The song was the sixth-best-selling digital single of and was also deemed as one of the best-selling singles in history. It remains Hollywood Records' fastest and best-selling single to date, selling 6 million copies worldwide as of October The music video for "Party in the U. Although co-writer Jessie J originally decided not to record "Party in the U. Soon after signing a record deal with Lava Records, aspiring English singer Jessie J commenced to work on her debut album.
She collaborated with songwriters and producers Dr. Luke and Claude Kelly in her first writing session, where "Party in the U. However, she decided not to record the song, believing it was not edgy enough for her to perform. She explained, "And I remember thinking this song is amazing, but I don't know if it's me percent, you know.
You can kind of feel it. The writing team then reworked the lyrics, intending to write an accompanying theme for Cyrus' joint clothing line with Max Azria, exclusively sold in Wal-Mart stores. In order to please audiences, Dr.
Luke, Kelly and Jessie J fixated on composing a fun, upbeat song that narrated reflections of Cyrus' personality. Cyrus was pleased with the song and selected it partially due to a need of tracks for The Time of Our Lives.
This is the first of two collaborations between Dr. Luke and Cyrus. Luke would later co-produce Cyrus' smash hit single "Wrecking Ball".
Cyrus has stated "Party in the U. She said the track was "an all-American song" and claimed she had never heard a Jay-Z song in November , an artist which the lyrics refer to. However, she did state she enjoyed Britney Spears' music, also mentioned in the song. The song was first played on radio stations on July 29, , following a leak of the track on the Internet on July 28, The song is set in common time and has a moderate tempo of 96 beats pernute.
It is written in the key of F major and Cyrus' vocals span two octaves, from F 3 to D 5. It follows the chord progression F —A m—D m—C. The lyrics for "Party in the U.
In the verses, she details occurrences in Hollywood, such as peers questioning her attire, that cause for her to feel homesick and intimidated. Towards the conclusion of each verse, the protagonist listens to her favorite Jay-Z and Britney Spears song, respectively, which leads to the refrains describing how her favorite songs make her feel more confident.
Vicki Lutas of BBC interpreted, "However cringe it sounds, your favourite song can make you feel okay and feel more confident, even if you're not really. Jaime Gill of Yahoo! Music said, "Fortunately for Cyrus, [the other songs from The Time of Our Lives] flee your brain cells within seconds of their final chords, which means you're more likely to remember the breezily brilliant hit 'Party in the U.
Bill Lamb of About. He predicted it would broaden her "fan base as she slowly becomes an adult pop singer". Heather Phares of Allmusic selected the track as one of the EPs best, describing it as a frothy party anthem suitable for Cyrus' alias, Hannah Montana. Michael Menachem of Billboard stated the song was one of Cyrus' most entertaining songs. Menachem continued, "[Dr.
Luke] injects the song with an energy recalling Robyn and early Gwen Stefani. After successfully tackling dance and country formats and delivering one of the year's strongest ballads 'The Climb' , Cyrus continues to show off her impressive range. She said the song's best attribute was Cyrus' voice and concluded that Cyrus contains an ability of making her voice sound interesting all the time. So the first problem is where can you house Dr. Luke, myself, and Miley and the team? And so Luke arranges all of his equipment to be down there.
So everything was under crunch time. BH: But she's so hot at this time. It's like The Beatles. You've gotta be excited about it. CK: I was very excited because Jessie was a big deal. We all believed in her. When it didn't end up on Jessie, it's hard to imagine someone with as much electricity behind her name is gonna care about it. I'll tell you how I figured it out. I'd heard "The Climb," and "The Climb" is still one of my favorite songs.
It's just brilliantly delivered in every way, shape and form. So I knew there was an opportunity here to kinda build upon that success and give her some staying power. And she has a rock 'n' roll voice. CK: I was really excited but didn't understand her star power. We pull up there and by the time we ordered the food, by the time the food came to us, Sonic was overtaken by like 50 cars.
CK: And that's when I realized. I was like, "We are in for a wild ride here with this one. BH: Now somehow, though, in the evolution of this song, I've heard her say, she equated it to her moving. The original song for Jessie about a girl coming from London to America was very much a coming of age that way. Miley saw it as a transfer from this girl who grew up in showbiz of course with her father in Nashville and having to now adapt to L. So we tweaked it to make it make sense, and she really related to that story having to do with the girl fitting in when she's just a country girl who wants to wear her cowboy boots and kinda be loud and crazy and down to earth in L.
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