"Wrong Club" is a song by British duo
The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings are an English indie pop duo from Salford, Greater Manchester formed in 2007. The band consists of Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, cowbells) and Jules De Martino (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards ...
and their first single off of their third studio album, ''
Super Critical''.
It was well received by music critics, who praised the song's disco feel. The song reached #2 on ''
Billboard''s
Dance Club Songs chart, also entering the
Adult Top 40
The Adult Pop Airplay (formerly known as Adult Pop Songs and Adult Top 40) chart is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine and ranks "the most popular adult top 40 as based on radio airplay detections measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ...
and
Japan Hot 100.
Background and release
Katie White
Katie Rebecca White (born 18 January 1983) is an English musician and member of the pop duo The Ting Tings. After some success with a girl group punk trio TKO, which supported Steps and Atomic Kitten, her father David White brought in Jules De ...
, the band's lead singer, told ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' that "The song’s about being in the club at four in the morning, when everything you’ve taken has worn off and you’ve just realized what a shitty club you’re in, and what terrible music. I think everyone’s been there. You’re not drunk anymore and you’ve got beer all down you and you’re just re-evaluating your life."
The song was released on 3 June 2014 via an audio video on YouTube. On the same day, ''
Billboard'' published an article announcing the song's release.
On 15 August the song was officially announced as the lead single from ''
Super Critical''.
The song was featured in an episode of
Roadies (TV series)
''Roadies'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Cameron Crowe. The series premiered on Showtime on June 26, 2016.
On September 16, 2016, Showtime announced that the series had been canceled after one season.
Cast
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Critical reception
Jason Lipshutz of ''
Billboard'' gave the song a highly positive review, calling it "euphoric" and saying it was "a single that shimmies forward with the disco thump of
Daft Punk's mega-hit '
Get Lucky.'"
Music video
A music video for "Wrong Club," directed by Lisa Paclet, was released on 14 July 2014; the video features Kate White dancing in a loft-like setting, with lasers hitting her from time to time.
Chart performance
"Wrong Club" debuted on the ''Billboard''
Dance Club Songs chart on 24 January 2015. It reached its No. 2 peak on 21 March and spent a total of five weeks in the Top 10.
The song also did well on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart, on which it spent 11 weeks and reached No. 28.
The song also charted in Japan, where it reached No. 45; it spent a total of 3 weeks on Japan's Hot 100.
Tracklisting
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
{{The Ting Tings
Songs about depression
Songs about nightclubs
2014 songs
The Ting Tings songs