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and American singer

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, from the former's eighth studio album ''

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'' and the latter's sixth studio album ''

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''. It was released on November 17, 2014, as the third single from the album by

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. The single was produced by

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, Michael "Freakin" Everett and Lifted. The song mark the fourth joint production for co-producers Dr. Luke and Cirkut with Pitbull (after "

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", and "

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") and third for Ne-Yo (after " She Knows" and T-Pain's " Turn All the Lights On"). It became Pitbull's most successful single from ''Globalization'', reaching number nine on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Time of Our Lives" also went to number one on the US Rhythmic chart.

Music video

The music video was first released onto Pitbull's official

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channel on December 25, 2014. It was directed by Gil Green. On January 20, 2015, a behind the scenes video was also released on the channel. The video has received over 200 million views, making it 2x

certified. The video shows Pitbull and Ne-Yo saving up their spare money to save up for a

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party in 1999. Pitbull appears in an old school Varsity jacket dancing while Ne-Yo sings along in the crowd of women while sporting a fitted hat and Aviators. American singer actress Fergie makes a cameo at the party.

In the media

The song is featured in the pilot episode of ''

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'', and the 2016 films '' The 5th Wave'' and ''

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''.

Chart performance

The single debuted at number 94 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, on the week of December 13, 2014. The following week, the song fell off the chart. On the week of January 3, 2015, the song re-entered the chart at number 87. After climbing the chart for three months, the single reached its peak at number nine on the chart. The song is Pitbull's last US top ten hit to date. On October 16, 2020, the single was certified quadruple platinum by the

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(RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over four million units in the United States.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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