| "Not Gonna Get Us" | ||||
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| Single by t.A.T.u. | ||||
| from the album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane | ||||
| B-side | "Ne ver, ne boysya" | |||
| Released | 3 February 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Trevor Horn | |||
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| "Not Gonna Get Us" on YouTube "Nas Ne Dogonyat" on YouTube | ||||
"Not Gonna Get Us" is a song by the Russian music duo t.A.T.u. for their first English-language album, 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane (2002). Interscope Records released it on 3 February 2003 as the second single from the album.[2] It was originally released as "Nas Ne Dogonyat" (Russian: Нас не догонят, IPA: [nas nʲe dɐˈɡonʲət]; translation: "[They] Won't Catch Us") on t.A.T.u.'s debut album, 200 По Встречной (2001). The song was written by Sergio Galoyan, Trevor Horn, Elena Kiper and Valery Polienko, while production was handled by Horn. "Not Gonna Get Us" is a Eurodance-inspired song, and lyrically it talks about the group running away from people as they don't understand their love towards one another. The song was included on the duo's compilation album The Best (2006).
"Not Gonna Get Us" received mixed reviews from music critics. It was a commercial success, peaking inside the top-ten in countries including Finland, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The single also reached number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, becoming the duo's only number-one single on the US component charts.
An accompanying music video was filmed for the single directed by Ivan Shapovalov, who appears in a cameo. The song has been performed on all of the duo's concert tours and was also performed at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards. In 2009, t.A.T.u. played a special concert featuring the song at the Eurovision Song Contest with a Russian Army Choir, the Alexandrov Ensemble. In February 2014, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi, t.A.T.u performed "Нас не догонят".[3] Additionally, the song was sung later in the ceremony when Russia's competitors entered the stadium.
The words "нас не догонят" made their way into 2006 Russian Dictionary of Modern Quotes (Slovar sovremennykh tsitat).[4]
- ^ "CD Review : vol.34 - t.A.T.u.『200 KM/H IN THE WRONG LANE』". Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "t.A.T.u. — Not Gonna Get Us". GfK Entertainment charts (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Zimmerman, Amy (7 February 2014). "Yes, the Pseudo-lesbian Band t.A.T.u. Sang at Sochi's Opening Ceremony". thedailybeast.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Konstantin Dushenko. Slovar sovremennykh tsitat, EKSMO, 2006, p. 213 ISBN 5-699-17691-8