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"Get 'Em Girls" is a song by Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg, who co-wrote the song with David Buchanan and producer Bangladesh for her second studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on 17 September 2010. The concept of the song is about shoes and showcases a more urban, hip hop flavoured sound than Mauboy's previous singles. "Get 'Em Girls" received negative reviews from critics, and peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart. An accompanying music video was directed by Hype Williams and received a mixed reaction from fans.

Background
In August 2010, The Music Network reported that "Get 'Em Girls" would be the first single from Mauboy's second studio album to be released on 24 September 2010 and that it would feature "a high-profile US star." On 6 September 2010, a spokesperson for Mauboy's record label, Sony Music Australia, confirmed that the featured artist on the song would be Snoop Dogg. She explained, "I didn't end up getting any of them but with the help of Bangladesh who produced the track, he contacted Snoop Dogg and that's how it came about." "Get 'Em Girls" is an R&B, pop, and "thumping hip hop" song. According to Alasdair Duncan from Rave magazine, the song is "slick-sounding, bump-and-grinding urban pop, drawing on Beyoncé and Rihanna in equal parts." == Release and reception ==
Release and reception
"Get 'Em Girls" was released digitally and sent to Australian contemporary hit radio on 17 September 2010. Daile Pepper from Sydney Morning Herald picked "Get 'Em Girls" as one of the worst songs of 2010. Sunshine Coast Daily's Owen Jacques mentioned the song as one of the many few that have been riddled with subtle nuance and silly words, writing that Mauboy "is flanked by a particularly sleazy looking Snoop Dogg, and she pushes the boundary so hard that the fence collapses beneath her." "Get 'Em Girls" debuted and peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart and spent six consecutive weeks in the ARIA top 50. ==Music video==
Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Hype Williams and was filmed in Los Angeles, California in September 2010. The video premiered online in October 2010. The video starts off showing a mini screen of Mauboy and producer Bangladesh twirling around in a purple backdrop, then afterwards shows a scene of flames. The next scene shows Mauboy dancing alongside Snoop Dogg. Other scenes show Mauboy in a white dress strutting the catwalk with her friends, showing off their heels in an array of fashions. They later appear in a shoe shop, where Mauboy and her friends are seen buying shoes, while Dogg plays the role of a shoe salesman. Since released, the video has been heavily criticised by fans on YouTube. Within only five days of being posted online, there were over three hundred comments with several of them calling the video cheap, tacky, disappointing and left them confused. Some of the comments mentioning the scenes of Mauboy dancing alongside Dogg have been described as "hypersexual" and "sleazy". ==Live performances==
Live performances
Mauboy performed "Get 'Em Girls" at the 2010 NRL Grand Final on 3 October 2010, followed by a performance of the song at the 2010 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards on 8 October. On 4 December 2010, she participated in the YouTube Live Sessions program on 4 December 2010 and performed several of the album's songs, including "Get 'Em Girls". On 10 December 2010, Mauboy performed the song at Federation Square in Melbourne, ahead of Oprah Winfrey's visit to the place. ==Track listing==
Track listing
Digital download • "Get 'Em Girls" (featuring Snoop Dogg) – 3:56 ==Personnel==
Personnel
Songwriting – David Buchanan, Shondrae Crawford, Cordozar Calvin BroadusProduction – Bangladesh • Mixing – Fabian Marasciullo • Mastering – Dave Kutch • Assistant engineering – Victor Wainstein Source: ==Charts==
Charts
Weekly chart Year-end chart ==Release history==
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