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Late last year, “Gimme the Light” climbed as high as No. “Get Busy” is the second single from Paul’s “Dutty Rock” (VP/Atlantic) to penetrate the top-10 of the Hot 100. The cut has already spent time on top of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks tally, where it’s No. In making the 2-1 jump, Paul earns his first No. ↑ Chart tracking Get Busy on officialcharts.Thanks to a major boost in airplay, Sean Paul’s “Get Busy” ends the nine-week reign of 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” on Billboard’s Hot 100.Main article: Sean Paul / Music Sales AwardsĪt the 2004 Grammy Awards, Get Busy was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance, but was defeated by Eminem's song Lose Yourself. In the United States, the song went platinum in 2017 for over a million sales. The song also achieved gold status in Austria and Switzerland. In the year of publication, Get Busy was awarded a gold record in Germany for more than 150,000 copies sold. The song was particularly successful in the United States, where it topped the charts for three weeks and stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 32 weeks.

Overall, the single was in the top 100 for 21 weeks. Get Busy entered the German charts at number ten on June 23, 2003, and three weeks later reached the top position at number three, where it stayed for two weeks. On the left of the picture there is the gray lettering Sean Paul and the title Get Busy in red. The single cover shows Sean Paul, who looks at the viewer seriously. Those in attendance begin beating the ceiling again, whereupon the homeowner breaks off the party. His brother now announces a song change on the microphone and Sean Paul's next single Like Glue is played. When a particularly attractive woman enters the dance floor, Sean Paul leaves his place as a DJ and begins to dance with her. The party is going on and more and more people, including a little boy, are pouring out onto the dance floor. He snatches the microphone from Sean Paul and asks those present to be more quiet, otherwise the celebration would be broken off. The mood becomes more boisterous and the noise level rises as the partiers knock on the ceiling, causing the homeowner to head down to the basement. Then he goes into the basement and takes on the role of DJ and announcer, while women primarily dance on the dance floor. He enters the house and greets the owner on the ground floor. Initially, Sean Paul drives up in a car with his crew in front of a house with a party in the basement. The music video for the song was shot by Canadian director Little X and premiered in February 2003. The beat of the song was produced by the Jamaican music producer Steven "Lenky" Marsden. In an interlude before the last chorus, Sean Paul addresses various women by name, asking them to move their bodies. The text of the third stanza is identical to the first. She should show what she has, even if she is married, since marriage and party are not in contradiction. The second verse is about the woman simply having fun on the dance floor. Women have always been into him and make advances, so they shouldn't be too shy now and make him hot. In the chorus, Sean Paul sings about going to a club with sexy women and dancing with them until the morning. She should swing her hips as she likes and not be considerate of others, just concentrate on the song. In the first verse, a woman is asked to move her body and shake her butt to the rhythm of the beat. Sean Paul takes on the role of the lyrical self. Get Busy is a party song that primarily encourages female listeners to move and dance.
