Not Gonna Get Us

2003

Not Gonna Get Us ( dt [ you ] will not catch us ) is a song by the Russian band tATu from the year 2003. It was included on her first English studio album, 200 km / h in the Wrong Lane and was coupled out of this as the second single in May 2003.

Production

Not Gonna Get Us is the English version of the song Nas ne dogonjat, which was published in 2001 and in Russia and Eastern Europe had great success. Since one of the band attributed to the potential well, even to the Western music markets such as Europe and North America to be successful, began in January 2002, the recordings of an English album titled 200 km / h in the Wrong Lane. For this, the song has been translated into English and the sound partially revised to better tailor it to the Western music market. The lyrics of the Russian original was written by Elena Kiper, Sergio Galoyan and Valeri Poljenko, and was transferred by Trevor Horn to the English version. Sergio Galoyan further subscribes also responsible for the composition.

Publication and success

In Russia, the European Union and the United States, the single was released on 5 May 2003, in Japan on June 11.

In total, sold over two million singles of Not Gonna Get Us world. Thus, although the duo could not on the success of the first single All The Things She Said, which was more than twice sold repeatedly build, but reached the Top 10 of the charts in countries such as Italy, the UK and Mexico. In her native Russia was Not Gonna Get Us Tatu's last number -one hit, although they repeatedly demonstrated in the following years the top spot in the album charts. In Germany the song reached number 15 of the singles chart and stayed long in these nine weeks. In Japan, the song hit worse than expected and made it only to number two on the singles chart, where it stayed a total of 15 weeks. In Australia Not Gonna Get Us was awarded a gold record for selling over 35,000 singles.

In the United States Not Gonna Get Us appeared only as a promo single, reaching no chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 was very successful, however, was a custom built by Dave Audé remix of the song, which as Dave Audé Extension 119 Club Vocal Mix on the Promo - Singles included and reached number one on the U.S. Dance / Club charts. t.A.T.u. are the first and only to date Russian band, which reaching the top position of the U.S. Dance / Club charts succeeded.

In December 2005, Ivan Shapovalov BMI and Jelena Kiper was marked with the BMI Pop Award. The BMI honors with this award every year the most successful music producer and songwriter. An estimated Not Gonna Get Us was played worldwide in 2003 approximately half a million times on the radio.

Music Video

The music video for the song starts with close-ups Wolkowas and Katinas, located on a closed-off military airfield and seem to run away from something or someone. You will board a tanker truck, break through the barriers and driving on an empty road through the Siberian winter landscape. They run over a road worker who is by Ivan Shapovalov, manager and producer of the group embodies. The rest of the video consists of recordings of the two singers in and on the cab and the truck itself Interrupted is the video from the displayed childhood photos. At the end you can see the race truck in the distance, Katina and Volkova are entwined on the driver's cabin. The song belonging Remix videos also contain additional scenes, and show Volkova and Katina example, chained standing in the street.

Jelena Kiper said in a newspaper interview conducted in 2011, the plot of Not Gonna Get Us Socialize on the of All the Things She Said. In All the Things She Said shows how much these young girls love each other, at the same time but not understood by their fellow man or even rejected because of that. In Not Gonna Get Us, the two protagonists finally leave all this behind and flee from those who do not want to accept their love.

The music video to Not Gonna Get Us is almost identical to the Russian version of Nas ne dogonjat, only the lip synchronization has been changed and the sound with the English version of the song recorded over. As a director, worked in both versions Ivan Shapovalov. On the European music channels the music video reached high transmission values, for example in the UK and Germany.

Criticism

Many music critics praised the breakbeats at the beginning of the song, but were often criticized the alleged changed in their pitch on the computer voices of the two singers. In the British mission Music Week Not Gonna Get Us was referred to as " shining and sparkling pop", which have a good chance of continuing the success of All the Things She Said. The refrain was " wonderfully grumpy ", but do not go on my nerves. The online portal Star Online also expressed largely positive. Not Gonna Get Us is fresh, light and accentuates and also provided with some decent sound effects.

T.A.T.u. were nominated in 2003 for the song at the MTV Europe Music Awards as " Best Russian Act". Pitchfork listed the title on rank 33 of the best singles of the year 2003 and described him as probably the best love song of the year.

Soundtrack

Not Gonna Get Us is part of the soundtrack of the movie The Code - Never trust a thief from the year 2009 It is played at the end of the film and during the credits. . The Russian-language version of Nas ne dogonjat appears in the film, but in an unofficial remix.

Chart positions

Title List of Single

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