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Start the Commotion

"Start the Commotion"
Single by The Wiseguys
from the album The Antidote
Released1998
GenreBig beat
Length5:57
LabelLabel Mammoth
Songwriter(s)Theo Keating
Producer(s)Touché
The Wiseguys singles chronology
"Ooh La La"
(1998) 		"Start the Commotion"
(1998) 		"Dizzy Spell"
(2002)

"Start the Commotion" is a song by British electronic music duo The Wiseguys, from their second album The Antidote. It was released as a single in the UK in 1998,[1] and peaked at #66 on the UK Singles Chart. A re-release the following year gave the song a higher chart placing, peaking at #47.[2] It also peaked at #36 on the US dance charts in 2000.[3] "Start the Commotion" has also been officially remixed by Eric Kupper and DJ Spinna.

Background

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The song is built around a repeated sample from the 1966 song "Wild Child" by The Ventures.[4]

Track listing

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UK CD single
  1. "Start the Commotion" (Radio edit)
  2. "Fatal Femme" (feat. Sense Live)
  3. "Start the Commotion" (Full length)

2001 re-release

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After being used in a Mitsubishi Motors television commercial in the US in 2001, the song gained a second life and significant radio airplay, reaching the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and making it the Wiseguys' best-known song in the US.

Charts

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Chart (1998–2001) Peak position
Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS)[5] 15
UK Singles Chart 47
U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles[6] 36
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 31
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[8] 14
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[9] 11
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  • It was featured in the 2001 comedy Zoolander, where it was used to promote the film.
  • It was also featured in the films Gun Shy (2000) and Kangaroo Jack (2003). It was also featured on the Lizzie McGuire soundtrack.

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