Do Something (song)

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For the Britney Spears song, see Do Somethin'.
“Do Something”
“Do Something” cover
Single by Macy Gray
from the album On How Life Is
B-side "Rather Hazy"
Released June 24, 1999
Format CD single
Recorded 1999
Genre Soul, alternative hip hop
Length 4:57 (album version)
4:10 (radio edit)
Label Epic
Writer(s) Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, Darryl Swann, Dion Murdock, Patrick Brown, Raymon Murray, Rico Wade, Cameron Gipp, André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Thomas Burton, Greg Mays, Daryl Barnes, George Clinton, Jr., Garry Shider, Bernie Worrell, Sylvester Allen, Morris Dickerson, Howard Scott, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Charles Miller
Producer Andrew Slater
Macy Gray singles chronology
"Do Something"
(1999)		 "I Try"
(1999)

"Do Something" is the lead single from Macy Gray's debut album On How Life Is, released in 1999. The song samples OutKast's 1994 "Git Up, Git Out" and Nice & Smooth's 1989 "Funky for You", therefore it contained no less than twenty-two co-writers including Gray herself.

In the UK, "Do Something" became Gray's first charting hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number fifty-one there, however, it remains her lowest charting single there to date. "Do Something" failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but managed to peak at number forty-three on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart.

"Do Something" was released on two CD formats in the UK. The CD single contained remixes of "Do Something", including collaborators such as Cee-Lo of Gnarls Barkley along with a non-album track, "Rather Hazy".

"Do Something" was also used in an MTV Europe commercial advertising Summer Festivals throughout Europe in 1999.

[edit] Track listings

CD 1
  1. "Do Something" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Rather Hazy"
  3. "Do Something (Organized Noize Mix) (featuring Cee-Lo)
CD 2
  1. "Do Something" (Album Version)
  2. "Do Something" (Jay Dene Remix)
  3. "Do Something" (King Britt Remix)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Dutch Top 40[1] 35
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[2] 32
UK Singles Chart[3] 51
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[4] 63
Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales[4] 43

[edit] References

  1. ^ De Nederlandse Top 40 – week 31 – 1999 (Dutch). Radio 538. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
  2. ^ charts.org.nz – Macy Gray – Do Something. Charts.org.nz. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
  3. ^ Chart Stats – Macy Gray – Do Something. Chart Stats. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
  4. ^ a b On How Life Is > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
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