We Like to Party (Vengaboys song)

"We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)"
Single by Vengaboys
from the album The Party Album
Released	9 November 1998
Format	CD single
Recorded	1998
Genre	Eurodance dance-pop
Length	3:41
Label	Groovilicious/S.R.
Songwriter(s)	Wessel van Diepen Dennis van den Driesschen
Vengaboys singles chronology
"Up and Down" (1998) "We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)" (1998) "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (1999)
Music video
"We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)" on YouTube

"We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)" is a song by Dutch dance-pop group Vengaboys.

Release

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.^[1]

The single proved a higher seller than "Up and 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! (The Vengabus)" is a Eurodance song that runs for 3 minutes and 41 seconds. It is written in the key of A-flat major and maintains a tempo of 136 beats per minute in common time.

Critical reception

The song received positive reviews. Billboard wrote about the song: "This wildly energetic foursome (two gals, two guys) from the Netherlands is pretty much a household name throughout Europe, where this infectious pop gem has been a constant on radio and in clubs. Already, "We Like To Party!" has gone platinum and double -platinum in Belgium and the act's homeland, respectively. Here, the song could meet a similar fate, especially since it features a sugar-soaked sing-along chorus that hangs out in your head until you beg for relief. That said, people who embraced Aqua's "Barbie Girl," Cleopatra's "Romeo And Juliet," and Los Del Rio's "Macarena" will be lining up for this latest slice of energetic pop. Are you listening, radio? (It's already hit No. 1 on the playlist of dance leader WKTU New York.) Conversely, this will be a no-brainer for club jocks, who continue to make major noise with the group's sweat-soaked debut, "Up And Down"."^[2]

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, the "Vengabus" (a 1933s Chevrolet Bus), 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 used for promos of Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries on the WB Network: "We wike da puddy! We wike, we wike da puddy!"
• The song was revived in 2004 as the main theme for Six Flags' "Mr. Six" advertising campaign.^[3]
• 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 Royal Belfast Academical Institution after their School's Cup Rugby matches, most recently after their Cup Final win against Methodist College Belfast, their bitter rivals.
• This song is used for the EFY line dance that is done at every session of EFY.
• This song is played each time the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team scores a run at Baum Stadium ^[4]
• R.I.O. and Nicco's 2012 single "Party Shaker" samples the song.
• This song is used after the Spokane Indians score a run at home.^[5]

Charts

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics