Don't Cha

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"Don't Cha"
Single by The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
from the album PCD
Released	June 2005 (U.S.) September 2005 (UK)
Format	CD single, CD maxi single, digital download, 12" single
Genre	R&B / Hip Hop
Length	4:32
Label	A&M Records
Writer(s)	Cee-Lo, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Busta Rhymes
Producer(s)	Cee-Lo
Certification	5× platinum (RIAA)
Chart positions
#1 (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Belgium) #2 (U.S.)
The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes singles chronology
"Sway" (2004)	"Don't Cha" (2005)	"Stickwitu" (2005)
Alternate single cover

"Don't Cha" is a 2004 R&B / Hip Hop song written by Cee-Lo and Sir Mix A Lot. First recorded by Tori Alamaze in 2004, it was then a hit cover version in 2005 for The Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes. It was the Dolls' first single from their debut album PCD.

[edit] Song information

The chorus of the song is based on Sir Mix A Lot's 1988 song "Swass" ("Don't you wish your boyfriend was swass like me?"). Tori Alamaze's 2004 single reached number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. Writer/Producer Cee-Lo used the same backing track as the basis for The Pussycat Dolls' recording. The Dolls' single version (the 'radio edit') added a rap by Busta Rhymes and became a number-one hit in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany and New Zealand and a number two hit in the United States. The song is known as the most obscene song by The Pussycat Dolls because of the word "fuck" and "mu'fucka'" used repeatedly.

[edit] In the media

• The song was featured on a fifth season episode of Smallville called "Exposed", where the character Lois Lane had to go undercover as a stripper; and as the theme song for the 2005 WWE Diva Search.

• The song was featured in a scene from Date Movie where Sophie Monk was posing as Paris Hilton in the Carl's Jr commercial.

• Additionally, the song appeared on the soundtrack to a Heineken commercial that aired widely in the United States in 2006.

• It is included as an in-game track in the video game The Sims 2: Pets, re-recorded in the Sims' native, gibberish language, Simlish. A remix of the song appears in the videogame Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4.

• The Irish pop boyband Westlife covered this song live during their "Face To Face Tour 2006", in a very similar way the Dolls do their live performance of the song.

• Xiu Xiu, an experimental band fronted by Jamie Stewart, covered the song for their 2006 EP, Tu Mi Piaci.

• It is included on a second season episode of Desperate Housewives call "Could I Leave You?", when Gabrielle goes to a club to convenced a stripper to given her the child she carries in addoption

[edit] Summary of lyrics

On this record the song's female character, played by the Dolls, seductively confronts a man. She then proceeds to tease him about wanting her, and not his own girlfriend, singing: "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?" The man, played in the radio edit version by Busta Rhymes, admits his lust for her and suggests that they have an affair. At this point, she backs down from her teasing and refuses the offer "Fight the feeling (fight the feeling), leave it alone, 'cause if it ain't love it just ain't enough to leave a happy home."

[edit] Music video

The Pussycat Dolls' first video from debut album 'PCD'

As the first single of The Pussycat Dolls, the video is simple. The music video director is Paul Hunter.The Pussycat Dolls can be seen lingering in various locations dressed in seductive clothing as they dance and sing. To stand apart from her fellow Dolls, lead singer Nicole Scherzinger is mostly seen in scenes with Busta Rhymes. The music video also features The Pussycat Dolls' creator Robin Antin. According to gay Ranjit, Carmen Electra has also given a cameo appearance in the Don't Cha video.

[edit] Remixes

Club remixes produced by Ralphi Rosario, Kaskade, and DJ Dan, were released on a CD maxi single on July 19, 2005. The main version of the song that is featured on radio and video is actually the radio edit of the song, performed with Busta Rhymes. A 'radio edit' without rap also exists, and features a sung bridge not heard in the more popular version. Explicit versions are also available. There is also a commercially unavailable which is the Eyes of the Tribal Mix.

[edit] Chart performance

When the single was first released, critics dismissed it, feeling that the group was nothing more than a novelty act, and predicting that the song would flop. The song has became a huge hit on the charts.

The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, number one on Pop 100, and number eight on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. Although the song nearly reached the top spot on the Hot 100, it could not overcome the massive airplay of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" (the yard stick that any novelty act must measure up to), even as "We Belong Together" began to descend the charts. As the song is not exactly a typical R&B/Hip-Hop song, the song failed to chart on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, but was able to reach number eight on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks with strong sales of its physical singles.

The single was also a major sales hit, as it reached number one on Hot 100 Singles Sales and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales. The song was able to reach number one on the sales charts, as it is one of the few major songs in the U.S. market to be released as a CD single or as a CD maxi single. The single also proved to be a dance smash, reaching number one on the three dance charts Hot Dance Singles Sales, Hot Dance Music/Club Play, and Dance Radio Airplay. It also reached number one on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart.

In the US "Don't Cha" became one of the few songs to sell more than one million digital downloads in July 2006, one year after its release there, showing the longevity of this song. It was certifeid 5x platinum that month.

"Don't Cha" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at ninety-five, and has remained in the chart for 40 weeks.

[edit] Track listings

U.S. CD Single

1. "Don't Cha" [Radio Edit]
2. "Don't Cha" (Featuring Busta Rhymes) [Radio Edit]

U.S. Re-Release

1. "Don't Cha" (Featuring Busta Rhymes) (More Booty Mix - Explicit)
2. "Don't Cha" (More Booty Mix With No Rap - Explicit)

U.S. CD Maxi Single

1. "Don't Cha" [Ralphi Rosario Hot Freak Radio Mix]
2. "Don't Cha" [Kaskade Radio Edit]
3. "Don't Cha" [Ralphi's Hot Freak 12" Vox Mix]
4. "Don't Cha" [Kaskade Club Mix]
5. "Don't Cha" [DJ Dan's Sqweegee Dub]

UK 2-Track CD single

1. "Don't Cha" (Featuring Busta Rhymes) [Main Mix - Explicit]
2. "Don't Cha" [Radio Edit]

UK CD Maxi Single

1. "Don't Cha" (Featuring Busta Rhymes) [Radio Edit - Explicit]
2. "Don't Cha" (Featuring Busta Rhymes) [More Booty Mix - Explicit]
3. "Don't Cha" [Radio Edit]
4. "Don't Cha" (Featuring Busta Rhymes) [Video]

[edit] Versions

• Radio Edit
• Radio Version featuring Busta Rhymes (or Main Mix)
• More Booty Mix featuring Busta Rhymes (explicit)
• Dirty Radio Edit (explicit)
• Radio Version featuring Busta Rhymes (explicit)

[edit] References

• http://www.ascap.com