Bustin (song)

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"Bustin"
Cicierega Bustin Single.jpg
Single by Neil Cicierega
from the album Mouth Moods
ReleasedMarch 31, 2015 (2015-03-31)
Recorded2015
Genre
Length3:57, 3:47 (album version)
Neil Cicierega singles chronology
"I Can't Enter That (No Sandman)"
(2015)
"Bustin"
(2015)
"Dear Dinosaur"
(2015)
Music video
"Bustin" on YouTube

"Bustin" is a song by American musician and comedian Neil Cicierega. It was released on March 31, 2015, as the lead single for his third mashup album Mouth Moods .

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Background and reception

The song remixes Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters", [1] heavily relying on the lyric "bustin' makes me feel good" and repeatedly editing it into various sexual innuendos and references to sleeping. [2] [3] [4] The song's melody is additionally altered and often uses the lyric "yeah yeah yeah yeah" to create a backing vocal hook. [5] The song became a viral meme. [6] OC Weekly praised it among others, describing it as "absolutely brilliant how an entirely new track can be created from the original elements while still containing its fun vibe". [7] "Bustin" was later included on Cicierega's third mashup album Mouth Moods , [8] and is downloadable for free on Cicierega's website. [9]

Music video

Alongside the single's release on SoundCloud, a music video heavily editing footage of several performances of "Ghostbusters" and the song's accompanying movie was released on March 31, 2015. [10]

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References

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  5. Byron & O'Regan 2022, p. 357.
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Bibliography

Byron, Tim; O'Regan, Jadey (November 22, 2022). Hooks in Popular Music. Springer International Publishing. ISBN   978-3-031-19000-1.