Gonna Get This

"Gonna Get This"
Single by Hannah Montana featuring Iyaz
from the album Hannah Montana Forever
Released October 5, 2010[1]
Format digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre R&B, dance-pop, reggae fusion
Length 3:18 (Album Version)
1:34 (Video Edit)
Label Walt Disney
Writer(s) Niclas Molinder, Joacim Persson, Johan Alkenas, Drew Ryan Scott,
Producer(s) Twin, Alke

"Gonna Get This" is a pop song by American singer-songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus, performing as Hannah Montana – the alter ego of Miley Stewart – a character she plays on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. It also features vocals from R&B singer Iyaz. It was released to Radio Disney on September 24, 2010 as promotion for the fourth season of Hannah Montana. The song is musically dance-pop based. The song was later released on October 5, 2010 through iTunes as a promotional single from the soundtrack of the same title as the special title (Hannah Montana Forever) of the fourth and final season of the series.

Background

"Gonna Get This" was written by Niclas Molinder, Joacim Persson, Johan Alkenas, and Drew Ryan Scott.[2] It was released on September 24, 2010 to Radio Disney, then on October 5, 2010 exclusively to iTunes.[1][3] It is featured in the eighth episode of Hannah Montana Forever (final season), "Hannah's Gonna Get This".

Fans previously called it This Boy, That Girl when the song leaked onto the internet in early 2010.

Composition

"Gonna Get This" (2010)
An audio sample of Hannah Montana's "Gonna Get This" featuring the first chorus of the song

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Critical reception

Although the song has not been commented on in any official reviews, the song was chosen as one of the top tracks according to the Allmusic Guide.[4]

Chart performance

The song debuted at thirty-six on the US Hot Digital Songs chart for the week ending November 6, 2010, which led to a debut at no. 66 on Billboard's US Hot 100.[5]

Music video

Cyrus as Montana and Iyaz singing in a recording studio

Unlike other Hannah Montana music videos, "Gonna Get This" is not a concert taping performance. It features Cyrus dressed as Hannah Montana and Iyaz singing in a recording studio. All of the footage from the song are taken from the Hannah Montana Forever episode "Hannah's Gonna Get This". There are also special effects of Rico dancing and some of the lyrics flashing across the screen.[6]

Track listings

  1. "Gonna Get This" (Album Version) 3:18

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S Hot Digital Songs 36
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 66
Radio Disney Top 30 Countdown 1

References

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