The Party's Just Begun Explained

The Party's Just Begun
Cover:	Thepartysjustbegun.jpg
Border:	yes
Type:	single
Artist:	The Cheetah Girls
Album:	The Cheetah Girls 2 (soundtrack)
B-Side:	Strut (Remix)
Released:	June 5, 2006
Length:	3:10
Label:	Walt Disney
Producer:	Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil^[1]
Prev Title:	If I Never Knew You
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Strut
Next Year:	2006

"The Party's Just Begun" is the lead single from the soundtrack of The Cheetah Girls 2.

Background and composition

The single officially premiered on Radio Disney on June 5, 2006 and was released officially for digital download on July 11. The song was written and produced by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil. The single debuted at #94 and peaked #85 on TheBillboard Hot 100, making it their first song to chart.

Vocals

The recorded version of the song featured Raven-Symoné on lead vocals, with adlibs by Adrienne Bailon and background vocals by Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams. All the girls have 4 solo verses on the song. Due to Symoné's absences, Bryan and Williams took her verses. Both Bailon and Williams sing the chorus with background vocals by Bryan. Symoné joined the girls to perform the song live on Good Morning America, being the first and only time all four girls sing live together.^[2]

Ming Remix

The official remix of the song, known as the "Ming Remix" was released on February 10, 2009^[3] as a promo single. It was previously released on the EP format of the original version of "The Party's Just Begun". This version of "The Party's Just Begun" not featured on any album(s) of The Cheetah Girls.

Music video

The video for the song features the performance of "The Party's Just Begun" in the movie with clips from the movie intercut throughout the video.^[4] It premiered on June 22, 2006 on Disney Channel.

Track listing

• U.S. CD single/U.K CD single

1. "The Party's Just Begun - 3:10
2. "Strut (Remix)" - 2:55

• U.K. Digital download

1. "The Party's Just Begun" - 3:10

• Italy EP

1. "The Party's Just Begun - 3:10
2. "Strut (remix)" - 3:12
3. "The Party's Just Begun (Ming Remix)" - 3:04

Charts

Chart (2006–2007)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	72
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	85^[6]
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	62^[7]

Release details

Region	Date	Label	Format
United States	June 5, 2006	Walt Disney Records	Radio Disney
	July 11, 2006		Digital download^[8]
	January 8, 2007		CD single^[9]
United Kingdom			Digital download^[10]
	February 12, 2007		CD single^[11]
Italy^[12]	January 8, 2007		Digital EP
United States	February 10, 2009		Digital download (Ming Remix)^[13]

Notes and References

1. http://allmusic.com/album/the-cheetah-girls-2-r847376/credits/credits-asc Credits
2. live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WjeAHBZWVoM . 2021-12-11. The Cheetah Girls - The Party's Just Begun (Live on Good Morning America) . YouTube.
3. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-partys-just-begun-ming/id303699071 Ming Remix
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdwszEutew8 The Cheetah Girls - The Party's Just Begun
5. Web site: The ARIA Report: Issue 889 (Week Commencing 19 March 2007). https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070319130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20070320-0000/issue889.pdf. dead. 2007-03-19. Australian Recording Industry Association. 4. February 28, 2022. Trove.
6. The Party's Just Begun - Cheetah Girls
7. http://allmusic.com/artist/cheetah-girls-p600491/charts-awards/billboard-singles The Cheetah Girls - Charts & Awards
8. https://www.amazon.com/The-Partys-Just-Begun/dp/B0018EC7TE/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1279840887&sr=301-2 The Party's Just Begun
9. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LPS3TE US CD single
10. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001WJ59PY UK digital single
11. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000LPS3TE UK CD single
12. Web site: The Party's Just Begun - EP di the Cheetah Girls. iTunes. January 2007.
13. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SQ9CIG/ Amazon.com: The Party's Just Begun (Ming Remix): The Cheetah Girls: MP3 Downloads