4,000 times."[1]
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[edit] Music video
The video features all four Vengaboys members travelling to various destinations in the USA in a 1960s style mini-bus ("Vengabus"), where they end up in a nightclub.
[edit] Track listing
- "We Like to Party (Airplay)" (3:44)
- "We Like to Party (Klubbheads Mix)" (6:07)
- "We Like to Party (BCM RMX)" (4:04)
- "We Like to Party (More Airplay)" (5:50)
- "We Like to Party (Full Schwingg)" (4:38)
- "We Like to Party (DJ Disco Mix)" (4:33)
- "We Like to Party (Baunz Mix)" (4:45)
- "We Like to Party (BCM XXL)" (6:21)
The song was also remixed by Jason Nevins and Tin-Tin Out. Their mixes were included on the single for "We're Going to Ibiza".
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Dance Chart | 1 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 2 |
| French Singles Chart | 18 |
| German Singles Chart | 4 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 9 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 26 |
[edit] Chart successions
| Preceded by Girlfriend/Boyfriend by Blackstreet |
Canadian RPM Dance/Urban number-one single May 24, 1999 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Skin" by Charlotte |
[edit] References
- ^ Wilkening, Matthew (September 11, 2010). "100 Worst Songs Ever -- Part Three of Five". AOL Radio. http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/09/11/100-worst-songs-ever-part-three-of-five/. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
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