There You Go

"There You Go"
Single by Pink
from the album Can't Take Me Home
B-side "Leaving For The Last Time" "Hell wit Ya"
Released February 8, 2000
Format CD single, Cassette
Recorded July 1999
Triangle Sound Studios
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre R&B
Length 3:26
Label LaFace
Writer(s) Alecia Moore, Kandi Burruss, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Producer(s) Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Certification Platinum (Australia - 70,000)
Gold (U.S.)
Pink singles chronology
"There You Go"
(2000)		 "Most Girls"
(2000)
Music video
"There You Go" on YouTube

"There You Go" is a song co-written and performed by American singer Pink, released as her debut single from her debut album, Can't Take Me Home. The single was released on February 8, 2000, in the United States and May 22, 2000, in the United Kingdom. The song is noted for the longest consecutive debut at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart and never peaking at No. 1, staying at No. 2 for ten consecutive weeks.

Background

"There You Go" was written by Pink, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, and Kandi Burruss. It was produced by "She'kspere". The song is about a relationship that Pink has ended, but the ex-boyfriend wants her back. The single peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 2 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, and No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart and New Zealand Singles Chart. It was also a big hit in Australia and was accredited Platinum with sales of over 70,000.[1]

Critical reception

Allmusic highlighted the song.[2] Rob Brunner compared: "Briggs's 'There You Go' is remarkably similar to his hits for Destiny's Child ('Bills, Bills, Bills') and TLC ('No Scrubs') but minus the vocal interplay that gives those tunes their punch."[3] MTV Asia wrote that this song is an edgy cut that haves all that it takes to top the charts.[4] Rolling Stone was also positive: "Her debut has one awesome single in 'There You Go', whose wronged-woman sass is set to a stop-start groove so bling-bling it redeems a chorus that ends, 'Sometimes it be's like that.'"[5] Complex magazine named it the 11th best R&B song by a white singer in 2000s.[6]

Music video

In the music video, Pink's ex-boyfriend calls her asking for a ride, and she reluctantly agrees to give him one. Pink hops on a motorcycle and rides to the top of a parking structure overlooking her ex's apartment, where she calls him on her cell. She then accelerates her motorcycle, jumps off at the last second, and watches as it soars off the building and crashes into his apartment window before exploding into flames. Pink then jumps into a car driven by a new guy, giving her ex the middle finger as they drive off. The Entertainment Weekly editor described the video with the following: "In the video for 'There You Go' — her smash single — the piqued Pink freaks, sending a motorcycle crashing into Floyd's fab bachelor pad."[3]

Track listing

  1. "There You Go" (Album Version) - 3:26
  2. "There You Go" (Hani Radio Edit) - 3:33
  3. "There You Go" (Video) - 3:47
  1. "There You Go" (Album Version) - 3:26
  2. "There You Go" (Hani Radio Edit) - 3:33
  3. "There You Go" (Instrumental) - 3:36
  1. "There You Go" (Album Version) - 3:26
  2. "There You Go" (Instrumental) - 3:36
  1. "There You Go" (Album Version) - 3:26
  2. "There You Go" (Hani Num Club) - 8:27
  3. "There You Go" (Hani Radio Edit) - 3:33
  4. "There You Go" (Hani MFF Mix) - 8:39
  5. "There You Go" (Hani Mix Show Edit) - 5:32
  1. "There You Go" (Clean Version) - 3:26
  2. "Hell Wit Ya - Snippet 1:30
  3. Leaving For The Last Time - Snippet 1:30

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[11] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 37
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 22
Germany (Media Control Charts)[14] 65
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] 10
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[17] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 26
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 37
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[20] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[21] 7
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[22] 2
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[23] 15
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[24] 2
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[25] 4

End of year charts

End of year chart (2000) Position
Australia ARIA [26] 41
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[27] 16

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[28] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[29] Gold 7,500*
United States (RIAA)[30] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Singles". ARIA.com. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-take-me-home-mw0000055859
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275920,00.html
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20040410024009/http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C2000101302.html
  5. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/cant-take-me-home-20000427
  6. ↑ http://www.complex.com/music/2013/08/best-r-and-b-songs-by-white-singers-in-the-2000s/pink-there-you-go
  7. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/PNK-There-You-Go/release/1846034
  8. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1897561
  9. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=105678
  10. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/PNK-Cant-Take-Me-Home/release/6263038
  11. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – P!nk – There You Go". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  12. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – P!nk – There You Go" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – P!nk – There You Go" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  14. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > P!nk > There You Go – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  15. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 22, 2000". Irish Singles Chart.
  16. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – P!nk – There You Go" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  17. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – P!nk – There You Go". Top 40 Singles.
  18. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – P!nk – There You Go". Singles Top 60.
  19. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – P!nk – There You Go". Swiss Singles Chart.
  20. ↑ "PINK: Artist Chart History" UK Singles Chart.
  21. ↑ "P!nk Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for P!nk.
  22. ↑ "P!nk Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for P!nk.
  23. ↑ "P!nk Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for P!nk.
  24. ↑ "P!nk Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for P!nk.
  25. ↑ "P!nk Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for P!nk.
  26. ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2000.htm
  27. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  28. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  29. ↑ "RIANZ Top 50 Singles 2000". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2000. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  30. ↑ "American single certifications – Pink – There You Go". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

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