"Get the Party Started" is a song by American singer Pink, released on October 16, 2001, as the lead single from her second album, Missundaztood (2001).

[4] It received positive reviews and became an international success and reached the top ten in many countries, peaking at number one in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, Spain, and Wallonia (Belgium).

[7] She then decided to write lyrics containing "every catch phrase you possibly could imagine", before laughing at the realization that she had written a potential hit single and her first dance song.

"[7] Some listeners thought the song made a reference to ecstasy, the drug of choice for ravers: "I can go for miles if you know what I mean.

"[8] Jim Farber was favorable: "The single "Get the Party Started" has the tricky synth hook of a perfect new-wave hit from the '80s.

"[9] NME was less positive, saying it "displays the kind of clod-hopping attention-seeking on single 'Get the Party Started' that makes you assume you're listening to a Geri Halliwell record.

Instead, it feels more like the kinds of grooves that were coming out in the early Nineties, when alt-rock was influencing the discos as well as the college charts.

"Get the Party Started" also echoes the good time vibe that other hits like Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart" had that won over many fans.

"[13] Max Mohenu of Espresso said that the song felt "fun and imaginative, and challenged what it meant to be a successful pop artist who didn’t have the Britney Spears look.

[15] The song peaked at number two in the UK, where it was certified platinum for sales and streams exceeding 600,000 units.

"Get the Party Started" is certified multi-platinum in Australia, platinum in Canada, Norway, and the UK, and gold in Austria, Germany, France, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2003 in the category of "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", which it lost to Norah Jones's "Don't Know Why".

Shirley Bassey recorded a cover for a spy-themed 2006 Marks & Spencer Christmas television advertising campaign.

The Guardian wrote, "Bassey is the only singer alive who could take the bouncing, enthusiastic R&B of the original Get the Party Started and turn it into a grand, imperious swoop worthy of a Bond theme; it's a terrific cover version, even if it perhaps didn't quite merit the album attached to it.