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"Party in the U.S.A." is a song recorded by American singer
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for her first
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(EP) '' The Time of Our Lives'' (2009). It was released on August 4, 2009, by Hollywood Records as the
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from the project. The song was written and produced by
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, with additional songwriting provided by Jessie J and
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. "Party in the U.S.A." was originally intended for Jessie J, but after deciding it was not edgy enough for her, they passed it to Cyrus and adjusted the lyrics to fit her persona. Not completely identifying with "Party in the U.S.A.", Cyrus chose it for ''The Time of Our Lives'' partially due to a need for tracks. It is a pop song, with lyrics reflecting her relocating from
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, to Hollywood,
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. This is one of four collaborations between Cyrus and Dr. Luke, with the EP title track "The Time of Our Lives",
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's " Fall Down" and "
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" following in 2013. In the United States, the song peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song was the seventh best-selling digital single of 2009 in the United States. It was certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and quadruple platinum by Music Canada. , the song has sold six million in pure sales in the United States. In 2020, during an appearance on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', Cyrus officially received a plaque with an RIAA Diamond certification for "Party in the U.S.A.", making it one of the few songs in history to reach this milestone. The
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for "Party in the U.S.A.", directed by Chris Applebaum, pays tribute to the 1978 film '' Grease'' and Cyrus' parents' courting days. It occurs mainly at a
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and won the
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at the 2010 award show. The song was performed live for Cyrus' world tours, the 2009 Wonder World Tour, the 2011
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, and the 2014
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. At the 2009
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, Cyrus' use of a pole during a performance of "Party in the U.S.A.", which some interpreted to be a
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, caused a media uproar. Although co-writer Jessie J originally decided not to record "Party in the U.S.A." after writing it, she did eventually, among various other artists, perform a
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of the song. "Party in the U.S.A." has also been parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The song premiered on radio on July 28, 2009, before its official release.


Background

Soon after signing a record deal with
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, aspiring British singer Jessie J commenced work on her debut album. She collaborated with songwriters and producers
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and
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in her first writing session, where "Party in the U.S.A." was conceived with the intention of being performed by Jessie J. However, she decided not to record the song, believing its cheerful tone was at odds with the darker, edgy material she preferred. Jessie J. stated, "And I remember thinking this song is amazing, but I don't know if it's me 110 percent, you know. You can kind of feel it." The song reached Cyrus while she was creating an EP with Dr. Luke. The writing team then reworked the lyrics, intending to write an accompanying
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for Cyrus' joint clothing line with
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, exclusively sold in
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stores. In order to please audiences, Dr. Luke, Kelly and Jessie J fixated on composing a fun, upbeat song that narrated reflections of Cyrus' personality. "They feel they're buying into a great experience but also buying into the artist," Kelly said of the song's fans. To write his contributions to the song, Kelly said he desired to mimic Cyrus' songwriting: "It's the same song from a different point of view, you just have to find that unique perspective." To record the song's instrumentation, they decided to mingle computerized sound with "the warmth of live instrumentation", using live
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and drums. Cyrus was pleased with the song and selected it partially due to a need of tracks for ''The Time of Our Lives''. This is the first of several collaborations between Dr. Luke and Cyrus. Dr. Luke would later co-produce Cyrus' 2013 smash hit single "
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". Cyrus has stated "Party in the U.S.A." is not a reflection of her musically, as she preferred songs with more of an edge. She said the track was "an all-American song" and claimed she had never heard a Jay-Z (a black hip-hop rapper) song in November in that year, an artist which the lyrics refer to. However, she did state she enjoyed the music of Britney Spears, also mentioned in the song. "Party in the U.S.A." was chosen as the
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from ''The Time of Our Lives'', as Cyrus thought personnel were "picking up on it", although she did not expect for it to be commercially successful. The song was first played on radio stations on July 29, 2009, following a leak of the track on the Internet on July 28, 2009. "Party in the U.S.A." was officially released for
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on August 3, 2009. It impacted contemporary hit radio in the United States on August 4, 2009, and was released as a digital download a week later.


Composition

"Party in the U.S.A." is a song with a length of three minutes and twenty-three seconds. The song has been described as "
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-powered pop tune". The song is set in
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and has a moderate
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of 96 beats per minute. It is written in the key of F# major. Cyrus' vocals feature belter refrains. It follows the
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F#–A#m–D#m–C#. The song's
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includes a "clash between feathery jazz
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s and a booming synth bassline serving as
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". The lyrics for "Party in the U.S.A." are autobiographical; although initially about Jessie J's relocation from the
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to
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, it was rewritten to better reflect on Cyrus' relocation from
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. In the verses, the subject details her experiences in Hollywood and struggles with fitting in that make her feel homesick and intimidated. In the chorus, the subject is able to feel more confident by listening to her favourite songs. Vicki Lutas of
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interpreted, "However cringe it sounds, your favourite song can make you feel okay and feel more confident, even if you're not really."


Critical reception

Michael Hann of ''
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'' said "Party in the U.S.A." was a cute pop song. Later, while reviewing the Wonder World Tour, he elaborated that the song was a reminder "that manufactured pop need not be a bad thing – if the manufacturing is good enough". Jaime Gill of
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said, "Fortunately for Cyrus,
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flee your brain cells within seconds of their final chords, which means you're more likely to remember the breezily brilliant hit 'Party in the U.S.A.'" Mikael Wood of New York City's '' Time Out'' magazine described the song as a "killer tune ..which proves that Miley makes for a much better rapper than you might expect". Heather Phares of
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selected the track as one of the EPs best, describing it as a frothy party anthem suitable for Cyrus' alias, Hannah Montana. Erik Ernst of ''
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'' said the song was "ridiculously catchy". Mikael Wood of ''
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'' decided that "Party in the U.S.A." was Cyrus' bouncy attempt at
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, since she had previously transitioned into other markets. Jessica Holland of ''
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'' deemed "Party in the U.S.A." one of the highlights on ''The Time of Our Lives''. Michael Menachem of ''Billboard'' stated the song was one of Cyrus' most entertaining songs. Menachem continued, " r. Lukeinjects the song with an energy recalling
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and early Gwen Stefani. After successfully tackling dance and country formats and delivering one of the year's strongest ballads (' The Climb'), Cyrus continues to show off her impressive range." Ryan Brockington of ''
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'' said that although the track was more mainstream than Cyrus' prior singles, he did not hate it. Vicki Lutas of BCC described "Party in the U.S.A." as "a breath of fresh air" while being "seriously stomping" and slightly relatable. She said the song's best attribute was Cyrus' voice and concluded that Cyrus contains an ability of making her voice sound interesting all the time. Upon listening to the track, Lutas feels that "suddenly you think someone else is in the room with you and you've got all the ingredients for, well, a huge party contained in one little song."


Commercial performance

"Party in the U.S.A." debuted and peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week ending August 29, 2009, due to the sale of over 226,000 digital downloads, thus becoming the fastest-selling single released by Hollywood Records. It was kept from number one by "
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" by the Black Eyed Peas and " Down" by
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featuring
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. It became Cyrus' best charting effort to that time, surpassing her previous best single " The Climb", which peaked at number four in May 2009. The week's appearance also marked the highest debut by a female solo artist since Carrie Underwood's "
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", which debuted at number one in July 2005. In the succeeding weeks, "Party in the U.S.A." continued to sell and stayed on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, spending 28 weeks in total. It also peaked at number one on Mainstream Top 40 and number 13 on
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. According to ''Billboard'', "Party in the U.S.A." was the seventh-best selling digital single of 2009 in the US. The single was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments exceeding four million copies and became Hollywood Records' best-selling single to date. By October 2012, "Party in the U.S.A" had surpassed 5 million sales in the United States, making Cyrus the youngest artist to have a single that sold more than five million downloads. As of July 2017, the song had sold 5,981,000 downloads in the US. "Party in the U.S.A." peaked at number three on the Canadian Hot 100. The single was certified quadruple platinum by the Music Canada for the sales of 160,000 digital downloads. The song also became successful in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. On the week ending September 13, 2009, "Party in the U.S.A." debuted at number 14 on the Australian Singles Chart. The following week, the song ascended to a new peak at number nine and peaked at number six on the week ending November 8, 2009. The single was certified 11× platinum by the
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(ARIA) for the shipment of 770,000 copies. "Party in the U.S.A." debuted at number 11 on the
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and peaked at number three on the week ending November 9, 2009. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) for the shipment of 15,000 copies. On the week ending January 11, 2010, "Party in the U.S.A." debuted at number 49 on the Japan Hot 100 chart and, in the succeeding week, reached its peak at number four. In the United Kingdom, "Party in the U.S.A." entered and peaked at number 11. The song tied with "
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" and "The Climb", which charted in August 2008 and March 2009, respectively, for Cyrus' best-charting effort in the United Kingdom until 2013. In Ireland, the song peaked at number five. In mainland Europe, "Party in the U.S.A." peaked at number 17 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart, number six on both the
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and
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, and peaked at number 12 on
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. It received lower commercial success throughout other regions of Europe, becoming a top 40 hit in Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, and Sweden.


Music video

Cyrus contacted Chris Applebaum to direct the accompanying music video for "Party in the U.S.A.", with ideas for the video already conceived. Her ideas for the video's theme were about "high-gloss, glamorous
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." She told Applebaum she desired to pay homage to one of her favorite movies, '' Grease'' (1978), and her parents' courting days. Video conception sprang forward with the idea to resemble the scene in ''Grease'' where John Travolta sings "Sandy". In the scene, Travolta exits from a car and walks over to a jungle gym, where he sits on a swing and performs the song as projections are displayed in the background. To render tribute to her parents' courting days, Cyrus and Applebaum named a
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in the video Corral Drive-In after a
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drive-in where Cyrus' parents had a date. "In addition, Miley's mom Tish used to drive '79 black
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'' style, and obviously that's the car that Miley arrives in," Applebaum said. The video commences by showing a drive-in theater in the day. Cyrus later arrives in a black 1979
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, clothed by a black tank top, distressed hot pants,
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and a black vest. Cyrus and several female extras make their way to a blue
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, where Cyrus sings using a digital microphone and the extras accompany her. In the song's second verse, Cyrus lies against a wall depicting the drive-in's name, "Corral Drive-In". Then, an
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with 33 stars and 8 stripes unfurls before a freestanding wall in a vacant landscape, where she sings into a microphone as glitter confetti drops from above. Later, she, standing on a swing in the center, and several backup dancers appear in a jungle gym during the evening. For the song's final refrain, Cyrus performs with four backup dancers on a stage, where the background plays the American flag and letters above it that spell "USA". Cut-scenes feature people entering the drive-in theater, Cyrus walking throughout the drive-in alone, or her and the backup dancers performing in the jungle gym. The video ends with Cyrus whipping her hair in the stage setting. A 90-second snippet was shown on September 23, 2009, on '' Dancing with the Stars''. Subsequently, that day, the video premiered online on
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's Music Lounge. Jocelyn Vena of MTV said, "The video is reminiscent of Cyrus' performance of the track on the Teen Choice Awards over the summer — minus the pole dancing." According to a survey held by MTV, responses for the music video varied from populations who were "not feeling it" for various reasons to those who enjoyed "the video's energy and thought that the added bit of sexiness was a healthy progression for Cyrus." At the Canadian
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, which Cyrus hosted, the video won the
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and was nominated for the MuchMusic Video Award for People's Choice: Favourite International Video, but lost to
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's video for "
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". As of May 2022, the video has amassed over 865 million views on
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.


Live performances

Cyrus' first live performance of "Party in the U.S.A." at the
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held on August 10, 2009. Clothed by a tank top that revealed a portion of her bra, black hot pants, and leather boots, Cyrus and backup dancers appeared from a trailer. Midway through the performance, Cyrus danced atop an ice cream pushcart with a pole (which was suggested to be a
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by numerous critics) for approximately forty seconds. Cyrus described the performance to be about her heritage: " yperformance tonight is funny, but I wanted it to be about omething more I'm like, 'This is to represent where I am from. I'm so proud of it.' All the girls trying to be Hollywood and stuff with their big glasses, me shooing them away." The performance was met with a media uproar in regards to her dancing being too suggestive and sexual for a teen-oriented event, which caused
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to issue a statement distancing themselves from the performance. Ian Drew, senior editor of ''
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'' said, "She already has this risque image, so it really wasn't much of a stretch. That's how Britney pearstook off. She was the good girl gone bad, and it looks to be working for Miley as well." Other contemporary critics used negative comparisons to Spears, but Cyrus welcomed the comparisons via a post on her official
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account. Child psychologist Wendi Fischer told '' Newsday'': Cyrus was communicating to her fans that it is acceptable to pole dance, which, according to Fischer, was unacceptable. "Miley's only 16. Why is she rushing it?", she concluded. Other critics defended Cyrus. Apryl Duncan of About.com said viewers should have fixated on her accomplishments that night, winning six awards, rather than the sexuality of the performance. Following the controversy of the performance, Cyrus replaced the ice cream pushcart with a luggage cart while touring. In 2009, Cyrus continued promotion for the single and ''The Time of Our Lives'', performing "Party in the U.S.A." on
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'' and '' VH1 Divas'' in the United States. In the winter, she promoted the track in the United Kingdom at
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's
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, the annual gala for British Royal Family, Royal Variety Performance, and '' Alan Carr: Chatty Man'', as well as in Ireland on '' The Late Late Show''. Cyrus performed the song on all venues of her first world concert tour, the Wonder World Tour, which extended from September to December 2009. During each performance, Cyrus was clothed by a black tank top, black hot pants, black leather boots and a denim vest as images on the overhead screens depicted an abundance of sites in and representations of the United States. She roamed throughout the stage with several backup dancers and, mid-performance, entered a luggage cart that escorted her throughout the stage again. The lyrics' reference to Jay-Z was replaced with one for
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in all live performances. Mikael Wood of ''
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'', who attended the September 22, 2009, concert at the Staples Center in
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, believed "Cyrus managed a reasonable approximation of a rapper" in the performance. Dave Paulson of ''
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'' reported that the song's performance at the November 25, 2009, concert at the
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in
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, "received cheers at Jonas Brothers–worthy decibel levels." In 2010, while promoting her ''
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'' album, Cyrus performed "Party in the U.S.A." at
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concerts in
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, and
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, the 1515 Club in Paris, France,
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club in London, '' Good Morning America'',
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, in
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. and a concert at the
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in
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, which was streamed across over 30 websites owned by
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. In 2011, she performed the song in her second and third world concert tours, the
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In 2013, Cyrus sang "Party in the U.S.A." during her performances held to promote ''
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'' album. She performed the single on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', 2013
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in
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, ''Today'', and the series of Jingle Ball concerts in December (including
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in Los Angeles). In 2014 she included this song on her
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. While singing "Party in the U.S.A.", Cyrus has shorter blonde hair, a leotard with red, white, and blue sequins, a white cowboy hat, star-spangled boots, and a set of fake teeth during the performance. The backup dancers were dressed as American monuments. Her performance received positive reviews from critics. Théoden Janes of ''
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'' wrote, "She turned a verse of Party in the U.S.A. into a cool, cocky rap" and John J. Moser of ''
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'' said that the performance resonated with the audience, even though Cyrus was lifted atop a huge pedestal. Jane Stevenson of the ''
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'' wrote, "She went for a big ending, with fireworks, confetti, an elevating stage and dancers dressed as Abe Lincoln, Mount Rushmore, the Liberty Bell and The Statue of Liberty for the final older song Party in the U.S.A." A critic from ''
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'' wrote, "Party in the U.S.A. was sung by Miley and screamed back by the people in the crowd. Cue red-white-and-blue confetti. Cue fireworks. Pack the
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up and put the circus back on the road. Fans in other cities need to party, too." Cyrus also performed the song during the musical festival on June 21, 2014,
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at
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of London, in front of 80,000 people. In honor of
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, Cyrus performed "Party in the U.S.A" at the Capital Pride in
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on June 11, 2017. On September 15, she performed the song for the
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, accompanied with other songs like " Malibu", "
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", "
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" and a cover of
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's "
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". Cyrus again performed the "Party In the U.S.A." along with " Edge of Midnight" and "
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" on ''
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'' in
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on December 31, 2020.


Cover versions

In the sixth season episode of ''
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'', "
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",
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(portraying
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) and Ellie Kemper (portraying
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) performed a
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of "Party in the U.S.A." for the coordinating director of Sabre, using an acoustic guitar. The parody was focused on the city in which the series is set,
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. Because of their boss mispronouncing the word "Sabre", it ended without a rhyme. Kelly West of Cinema Blend wrote, "Still, it was adorable seeing the two sing together. Unfortunately, the rhythm of their flirtation is just as awkward (and equally charming) as the rhythm of the song they attempted to perform." On the May 26, 2011, episode of talk show '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', "Party in the U.S.A." was covered in the style of
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, a recurrent bit on the show. Host Jimmy Fallon sang lead (impersonating
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), while playing an acoustic guitar and harmonica. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young members
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and
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joined to Fallon with vocal harmonies. Matthew Perpetua of ''
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'' described it as "a sad, beautifully harmonized folk rendition of Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the U.S.A.' that manage to make the joyful tween anthem sound like a vintage Sixties
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." A parody titled "Party in the CIA" was included on "Weird Al" Yankovic's 13th studio album, ''
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'' (2011). Prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics, the
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made a video of the players
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hing to the song; the video became very popular. In 2016, a rendition of "Party in the U.S.A", covered by Alana D, was featured in '' The Purge: Election Year''.


Impact and legacy

Following the
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on May 2, 2011, a resurgence in the popularity of the "Party in the U.S.A." video occurred. The official
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video was flooded with comments regarding the death of bin Laden and it was immediately deemed a celebratory anthem for the event. The song's association to his death continued on other social media, such as
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and
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, and it was played as individuals celebrated outside of the
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. About it becoming an anthem for bin Laden's death, Nitsuh Abebe of '' New York'' magazine wrote, "I have to confess that my list of reactions to the news did not get anywhere near 'watch a Miley Cyrus video.' The reason it occurred to others is surely as simple as it seems: This is a recent hit song whose title is dominated by the words "party" and "U.S.A." Looking for anything more apt would be overthinking it. Cyrus' video ..is stocked with a great many of those things we like and do well: a drive-in theater, trucks and muscle cars,
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, giant flags. It is, just like bin Laden's death, another convenient opportunity to celebrate ourselves." Following the 2020 United States presidential election, as major news outlets announced Democratic nominee Joe Biden the winner of the presidential race, on November 7, 2020, supporters in
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started singing "Party in the U.S.A." at
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. This caused the song to re-enter the charts, breaking through the iTunes Top 200. Cyrus also
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a video in celebration of Biden's win, writing "Now THIS is a PARTY IN THE USA!"


Track listings

;Digital download #"Party in the U.S.A." – 3:22 ;Digital download (extended play) #"Party in the U.S.A." – 3:22 #"Party in the U.S.A." (Wideboys full club) – 5:24 #"Party in the U.S.A." (Cahill club mix) – 3:22 ;CD and digital download #"Party in the U.S.A." – 3:22 #"Party in the U.S.A." (Wideboys full club) – 5:24


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


Release history


See also

*
List of best-selling singles in Australia This is a list of highest-certified singles in Australia according to the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Since 1983, ARIA certifies a single Platinum for shipment of 70,000 copies across Australia. Single figures can include "q ...
*
List of best-selling singles in the United States This is a list of best-selling singles in the United States, some of which have been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record co ...
* List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2009 * List of ''Billboard'' Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2009


References

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