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We Like to Party (Vengaboys song)

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Released
  
9 November 1998

Recorded
  
1998

Length
  
3:41

Format
  
CD single

Genre
  
Eurodance, dance-pop

Label
  
Groovilicious/S.R.

"We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)" 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.

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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.

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.

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".

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.
  • The song is sung by supporters of the Northern Irish Grammar School, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, during rugby matches.
  • The song was revived in 2014 as the event song for the film event Parappa Day: Beautiful Day Event and it featured in the films Parappa Party and Parappa Day.
  • The song is played ten times by the Funk It Up cast with Parappa in the episode "Moments and Fun," during the episode.

    • References

    We Like to Party (Vengaboys song) Wikipedia
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