Do Somethin'

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“Do Somethin'”
“Do Somethin'” cover
Single by Britney Spears
from the album Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
Released Flag of Germany February 13, 2005
Flag of the United Kingdom February 28, 2005
Format Digital download
CD single
Recorded 2004
Genre Pop, dance-pop, electro
Length 3:22
Label Jive
Writer(s) Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback, A. Hunte
Producer Bloodshy & Avant
S. Lunt
Certification Gold (Australia)
Britney Spears singles chronology
"My Prerogative"
(2004)		 "Do Somethin'"
(2005)		 "Someday (I Will Understand)"
(2005)
Audio sample
Info "Do Somethin'" (help·info)

"Do Somethin'" is a single by Britney Spears, the third and final single taken from her 2004 (see 2004 in music) Greatest Hits: My Prerogative compilation. "Do Somethin'" was written by regular Spears collaborators Christian Karlsson and Henrik Jonback, among others, and was produced by the pair Bloodshy & Avant, also responsible for the hit "Toxic."

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[edit] Music video

Spears dancing with a group of girls in the "Do Somethin'" video.
Spears dancing with a group of girls in the "Do Somethin'" video.

Britney made her directorial debut with the music video for Do Somethin', though she had assistance from previous Spears collaborator Billie Woodruff ("Born to Make You Happy," "Overprotected"). Britney requested that she be credited as "Mona Lisa" for the video, her apparent alter-ego.

After an opening scene in which the camera takes the audience through a metal tunnel leading up to a door reading "Mona Lisa," we find Spears and her crew performing a dance routine. Next, the girls make their way into Britney's pink hummer and drive among the clouds in the sky. As it turns out, their location is a club named Hole in the Wall. Once at the club, Spears and friends attempt to liven things up by dancing suggestively, seeing as everyone there besides them are stiffs. Following their dancing, they get up on stage and toy with the guys at the bar. The ending of the video has Spears singing at a microphone with her friends as her band.

[edit] 2007 Lawsuit

In November 2007, Louis Vuitton won a suit of 80,000 EUR in damages after their brand appeared in the 2005 video for 'Do Somethin'. The French luxury company won a court injunction in Paris to the keep video (in which Britney drives a pink Hummer with a counterfeit Vuitton “cherry blossom” monogrammed dashboard) from airing on European TV stations.

The civil court ruling also ordered the video’s producer to pay $117,600 for damages to Vuitton’s image, and $1,470 per day until the video is removed from the Internet.

Named in the suit are Spears’ record label, Jive, its parent company Zomba Label Group and Sony BMG and MTV.com, where the video has appeared.

Britney Spears is not directly linked to the court proceedings. [1]

[edit] Chart performance

Though "Do Somethin'" was never officially released in the U.S., it managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at #100 through aid of digital downloads. However, downloads were very weak and the single peaked at only #49 on the Hot Digital Songs chart.

"Do Somethin'" achieved more success on a worldwide scale, reaching the top ten in several nations. The single peaked at #6 in the UK and has sold 90,000 copies.[2]

In Latin America, the single became Spears' fourth entry in the Latin America Top 40. The single debuted at #35 in April, 2005[3], and peak at #12 six weeks later[4].

Chart (2005)[5] Peak
Position
United World Chart 13
Argentinian Airplay Chart 5
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 8
Austrian Singles Chart 21
Belgian Singles Chart 9
Brazilian Singles Chart 2
Canadian Singles Chart 16
Chilean Airplay Chart 16
Danish Singles Chart 4
Dutch Singles Chart 13
European Billboard Hot 100 Singles[6] 7
French Singles Chart 70
German Singles Chart 18
Irish Singles Chart 4
Latin American Airplay Chart 12
Norwegian Singles Chart 12
Swedish Singles Chart 10
Swiss Singles Chart 11
UK Singles Chart 6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 100
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 49
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 63

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Do Somethin'".

UK CD Single

  1. "Do Somethin'" — 3:22
  2. "Do Somethin'" [DJ Monk's Radio Edit] — 4:12

UK Promo Remixes CD

  1. "Do Somethin'" — 3:22
  2. "Do Somethin'" [DJ Monk's Radio Edit] — 4:12
  3. "Do Somethin'" [Thick Vocal Mix] — 7:59
  4. "Everytime" [Valentin Remix] — 3:25

UK Promo CD

  1. "Do Somethin'" — 3:22

UK Maxi-Single CD

  1. "Do Somethin'" — 3:22
  2. Enhanced With "Do Somethin'" & "Chris Cox Megamix" Videos

Europe/Australia CD Single

  1. "Do Somethin'" — 3:22
  2. "Do Somethin'" [DJ Monk's Radio Edit] — 4:12
  3. "Do Somethin'" [Thick Vocal Mix] — 7:59
  4. "Everytime" [Valentin Remix] — 3:25

[edit] Remixes

  • Album Version — 3:22
  • Instrumental — 3:22
  • DJ Monk's Radio Edit — 4:12
  • DJ Monk's Club Mix — 5:43
  • Thick Dick Radio Edit — 3:37
  • Thick Vocal Mix — 7:59

[edit] References

  1. ^ Usmagazine.com | Louis Vuitton Sues Britney Spears, Claiming She Damaged Its Image
  2. ^ Britney Spears — Do Somethin' (UK) UKBritney.tv Retrieved on May 25, 2007
  3. ^ Britney Spears — Do Somethin' (Latin America) TopLatino.net Retrieved on May 25, 2007
  4. ^ http://www.toplatino.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=83
  5. ^ Chart peak positions:
  6. ^ European Hot 100 Singles Billboard magazine. Chart listing for the week of March 26, 2005.

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