Format Digital download Genre Pop-rap
R&B Label Warner Bros. | Recorded 2014 Length 3:20 | |
Released December 15, 2015 (2015-12-15) | ||
"Get Ugly" is a song by American singer Jason Derulo for his fourth studio album Everything Is 4 (2015). It was released as the album's fourth single on December 15, 2015. Derulo co-wrote the song with Jason Evigan, Sean Douglas, and Ricky Reed; the latter is also the producer. The track samples "We Got Our Own Thang" by Heavy D & the Boyz from their second studio album Big Tyme.
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Music video
A music video for the track, directed by Syndrome, premiered via Derulo's YouTube channel on December 14, 2015. Allison Bowsher of Much TV channel called it a "good old fashioned dance video" and wrote that it "showcase his talent as a dancer". Colin Joyce from Spin wrote that the video "plays like a re-imagining of Lionel Richie's "All Night Long" video". Radio.com's Amanda Wicks said that Derulo "shows off some fresh moves by way of slick choreography" throughout the video.
In popular culture
The song was used by the Inscape Channel in 2016 to promote newly purchased show Hey Arnold! and its new Arnold-related programming block Late Night, Every Night.
The song appears in the rhythm game Just Dance 2016 under a subscription-based streamer service.
The song was used in the theatrical trailer of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.