"The Party Continues" is the lead single released from Jermaine Dupri's debut studio album, ''

Life in 1472 ''Life in 1472'' is the debut studio album by American producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri, released via So So Def in the United States on July 21, 1998. 1472 refers to J (being the 10th letter of the alphabet) + D (representing the 4th letter of ...

''. Written and produced by Dupri himself, the song featured a verse from Da Brat and a chorus sung by

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. The song samples “She’s Strange” by Cameo. The single eventually became a top 40 hit, peaking at No. 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 during the week of March 28, 1998. It also was certified gold by the

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for sales of 500,000 copies and reached 92 on

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1998 This is a list of ''Billboard'' magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1998. See also *1998 in music *List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1998 *List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1998 This is a list of singles that charted i ...

as one of the years most popular and successful songs.

Single track listing

#"The Party Continues"- 4:03 #"We Just Wanna Party"- 3:49 #"We Just Wanna Party" (Instrumental)- 3:49 #"The Party Continues" (Instrumental)- 4:02 #"The Party Continues" (Acappella)- 3:52

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Party Continues 1998 songs 1998 debut singles Jermaine Dupri songs Da Brat songs Usher (musician) songs Song recordings produced by Jermaine Dupri Songs written by Jermaine Dupri Songs written by Da Brat Songs written by Ronald Bell (musician) Songs written by Larry Blackmon Songs written by Claydes Charles Smith Music videos directed by Paul Hunter (director)