| "About Us" | ||||
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| Single byBrooke Hogan featuringPaul Wall | ||||
| from the albumUndiscovered | ||||
| Released | June 13, 2006 | |||
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| Length | 3:27 (Album Version) 3:18 (Remix Version) | |||
| Label | Storch Music Company,SoBe Entertainment | |||
| Songwriters | Paul Wall,Scott Storch, Jason Boyd | |||
| Producers | Scott Storch (2006 Version),Rodney Jerkins (2007 Version) | |||
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"About Us" is adance-pop song byBrooke Hogan featuring rapperPaul Wall. It was released as the first single from Brooke's debut albumUndiscovered in June 2006 in the US and remained the only successful single in her career. The music video premiered on June 25, 2006, after the season two finale ofHogan Knows Best, in which Hogan prepares and then films the video for the song. The song is the first single released byScott Storch's record label,Storch Music Company. Hogan was the first person signed to this record label.[1]
DJ E-Rock collaborated a Bay Areahyphy remix of the single, featuring lyrics fromE-40 and beats fromTraxamillion.
US Promo CD
Remixes
Moran & Rigg Remixes Promo CD
The budget for the video was $300,000 and was shot inCalifornia. In the video, Brooke does a work-out/dance routine in a gym with a jump rope. Later, she goes to a club and dances along with her backup dancers. The video ends in the club with a dance competition between Brooke's "crew" and a rival crew. In some scenes she is seen wearingrhinestone-encrusted sunglasses, a pair ofgrills given to her byPaul Wall for her 18th birthday.[2] She also is depicted in anightclub and has a dance-off with other girls.
The video premiered onHogan Knows Best on June 25, 2006. The music video also premiered onTotal Request Live on July 24, 2006, as a PRE-RL. Later on,WWE Raw premiered the video.
A snippet of this video was seen onThe Soup weeks later, infamously mocking the lyrics"I'm just trying to live, but you're all up in my grill...".
"About Us" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending August 19, 2006. The song was the Hot Shot Debut of the week, landing at number 53. In its second week, the song went from number 53 to number 33, where it peaked. It is the highest-peaking song of Brooke Hogan, and the second highest-peaking song of Paul Wall.[3] On theRhythmic Top 40 chart, it peaked at number 21.[4]
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| CanadaCHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[5] | 34 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[6] | 33 |
| USDance Club Songs (Billboard)[7] | 29 |
| USDance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[8] | 9 |
| USPop Airplay (Billboard)[9] | 23 |
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