Not Gonna Get Us

"Not Gonna Get Us"
Single by t.A.T.u.
from the album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
B-side	Ne Ver, Ne Boisia
Released	May 5, 2003
Format	CD single, Cassette Single
Genre	Euro-dance, breakbeat
Length	4:22 (Album Version) 3:37 (Radio Edit 1) 3:19 (Radio Edit 2)
Label	Universal/Interscope
Writer(s)	Sergio Galoyan, Trevor Horn, Ivan Shapovalov, Elena Kiper, Valeriy Polienko
Producer	Trevor Horn
t.A.T.u. singles chronology
"All the Things She Said" (2002) "Not Gonna Get Us" (2003) "Ne Ver', Ne Boysia" (2003)
200 km/h in the Wrong Lane track listing "Not Gonna Get Us" (1) "All the Things She Said" (2)

"Not Gonna Get Us" (translated from "Нас Не Догонят") is the second single from t.A.T.u.'s debut English album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane and was released in mid-2003. It was the last song taken from that album in the UK, where it reached #7 on the singles chart. The music was composed by Sergio Galoyan. The lyrics were written by Elena Kiper, Ivan Shapovalov, Valeriy Polienko and Sergio Galoyan.

Background and production

After their critical acclaim single All The Things She Said was released, the next single to be released was Not Gonna Get Us. On May 2003 the band released it in Russia. The song was added to their YouTube channel five years later on 6 February 2008.^[1]

Critical reception

"Not Gonna Get Us" received favorable reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic highlighted the track on the album saying it was a "exhaustling offering hit". Popdirt commented that the "high-pitched helium voices" on the song work at "complimenting the sensitivity they feel for each other and the reckless abandonment of the outside world perfectly".^[2] Furthermore, Pitchfork listed this as the 33rd best single of 2003.^[3]

The song was nominated "Best Russian Act" in 2003 on MTV Europe Music Awards.^[4]

Music video

t.A.T.u. in "Not Gonna Get Us" Video

The music video for this song is a re-edited version of the Russian video, altered to remove the lip synching (usually by adding a broken glass shot over the shots of them singing). The video starts off with close-ups of Yulia and Lena, implying that they have done something wrong. They steal a large truck and ride off down a snowy Siberian landscape together with the truck slightly burning on the engines' left side while talking and reading a map. They run over a construction worker in the middle of the road, who is played by their producer at the time, Ivan Shapovalov. At the end of the video it shows both girls standing on the top of the moving truck, hugging each other in triumph. Ivan Shapovalov directed the video.

Online game

A video game was created by a fan based on the music video. In the game, the band is inside a truck trying to get away from the bad guys. The game course also features land mines that the player must dodge.^[5] It was uploaded by a user on game-sharing web site Newgrounds.

Track listings

U.S. CD single Released May 5, 2003 "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Club Vocal Mix) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Vocal Edit) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Larry Tee Electroclash Mix) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Richard Morel's Pink Noise Dub) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Richard Morel's Pink Noise Vocal Mix) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Richard Morel's Pink Noise Edit) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Remix-Velvet Dub Aka Big Dud Mix) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Club Dub Mix) Europe Maxi-CD single Released May 5, 2003 "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Vocal Edit) "All The Things She Said" (DJ Monk's Breaks Mix) "All The Things She Said" (Blackpulke Remix) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Music Video) New Zealand CD single Released May 5, 2003 "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version) "Ne Ver Ne Boisia" (Eurovision 2003) "All The Things She Said" (Running And Spinning Remix) "Not Gonna Get Us" Music Video (Video Alone By Itself)

UK CD single Released May 26, 2003 "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version) "Ne Ver Ne Boisia" (Eurovision 2003) "All The Things She Said" (Running And Spinning Remix By Guéna LG & RLS) Not Gonna Get Us (Music Video) Australia CD single "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audé Extension 119 Vocal Edit) "All The Things She Said" (DJ Monk's Breaks Mix) "All The Things She Said" (Blackpulke Remix) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Music Video) Japan CD single Released June 11, 2003 "Not Gonna Get Us" (Radio Version) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Dave Audeé Extension 119 Vocal Edit) "All The Things She Said" (Instrumental Version) "Not Gonna Get Us" (Music Video)

Chart performance

Not Gonna Get Us reached number 10 in Europe Official Top 100.^[6] The song was released worldwide in 2003 and peaked Top 10 in some Europe countries, where it became a massive hit. It reached number one in US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play,^[7] with its remixes version, besides had already entered it, in its original/album version peaking at 31, two in Russia, number three in Finnish Charts,^[8] four in Italy and five in Austrian Charts.^[9] It debuted number seven in UK charts, becoming t.A.T.u.'s second Top 10 single there, where it sold 43.000 copies.^[10] It also debuted number nine in Sweden, and number 10 in Irish Charts.^[11]

The song peaked Top 20 in some other countries, and reached number eleven in Australia and Netherlands. In Australia it spent 6 weeks in the Top 20,^[12] and went gold for selling more than 35.000 copies.^[13] It reached number twelve in Norway, fifteen in Germany and eighteen on the French and Swiss Charts, where it spent 18 weeks on the charts.^[14] The song peaked at number twenty-five in New Zealand Chart, where it only spent 1 week on the chart, becoming its poorest chart performance.^[15] "Not Gonna Get Us" also entered US [Top 40 Mainstream], peaking at number thirty-five.

Charts

Country	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[16]	11
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[17]	5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[18]	12
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[19]	10
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[20]	3
France (SNEP)[21]	18
Germany (Media Control AG)[22]	15
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[23]	25
Italy (FIMI)[24]	4
Ireland (IRMA)[25]	10
Japan (Japan Hot 100)	86
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26]	11
New Zealand (RIANZ)[27]	25
Norway (VG-lista)[28]	12
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[29]	9
Switzerland (Media Control AG)[30]	18
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[31]	7
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[32]	1
U.S. Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) [33]	35

Radio add dates and release history

Radio add dates Country Date Type United States May 22, 2003 Mainstream airplay

Release history Country Date Europe May 5, 2003 United States United Kingdom May 26, 2003 Japan June 11, 2003

Cover versions and derivatives

"Not Gonna Get Us" was sampled in the song "Miss Love Tantei" by W. The song was used as the closing song in the 2008 film, The Code, which had Russian characters and clubs as central to the plot.

The song was covered by Japanese singer Maki Nomiya on her 2005 album Party People.

References

1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HL-N9oOjcs
2. ^ http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/review/418/tatu.html
3. ^ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5924-top-50-singles-of-2003/2/
4. ^ Tatysite.net 2003
5. ^ http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/361630
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13. ^ ARIA Certification
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16. ^ ARIA = Chart Trajectory
17. ^ IFPI Austria – Chart Trajectory
18. ^ "Ultratop.be – t.A.T.u. – Not Gonna Get Us" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
19. ^ "Ultratop.be – t.A.T.u. – Not Gonna Get Us" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
20. ^ IFPI Finland – Chart Trajectory
21. ^ Disque En France – Chart Trajectory
22. ^ Mariah-Chart
23. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
24. ^ - FIMI
25. ^ IRMA
26. ^ [10]
27. ^ NZ Charts
28. ^ IFPI Norway – Chart Trajectory
29. ^ IFPI Sweden – Chart Trajectory
30. ^ IFPI Switzerland – Chart Trajectory
31. ^ [11]
32. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number-one_dance_hits_of_2003_%28USA%29
33. ^ [12]