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 final time "feel good" is sung, a sample of Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc." is used in place of Parker's vocals. [5] The song's melody is additionally altered and often uses the lyric "yeah yeah yeah yeah" to create a backing vocal hook. [6] The song became a viral meme. [7] 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". [8] "Bustin" was later included on Cicierega's third mashup album Mouth Moods , [9] and is downloadable for free on Cicierega's website. [10]

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. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Pescovitz, David (March 15, 2016). "Bust some ghosts with this insane remix of Ray Parker Jr.'s 1984 'Ghostbusters' theme song". Boing Boing . Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. ↑ Busch, Jenna (March 16, 2016). "This GHOSTBUSTERS Theme Song Remix Raises Innuendo to an Art Form". Nerdist . Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ Colangelo, BJ (February 14, 2022). "Ivan Reitman Contributed More To The Ghostbusters Theme Song Than You Might Think". /Film . Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ Byron & O'Regan 2022, p. 354.
  5. ↑ "Bustin". 31 March 2015. Event occurs at 3:58. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Byron & O'Regan 2022, p. 357.
  7. ↑ Romano, Aja (7 March 2017). "This '90s kid turned his love of a decade into the internet's best mashup albums". Vox . Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  8. ↑ Kelsen, David (July 20, 2016). "The Ghostbuster Theme Song: A History". OC Weekly . Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ Gill, Katie (January 27, 2017). "Album Review: Neil Cicierega – "Mouth Moods"". The Young Folks. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  10. ↑ Dean, Rob (October 4, 2021). ""Bustin" by Neil Cicierega". Neon Splatter. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  11. ↑ Heins, Scott (September 25, 2015). "Flashback Friday: Ray Parker Jr's "Ghostbusters" Is Reborn As The Brilliant "Bustin"". Okayplayer . Retrieved November 29, 2023.

Bibliography

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

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