We Like to Party (Vengaboys song)

"We Like to Party"
Single by Vengaboys
from the album The Party Album
Released 9 November 1998
Format CD single
Recorded 1998
Genre Eurodance, dance-pop
Length 3:41
Label Groovilicious/S.R.
Vengaboys singles chronology
"Up and Down"
(1998)		 "We Like to Party"
(1998)		 "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"
(1998)

"We Like to Party" is a song by Dutch dance-pop group Vengaboys. It is played in A-flat major. The song became the group's biggest hit in the United States, peaking at number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and selling 405,000 copies.[1]

The single proved a higher seller than "Up & Down" in the UK, where it peaked at number 3 in March 1999, 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 number 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 park, you've heard this 4,000 times."[2]

Composition

"We Like To Party" is a eurodance song that lasts for three minutes and forty-one seconds. It is written in the key of A-flat major and maintains a tempo of 136 beats per minute in common time.

Music video

The video features all four Vengaboys members travelling to various destinations in Spain in a 1960s style mini-bus ("Vengabus"), where they end up in a nightclub. The Vengabus was driven by Jon Curtis.

Track listing

  1. "We Like to Party (Airplay)" (3:44)
  2. "We Like to Party (Klubbheads Mix)" (6:07)
  3. "We Like to Party (BCM RMX)" (4:04)
  4. "We Like to Party (More Airplay)" (5:50)
  5. "We Like to Party (Full Schwingg)" (4:38)
  6. "We Like to Party (DJ Disco Mix)" (4:33)
  7. "We Like to Party (Baunz Mix)" (4:45)
  8. "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".

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 10
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 7
Canada Dance (RPM) 1
France (SNEP)[8] 18
Germany (Media Control Charts)[9] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 3
Italy (FIMI)[11] 12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 9
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[14] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 56
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 26
U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles[7] 5

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

Influence

References

  1. ↑ Billboard - 25 Dec 1999 - 1 Jan 2000 - Page 34 "Vengaboys' "We Like To Party!" sold 405,000 units"
  2. ↑ Wilkening, Matthew (September 11, 2010). "100 Worst Songs Ever -- Part Three of Five". AOL Radio. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Canadian peak AllMusic
  8. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" (in French). Les classement single.
  9. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Vengaboys > We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  10. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: V". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Vengaboys search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  13. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)". Top 40 Singles.
  14. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1999-03-07". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)". Singles Top 60.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1999-03-07" UK Singles Chart.

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