We Like to Party (Vengaboys song)

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"We Like to Party"
File:Weliketoparty.jpg
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.
Writer(s) Wessel van Diepen, Dennis van den Driesschen
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 United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 3 in March 1999, eventually selling 474,000 copies, making it the 29th biggest hit of the year.[citation needed]

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 Province of Barcelona, Piera and Gavà, in a 1930s style mini-bus ("Vengabus"), where they end up in a nightclub in La Barceloneta, Barcelona. 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)[2] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 10
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[6] 7
Canada Dance (RPM) 1
France (SNEP)[7] 18
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 3
Italy (FIMI)[10] 12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 9
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[13] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 56
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 26
U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles[6] 5

Chart successions

Preceded by Canadian RPM Dance/Urban number-one single
May 24, 1999 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Skin" by Charlotte

Influence

  • The song was revived in 2004 as the main theme for Six Flags' "Mr. Six" advertising campaign.
  • The song was played every time a Colorado Rockies player hits a home run at Coors Field up until the end of the 2014 season
  • The song is used as the entrance music for British professional wrestler Liam Slater.

References

  1. ↑ Billboard - 25 Dec 1999 - 1 Jan 2000 - Page 34 "Vengaboys' "We Like To Party!" sold 405,000 units"
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Canadian peak AllMusic
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. ↑ "Musicline.de – Vengaboys Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
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  11. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Vengaboys search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  12. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)". Top 40 Singles.
  13. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1999-03-07". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  14. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)". Singles Top 60.
  15. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)". Swiss Singles Chart.
  16. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1999-03-07" UK Singles Chart.

External links

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