| "Got Me Going" | ||||
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| Single byDay26 | ||||
| from the albumDay26 | ||||
| Released | January 2008 | |||
| Genre | R&B,dance-pop | |||
| Length | 4:50 (album version) 3:20 (radio edit) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Sean Combs, Mario Winans,Bryan Michael Cox,Mary Brown, Aion Clarke | |||
| Producer(s) | Diddy,Mario Winans | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Got Me Going" onYouTube | ||||
"Got Me Going" is the debut single from theMaking the Band groupDay26. It is the first single from their debut albumDay26. The song was released digitally in January. Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Robert Curry, and Big Mike sing lead on the album version. Que has additional ad libs on the single version.
The music video starts with an appearance byDiddy dressed in black. The camera then switches to the guys walking into a room to find a note left byDiddy on top of 5 black notebooks. They have to write lyrics to a song that they would be recording. As their turns come up each one has a setting with a beautiful model either in a luxurious bedroom or living room. The video also includes choreography with all members dressed in black. As the song comes to an end they finish their lyrics, close their notebooks, smile, get up, and walk out with their notebooks in hand. While walking out to the right of the door there is a calendar set to August. The camera zooms in on the 26th circling it with "Got Me Going" written on that date.
The video, which was directed by Syndrome,[citation needed] premiered onBET's106 & Park on March 24, 2008, the day before the album's release. The video debuted on106 & Park on April 3, 2008 at the tenth position and bested at the third position.
The single entered theBillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 72[1] and climbed as high as number 30.[2] The single entered theBillboardHot 100 at number 79 on the week of April 12, 2008 and dropped to 87 the following week and 98 for the last week. "Got Me Going" did not live up to the success ofDanity Kanes' first single "Show Stopper" which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| USBillboard Hot 100[4] | 79 |
| USDigital Song Sales (Billboard)[5] | 59 |
| USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] | 30 |
| USPop 100 (Billboard)[7] | 75 |
