"Let's Get Excited" is a song performed by English singer-songwriter

Alesha Dixon Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978) is an English singer, rapper, dancer, television personality, and author. She gained recognition in the early 2000s as a member of the R&B, garage and hip hop group Mis-Teeq. The group disbanded i ...

. It is the third single from her second studio album, ''

The Alesha Show ''The Alesha Show'' is the second studio album by English singer Alesha Dixon. It was released by Asylum Records on 24 November 2008 in the United Kingdom. Her first album to be released domestically following the cancellation of her debut album ...

'', released by

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. The song has been added to

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's A-List. The single was the second single taken from "The Alesha Show" in most countries.

Background

"Let's Get Excited" was written by Dixon,

Kuk Harrell Thaddis Laphonia "Kuk" Harrell ( ) is an American songwriter, vocal producer, arranger and engineer. He was a member of a songwriting–production team composed of himself, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Terius "The-Dream" Nash. In 2011, Kuk ...

, Sean Hall and Todd Herfinda and is an up-tempo dance track. After writing with Dixon, Harrell and Sean K produced the song on behalf of

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,''The Alesha Show'' liner notes the company which he is managed by. Harrell was also the song's vocal producer and engineer. Lyrically, the song namechecks Madonna, and makes a reference to "

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", a 1985 Madonna song. Dixon later stated that "Growing up Madonna was my idol and I loved dressing up like her and so she has definitely been a big influence on my career".

Promotion

Alesha performed the song live at the following events: * '' The Nokia Green Room'' - 19 December 2008 * ''The Feelgood Factor'' - 23 February 2009 * '' Let's Dance for Comic Relief'' - 14 March 2009 * ''

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'' - 5 May 2009 * '' Tonight's the Night'' - 9 May 2009 *

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- 10 May 2009 * ''Guinness World Records Smashed'' - 10 May 2009 * Loose Women - 14 May 2009

Music video

The video, directed by Max & Dania was shot in three days, starting on 26 March 2009. The video is set in an East London nightclub surrounded by many dancers.

is wearing black leggings and gold shoes and has her hair in a high-black ponytail. The entire video is set in the club but there is a variety of different looks and scenes going on. Near the end of the video everyone in the club is soaked with hoses. The video was televised on Tuesday 7 April on

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at 7:00pm, and on terrestrial TV on Wednesday 8 April on

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at 00:05AM. The video premiered, along with the single cover on Dixon's website on 8 April 2009.

Reception

Digital Spy

Give the past eight years of Alesha Dixon's career a dusting over and it's clear she's experienced more highs and lows than your average day out at Thorpe Park. However, over the past six months she's been unstoppable - largely because she's released exactly the right songs from her Alesha Show album. Catching our attention with the novelty-ish 'The Boy Does Nothing', she followed it up by showcasing her thoughtful side on 'Breathe Slow'. Now she's back and pulling her finest trick out from under her sleeve. Just in time (hopefully) for summer, 'Let's Get Excited' is a perfect slice of exuberant electro R&B that's sure to fill the dancefloor after a day spent lounging on the beach. With a ridiculously catchy chorus punctuated by a classic Dixon "hey hey hey", it's topped off with one of the year's most genius lyrics so far: "I'm so excited - I'm a detective I'm all over you." Just begging to be played at full volume across the land, this is further evidence that Alesha Dixon is fast becoming a bit of a national treasure.

Track listing

* UK CD single / UK 2-Track Promo CD # "Let's Get Excited (Redzone Radio Mix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Album Version)" * UK Maxi Single (Exclusive to Dixon's website, featuring a fold-out poster) # "Let's Get Excited (Album Version)" # "Let's Get Excited (Redzone Radio Mix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Guena LG Glam As You Club Mix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Guena LG Glam As You Dub Mix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Blame Remix)" * UK 7-Track Promo CD # "Let's Get Excited (Guena LG Remix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Guena LG Remix) dit # "Let's Get Excited (Blame Remix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Blame Remix) dit # "Let's Get Excited (Redzone Radio Mix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Redzone Instrumental)" # "Let's Get Excited (Album Version)" * UK Digital Download # "Let's Get Excited (Redzone Radio Mix)" * UK iTunes Digital EP # "Let's Get Excited (Redzone Radio Mix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Guena LG Glam As You Club Mix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Blame Remix)" # "Let's Get Excited (Blame Instrumental)"

Credits and personnel

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Phil Tan Phil Tan is a Malaysian-American music and audio engineer. Early life and education Tan was born in Malaysia. He attended Full Sail University in Florida in the U.S., where he attained a degree in Recording Arts in 1990. Afterwards he moved to Atla ...

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: Tim Cansfield * Producer:

, Sean K *

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: Kuk Harrell * Recording studio:

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, UK and Studio-Atlantis,

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, US

Charts

End-of-year charts

Release history

References

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