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"The Party's Just Begun"
Single by The Cheetah Girls
from the album The Cheetah Girls 2 (soundtrack)
B-side	"Strut (Remix)"
Released	June 5, 2006
Genre	Dance-pop R&B
Length	3:10
Label	Walt Disney
Songwriter(s)	Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil
Producer(s)	Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil
The Cheetah Girls singles chronology
"If I Never Knew You" (2006) "The Party's Just Begun" (2006) "Strut" (2006)
The Cheetah Girls singles chronology
"Cheetah Love" (2008) "The Party's Just Begun (Ming Remix)" (2009)

"The Party's Just Begun" is the lead single from the soundtrack of The Cheetah Girls 2.

Background and composition

The single officially premiered on Radio Disney on June 5, 2006 and was released officially for digital download on July 11. The song was written and produced by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil. The single debuted at #94 and peaked #85 on The Billboard Hot 100, making it their first song to chart.

Vocals

The recorded version of the song featured Raven-Symoné on lead vocals, with adlibs by Adrienne Bailon and background vocals by Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams. All the girls have 4 solo verses on the song. Due to Symoné's absences, Bryan and Williams took her verses. Both Bailon and Williams sing the chorus with background vocals by Bryan. Symoné joined the girls to perform the song live on Good Morning America, being the first and only time all four girls sing live together.

Ming Remix

The official remix of the song, known as the "Ming Remix" was released on February 10, 2009 as a promo single. It was previously released on the EP format of the original version of "The Party's Just Begun". This version of "The Party's Just Begun" not featured on any album(s) of The Cheetah Girls.

Music video

The video for the song features the performance of "The Party's Just Begun" in the movie with clips from the movie intercut throughout the video. It premiered on June 22, 2006 on Disney Channel.

Track listing

• U.S. CD single/U.K CD single

1. "The Party's Just Begun - 3:10
2. "Strut (Remix)" - 2:55

• U.K. Digital download

1. "The Party's Just Begun" - 3:10

• Italy EP

1. "The Party's Just Begun - 3:10
2. "Strut (remix)" - 3:12
3. "The Party's Just Begun (Ming Remix)" - 3:04

Charts

Release details

References

1. The Party's Just Begun Allmusic
2. Credits Allmusic
3. ^ The Cheetah Girls - The Party's Just Begun YouTube
4. The Cheetah Girls - The Party's Just Begun (Live on Good Morning America). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
5. Ming Remix
6. ^ US CD single
7. ^ UK CD single
8. ^ UK digital single
9. ^ "The Party's Just Begun - EP di the Cheetah Girls". iTunes. January 2007.
10. "The ARIA Report: Issue 889 (Week Commencing 19 March 2007)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-19. Retrieved February 28, 2022 – via Trove.
11. "The Cheetah Girls – The Party's Just Begun". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
12. "The Cheetah Girls: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
13. The Party's Just Begun - Cheetah Girls Billboard
14. The Cheetah Girls - Charts & Awards Allmusic
15. The Party's Just Begun Amazon.com
16. Amazon.com: The Party's Just Begun (Ming Remix): The Cheetah Girls: MP3 Downloads

• Songs about parties
• American contemporary R&B songs
• 2006 singles
• American dance-pop songs
• The Cheetah Girls songs
• Songs written for films
• Songs written by Matthew Gerrard
• Songs written by Robbie Nevil
• Walt Disney Records singles
• Song recordings produced by Robbie Nevil
• 2006 songs
• Song recordings produced by Matthew Gerrard