Shut Up and Let Me Go
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"Shut Up and Let Me Go" is the fourth single by English
duo The Ting Tings
from their debut studio album We Started Nothing
. The song was released in the United Kingdom
on 21 July 2008, and was the follow-up to the number one hit single "That's Not My Name
". The song was added to the coveted A-list of BBC Radio 1
's playlist, and has received a substantial amount of airplay during the day on the station. The single peaked at number six in both the UK Singles Chart
and the UK Download Chart.
After featuring in a successful Apple iPod advertisement in April 2008, "Shut Up and Let Me Go" was hastily released in the US on 15 April, and was The Ting Tings' first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart
. The song was also used in The CW's 90210
and Gossip Girl
, as well as the film The House Bunny
. It was also featured in the series premiere of USA's Royal Pains. This song was number 27 on Rolling Stone
. It is also played during the one minute countdown to Final Score
in the BBC Sport
section of BBC Red Button.
music video
for "Shut Up and Let Me Go" was directed by Alex and Liane for Factory Films. The video, filmed in one day, features the Ting Tings performing kung fu
and uses a variety of hand gestures to transition from scene to scene. At the end of the video, the door closes after the hey part.
Directors AlexandLiane
described the video as "a bit over-ambitious" because of its fight scenes which "were just so time consuming to get right". The various hand gestures were inspired by the Neoist
art movement. The video debuted on MTV
in the United States
on 13 June 2008. It was nominated for 2008
MTV Video Music Awards
for Video of the Year, but lost to Britney Spears
' "Piece of Me
" and won for Best UK Video.
on 15 April 2008. The song debuted on the Billboard
Hot 100
at #93 on 17 May 2008. The following week it reached its peak position at #55. The song was certified Gold in America with sales of 500,000+ on 14 October 2008. In Canada
, the song reached #29 and remained on the Hot 100 chart
for six weeks.
"Shut Up and Let Me Go" debuted at #49 on the UK Singles Chart
. The following week the song peaked at #29. Two weeks later, the song fell out of the chart, but on 29 June 2008 the song re-entered the chart at #24 and peaked at #6. Even though "Shut Up and Let Me Go" peaked lower than "That's Not My Name", the song showed great longevity by remaining in the Top 40 for many weeks.
In Australia the single has debuted at #79 on 10 November.
US digital download
(Released on 15 April 2008)
UK CD 1
/Australian CD Single
(Released on 21 July 2008)
UK CD 2
(Released on 21 July 2008)
7' Yellow Vinyl
UK Remixes CD
(Released on 28 July 2008)
(A) indicates Haji $ Emmanuel mix charted
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! Country
! Certification
(sales thresholds)
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| United States
| Platinum
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
duo The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings are an English music duo comprising Jules de Martino and Katie White . They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford...
from their debut studio album We Started Nothing
We Started Nothing
We Started Nothing is the debut album by the English New Wave duo The Ting Tings. It was released by the Columbia Label Group on 19 May 2008 in the United Kingdom. The US edition has a different cover image in several background colours....
. The song was released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on 21 July 2008, and was the follow-up to the number one hit single "That's Not My Name
That's Not My Name
"That’s Not My Name" is the third single by British duo The Ting Tings from their debut studio album We Started Nothing. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written "with me ranting about my frustrations with the record industry." The song was originally released as a double A-side with...
". The song was added to the coveted A-list of BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
's playlist, and has received a substantial amount of airplay during the day on the station. The single peaked at number six in both the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and the UK Download Chart.
After featuring in a successful Apple iPod advertisement in April 2008, "Shut Up and Let Me Go" was hastily released in the US on 15 April, and was The Ting Tings' first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. The song was also used in The CW's 90210
90210 (TV series)
90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...
and Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
, as well as the film The House Bunny
The House Bunny
The House Bunny is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Fred Wolf, written by Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz, and starring Anna Faris as a former Playboy bunny who signs up to be the "house mother" of an unpopular university sorority after being conned by a rival into believing she's now...
. It was also featured in the series premiere of USA's Royal Pains. This song was number 27 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime Movie Network is a cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A&E Television Networks, LLC. A&E Television Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group, Hearst Corporation and NBCUniversal. LMN offers women-oriented movies...
. It is also played during the one minute countdown to Final Score
Final Score
Final Score is a BBC TV programme produced by BBC Sport. The programme is broadcast on late Saturday afternoons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, usually on BBC ONE. BBC Northern Ireland opts away during the last ten minutes to cover local results, BBC Scotland runs a different programme...
in the BBC Sport
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing, MotoGP and the Wimbledon Tennis...
section of BBC Red Button.
Music video
The live actionLive action
In filmmaking, video production, and other media, the term live action refers to cinematography, videography not produced using animation...
music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Shut Up and Let Me Go" was directed by Alex and Liane for Factory Films. The video, filmed in one day, features the Ting Tings performing kung fu
Chinese martial arts
Chinese martial arts, also referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term wushu and popularly as kung fu , are a number of fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as "families" , "sects" or...
and uses a variety of hand gestures to transition from scene to scene. At the end of the video, the door closes after the hey part.
Directors AlexandLiane
AlexandLiane
Alex Large and Liane Sommers are a British directing team who have been based in Berlin since 2000. They have made music videos for Kylie Minogue, La Roux, Tiga, Take That, Cheryl Cole, Scissor Sisters, Dido, Mika, Bloc Party, The Ting Tings, Sam Sparro, Armand Van Helden, Tocotronic and...
described the video as "a bit over-ambitious" because of its fight scenes which "were just so time consuming to get right". The various hand gestures were inspired by the Neoist
Neoism
Neoism is a parodistic -ism. It refers both to a specific subcultural network of artistic performance and media experimentalists, and more generally to a practical underground philosophy...
art movement. The video debuted on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on 13 June 2008. It was nominated for 2008
2008 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 7, 2008 live from Paramount Pictures Studios , honoring the best music videos from the previous year. Nominations for a majority of the categories were announced on the MTV program FNMTV after being selected through viewer online voting at...
MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Video Music Awards
An MTV Video Music Award , is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos...
for Video of the Year, but lost to Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
' "Piece of Me
Piece of Me
"Piece of Me" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears from her fifth studio album, Blackout. It was released on November 27, 2007 by Jive Records as the second single from the album...
" and won for Best UK Video.
Chart performance
"Shut Up and Let Me Go" was released in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on 15 April 2008. The song debuted on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
at #93 on 17 May 2008. The following week it reached its peak position at #55. The song was certified Gold in America with sales of 500,000+ on 14 October 2008. In Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the song reached #29 and remained on the Hot 100 chart
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
for six weeks.
"Shut Up and Let Me Go" debuted at #49 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. The following week the song peaked at #29. Two weeks later, the song fell out of the chart, but on 29 June 2008 the song re-entered the chart at #24 and peaked at #6. Even though "Shut Up and Let Me Go" peaked lower than "That's Not My Name", the song showed great longevity by remaining in the Top 40 for many weeks.
In Australia the single has debuted at #79 on 10 November.
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Shut Up and Let Me Go".US digital download
(Released on 15 April 2008)
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" – 2:54
UK CD 1
/Australian CD Single
(Released on 21 July 2008)
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" – 2:54
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" [Haji and Emanuel Remix]
UK CD 2
(Released on 21 July 2008)
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" – 2:54
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" [Tocadisco Love The Old School Mix]
7' Yellow Vinyl
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" – 2:56
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" [Tocadisco Love The Old School Mix] 5:47
UK Remixes CD
(Released on 28 July 2008)
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" [Tom Neville's Keep It Quiet Remix]
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" [Chris Lake Remix]
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" [Haji & Emanuel Remix]
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" [Tocadisco Love The Old School Mix]
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 29 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 31 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 44 |
| Australian ARIA Club Chart (A) | 22 |
| Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
29 |
| Dutch Mega Top 50 | 17 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
9 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 48 |
| Mexican Airplay Chart | 1 |
| Turkey Top 20 Chart (Billboard) | 15 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
55 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
37 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Singles Chart Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs... |
34 |
(A) indicates Haji $ Emmanuel mix charted
End of year
| Country (2008) | Position (Year End Singles Chart) |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
63 |
Certifications
{| class="wikitable"|-
! Country
! Certification
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
(sales thresholds)
|-
| United States
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
| Platinum
Personnel
The following people contributed to this song:- Jules De MartinoJules De MartinoJulian "Jules" de Martino is a British singer-songwriter, and a member of the pop duo The Ting Tings.-Babakoto:When he was 17, Jules was the drummer and song writer in a band called "Babakoto" who once played as a backing group for Bros and released a single at the end of 1987 called "Just to Get...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Sam Beckwith – synths
- Sarah Templeman – Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Katie WhiteKatie WhiteKatie Rebecca White is an English musician most famous for her work with pop group The Ting Tings. After some success with a girl group punk trio TKO supporting Steps and Atomic Kitten her father David White brought in Jules De Martino to write songs for TKO and Katie and Jules formed The Ting...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Dave Sardy – mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...