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. The song features American rapper

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, who co-wrote the song with David Buchanan and producer

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for her second studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's

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on 17 September 2010. The concept of the song is about shoes and showcases a more

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, hip hop flavoured sound than Mauboy's previous singles. "Get 'Em Girls" received negative reviews from critics, and peaked at number 19 on the

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. An accompanying music video was directed by

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and received a mixed reaction from fans.

Background

In August 2010, ''

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'' reported that "Get 'Em Girls" would be the first single from Mauboy's second studio album to be released on 24 September 2010 and that it would feature "a high-profile US star." On 6 September 2010, a spokesperson for Mauboy's record label,

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, confirmed that the featured artist on the song would be

. "Get 'Em Girls" was written by David Buchanan, Dogg and

, who also handled the song's production. Mauboy had initially planned to have

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featured on the song. She explained, "I didn't end up getting any of them but with the help of

who produced the track, he contacted Snoop Dogg and that's how it came about." When speaking about the song in an interview with '' Q News'', Mauboy said, "I really love that track and as soon as it was completed I knew that I wanted it to be the first single. I had to fight the record company a bit to get them to release that song first." "Get 'Em Girls" is an R&B, pop, and "thumping hip hop" song. According to Alasdair Duncan from ''

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'' magazine, the song is "slick-sounding, bump-and-grinding urban pop, drawing on Beyoncé and Rihanna in equal parts."

Release and reception

"Get 'Em Girls" was released digitally and sent to Australian

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on 17 September 2010. Majhid Heath from ABC Online Indigenous called the song an "over-produced train wreck" and wrote that "'Get 'Em Girls' is supposed to be an audacious nod to female empowerment but is nothing more than a shout out to contemptible consumerism." Daile Pepper from ''

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'' picked "Get 'Em Girls" as one of the worst songs of 2010.

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's Owen Jacques mentioned the song as one of the many few that have been riddled with subtle nuance and silly words, writing that Mauboy "is flanked by a particularly sleazy looking Snoop Dogg, and she pushes the boundary so hard that the fence collapses beneath her." "Get 'Em Girls" debuted and peaked at number 19 on the

and spent six consecutive weeks in the ARIA top 50.

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by

and was filmed in

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in September 2010. The video premiered online in October 2010. The video starts off showing a mini screen of Mauboy and producer Bangladesh twirling around in a purple backdrop, then afterwards shows a scene of flames. The next scene shows Mauboy dancing alongside Snoop Dogg. Other scenes show Mauboy in a white dress strutting the catwalk with her friends, showing off their heels in an array of fashions. They later appear in a shoe shop, where Mauboy and her friends are seen buying shoes, while Dogg plays the role of a shoe salesman. Since released, the video has been heavily criticised by fans on YouTube. Within only five days of being posted online, there were over three hundred comments with several of them calling the video cheap, tacky, disappointing and left them confused. Some of the comments mentioning the scenes of Mauboy dancing alongside Dogg have been described as "hypersexual" and "sleazy".

Live performances

Mauboy performed "Get 'Em Girls" at the

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on 3 October 2010, followed by a performance of the song at the 2010 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards on 8 October. On 4 December 2010, she participated in the YouTube Live Sessions program on 4 December 2010 and performed several of the album's songs, including "Get 'Em Girls". On 10 December 2010, Mauboy performed the song at

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, ahead of

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's visit to the place.

Track listing

*Digital download # "Get 'Em Girls" (featuring Snoop Dogg) – 3:56

Personnel

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– David Buchanan, Shondrae Crawford, Cordozar Calvin Broadus *

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– Bangladesh * Mixing – Fabian Marasciullo * Mastering – Dave Kutch * Assistant engineering – Victor Wainstein Source:

Charts

Weekly chart

Year-end chart

Release history

References

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