Get Together" is a song by American recording artist Madonna from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor. Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price, the song was released as the third single from the album by Warner Bros. Records on June 6, 2006. The decision was spurred by the fact that "Get Together" was the third most downloaded song from the album. It was also released to coincide with the start of Madonna's Confessions Tour. Inspired by Stardust's single "Music Sounds Better with You", "Get Together" portrays an anthem-like picture with its lyrics, about the different possibilities of finding love on the dance floor.
Contemporary critics appreciated the song, calling it fluid in nature and a wonderful dance track. They complimented Madonna's ability to turn cliché comments into pop slogans with the song. After its worldwide release, the song became a success on the dance charts of the United States but failed to enter the official Billboard Hot 100 chart. It reached the top ten in countries like Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy and topped the chart in Spain.
Initially the song "Jump" was to be released as the third single from the album. However, "Get Together" was chosen as the third single to coincide with the start of Madonna's 2006 Confessions tour. The decision was also spurred by the fact that "Get Together" was the third best-selling digital single from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album. Its digital sales stood at 20,000 at that time, whereas digital sales for "Jump" were only 9,000. Hence, "Get Together" was finally chosen as the third single.
In the United States, the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but reached a peak of number eighty-four on the Pop 100 chart. Its low chart performance in America was attributed to limited radio airplay. A petition was signed by about 3,300 fans at petitiononline.com. Known as the "End the Madonna U.S. Radio Boycott", it was addressed to Clear Channel Communications CEO Mark P. Mays. Message boards at Entertainment Weekly and VH1 were filled with everything from support for Madonna to conspiracy theories about why she was not played on radio. The song was a success on Billboard's dance charts, topping the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts. It reached a peak of eighteen on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart.
In Canada, the song debuted and peaked at four on the Canadian Singles Chart. In Spain, the song debuted at the top of the chart in the issue dated June 25, 2006 and was on the top for one week. In Australia, "Get Together" debuted at number thirteen which became its final peak. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at seven in the issue dated July 23, 2006.In mainland Europe, the song reached the top ten of the Finnish and Italian charts and the top forty in countries like Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.
peak positions worlwide
Australian singles chart # 13
Austrian singles chart # 35
Belgium singles chart # 22/#33
Canadian singles chart # 4
Czech airplay chart # 13
Danish singles chart # 12
Dutch top 40 # 13
Eurochart Hot !! singles # 18
Finnish singles chart # 6
French singles chart # 26
German singles chart # 28
Hungarian singles chart # 1
Irish singles chart # 17
Italian singles chart # 2
Romanian top 100 # 21
Spanish singles chart # 1
Swedish singles chart # 15
Swiss singles chart # 24
UK singles chart # 7
US dance chart # 1
US Hot singles sales # 2
US pop chart # 84
US radio execs should be embarrased, the song was ranked as the second biggest selling single at its peak, yet it only peaked at # 84 on the pop chart. That means radio ignored a clear hit.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSDjPyG1O3U&ob=av2e
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