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"Tik Tok"
Song

"Tik Tok" (styled as "TiK ToK") is the debut single by American recording artist Kesha. The song was produced by Benny Blanco and Dr. Luke and co-written by Benny Blanco, Dr. Luke and Kesha. It was released on August 7, 2009 as the lead single from Kesha's debut studio album Animal. Lyrically, the song speaks of attending a party one night, coming home half-drunk, and waking up the next morning surrounded by "beautiful women".

The song received mixed reviews from music critics. Some praised the lyrics and celebration of party lifestyle, others have criticized the song for sounding 'irritating', and being too similar to other tracks performed by the likes of Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue and Uffie.[1] It has achieved commercial success by topping the charts in twelve countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, France, New Zealand and others. It scored the biggest single-week sum of all time for a female artist selling 610,000 digital downloads in one week.[2] As of January 2010 the single has sold three million downloads in the United States alone.[3]

Writing and inspiration

"Tik Tok" was co-written by Kesha, Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco and was co-produced by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco. The song took three takes to get right as Kesha jokingly "white-girl rapped" over the beat.[4] At one point, she had wanted to rewrite the verses of the song because she did not think they were funny or clever.[5]

In an interview with Esquire, Kesha described her songwriting process, saying that after a night out returning home half-drunk stumbling, she would usually write down a few words of a song. The next morning, she would wake up with the story wanting to be told. She related her songwriting process to "Tik Tok",

"One morning I just woke up, and I live in this house with I-don't-even-know-how-many roommates — it's this Laurel Canyon house with seven rooms and roommates fluctuating monthly". She later added, "I woke up one day after we went to a party, and I was surrounded by ten of the most beautiful women you've ever seen. And I was like, I'm like P. Diddy — there's no man like this in the entire world. So that became the first line of the new single, and we just went from there. It's a daily process in my life."[6]

Kesha elaborated on the theme of the song to PopEater,

"I just really wanted to embody the lifestyle that I live," [...] "We're all young and broke and it doesn't matter. We can find clothes on the side of the street and go out and look fantastic, and kill it. If we don't have a car that doesn't stop us, because we'll take the bus. If we can't afford drinks, we'll bring a bottle in our purse. It's just about not letting anything bring you down."[7]

Composition

"Tik Tok" is an upbeat electropop song. It utilizes a minimalist "video-game beat"[8] interspersed with handclaps[9] and synths.[10] It is tight in the chorus with rapped verses, enhanced by Auto-Tune in some places and features a line by Diddy.[4] Acording to the sheet music published in Musicnotes.com, the song is set in common time with a moderate beat rate of 120 beats per minute. The song is written in the key of D Minor. Kesha's vocal range in the song spans from the high note of D3 to the low note of D5.[11] The song is ended by fade out of Kesha laughing.

Critical reception

The song received mixed reviews. Kelsey Paine of Billboard called the song "a love letter to DJs everywhere, with hand claps that build to a crescendo of pure, infectious dance-pop."[9] Jim Farber of the New York Daily News called the song "a vintage lick of dance candy too tooth-rottingly sweet to resist."[12] Fraser McAlpine of the BBC noted its similarities to "Just Dance" and their partying subject matter, but concedes that "[s]he does make it sound kinda fun though." [13] Billy Johnson, Jr. of Yahoo compared "Tik Tok" to the 1980s L'Trimm hit, "Cars that Go Boom" and notes that Kesha has "take[n] on L'Trimm's vocal styling for her own hit." He elaborates, saying "[t]he L'Trimm influence on the song is obvious as Kesha borrows Lady Tigra and Bunny D's slurred cadence and airy persona."[14]

Jonah Weiner of Slate Magazine gave the song a negative review quoting "The song sets up ship on the fault line between charmingly daft and deeply irritating." He then continued, making comparisons regarding other artists stating "The rapped verses are sub-Fergie-grade, proudly stuffed with groaners and to-hell-with-the-expiration-date slang." Weiner commented that the plotline plays a sequel to "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga: "girl wakes up drunk, stays drunk, finds a dance floor and (spoiler alert) gets even drunker."[1] Jon Caramanica of the The New York Times described the song as "a zippy and salacious celebration of late nights and mornings-after." He noted that "[s]ome have compared Kesha, unfavorably, to Uffie, who is signed to the influential French electronic music label Ed Banger and whose sass-rap predated Kesha’s by a couple of years." He postulated that "if anyone should feel fleeced by "Tik Tok", though, it’s Lady Gaga, who probably hears significant chunks of her hit "Just Dance" in its melody and subject matter."[4]

Chart performance

"Tik Tok" made its chart debut on the official New Zealand Singles Chart at number seven on the issue dated October 5, 2009.[15] The following week, it moved up to number one.[16] It held the top spot for a total of five consecutive weeks.[17] The song made its first ever chart appearance in Canada, where the song debuted at number sixty-seven on the Canadian Hot 100. It ascended to number one seven weeks after its debut, where it stayed for nine non-consecutive weeks.[17] The song also charted in Australia where it debuted on the ARIA Charts at number twenty-eight, and reached number one on its third week on the chart.[18] In Europe, the song debuted at number thirty-eight in Sweden on the issue dated October 23, 2009 and managed to peak at number three.[19] The song debuted at thirty-nine in Denmark and peaked at number three.[20] In Norway, the song debuted at number eleven and peaked at number three.[21] The song also charted in both the Dutch- and French-speaking regions of Belgium, peaking at number four and one respectively.[22][23] In Finland, the song debuted at number sixteen and peaked at number seven.[17] It debuted on the official UK Singles Chart at number six on November 8, 2009 and over a period of just under three months climbed to a peak of number four on January 3, 2010 based on downloads alone.[17] It has sold a total of 442,287 copies in the UK.[24]

On the week ending October 24, 2009, "Tik Tok" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number seventy nine.[17] It topped the chart on the issue dated January 2, 2010 as the first number one of the new decade,[25] and topped the chart for nine consecutive weeks, the most for any single of the decade (to date). This became the first number one solo single by the artist, and second overall after appearing on "Right Round" with Flo Rida earlier in 2009, although she was not officially credited. On the week ending December 27, 2009, the song broke records in the United States after selling 610,000 digital downloads, the highest ever by a female artist since tracking began in 2003 and second highest overall, behind "Right Round".[2] It was reported on January 24, 2010 that "Tik Tok" has sold a total of three million downloads in the country alone.[3]

Music video

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Ke$ha in the music video for "TiK ToK" standing up in a gold 1978 Trans Am driven by Simon Rex.

The music video was directed by Syndrome[26] and begins with Kesha awaking from a bathtub in a home as she stumbles out and begins to look for a toothbrush in the restroom. She makes her way down a staircase looking at the picture lining the wall. It becomes apparent that she isn't in her own house because she is not present in the family portrait hanging from the wall. Kesha makes her way to the kitchen, walking in on the family having breakfast startling them. She shrugs and then leaves the home as the family gets up and follows her. When she arrives at the sidewalk, she picks up a gold bicycle lying against a fallen fence and rides off. Kesha meets a group of children where she trades the bicycle for their boombox. The video cuts to another scene where she rejects a guy that is walking down the street and looking at her, and is picked up by a man portrayed by Simon Rex[27] who drives her in a gold 1978 Trans Am. They are pulled over by the police who handcuff Kesha. The scene then pans to her singing while standing up in the convertible with the handcuffs hanging from one of her arms as she dangles it in front of the camera. The next scene showcases Kesha in an empty room filled with glitter. She then attends a party with Barry for the final scene. The video comes to an end with Kesha lying in a different bathtub from the one she woke up in.[26] The gold car used in the video belonged to Kesha and the video was shot in Kesha's old neighborhood. The final party scene was shot at one of her friend's house they called 'The Drunk Tank'.[28]

Promotion and live performances

"Tik Tok" was used to promote season six of Project Runway and was featured in the 2009 reboot of Melrose Place[29]. The song has also been featured on The Hills[30], and most recently Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.[31]

To promote the single, Kesha made several television appearances and performances across North America and overseas. The first televised performance of the song was on a part of MTV Push, a program broadcast on MTV Networks worldwide.[32][33] Kesha also performed the song at the 2009 Z100 Jingle Ball held on December 11 in Madison Square Garden.[4] She has also made appearances on the It's On with Alexa Chung, The Wendy Williams Show, Lopez Tonight, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform the song.[34][35][36]

Track listing

Credits and Personnel

Charts, certifications and procession

Chart procession and succession

Order of precedence
Preceded by New Zealand Singles Chart number-one single
October 12, 2009 – November 9, 2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian Singles Chart number-one single
November 9, 2009 – December 28, 2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single
November 21, 2009 – November 28, 2009 (first run)
January 2, 2010 – February 20, 2010 (second run)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
January 2, 2010 – February 27, 2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Diamanten" by Chand Torsvik
Norwegian Singles Chart number-one single
January 4, 2010 – January 10, 2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Hot" by Inna
Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one single
January 16, 2010 – January 29, 2010 (first run)
February 6, 2010 – February 20, 2010 (second run)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) number-one single
January 16, 2010 − February 20, 2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by French Digital Singles Chart number-one single
January 17, 2010 – February 21, 2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Austrian Singles Chart number-one single
January 22, 2010 − March 25, 2010
Preceded by Swiss Singles Chart number-one single
January 24, 2010 − March 13, 2010 (first run)
March 21, 2010 – April 3, 2010 (second run)
Succeeded by
Preceded by German Singles Chart number-one single
January 29, 2010 – March 11, 2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Pop Songs number-one single
February 6, 2010 – March 20, 2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by European Hot 100 number-one single
February 13, 2010 – March 19, 2010 (first run)
March 27, 2010 – April 2, 2010 (second run)
Succeeded by
Preceded by French Physical Singles Chart number-one single
February 21, 2010 – February 28, 2010

Release history

Region Date Format
United States[75] August 7, 2009 Digital download
Australia[76] August 25, 2009
Austria[77]
Canada[78]
Finland[79]
Mexico[80]
New Zealand[81]
Norway[82]
Russia[83]
Sweden[84]
Switzerland[85]
United Kingdom November 3, 2009[86]
November 30, 2009[87] CD single
Italy[88] November 29, 2009 Digital download
Belgium[89] January 8, 2010
Germany[90]

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