"Start the Commotion" is a song by British electronic music duo The Wiseguys, from their second album The Antidote. It was released as a single in the UK in 1998, and peaked at #66 on the UK Singles Chart. A re-release the following year gave the song a higher chart placing, peaking at #47. It also peaked at #36 on the American dance charts in 2000. "Start the Commotion" has also been officially remixed by Eric Kupper and DJ Spinna.

Background

The song is built around a repeated sample from the 1966 song "Wild Child" by The Ventures.

Track listing

2001 re-release

After being used in a Mitsubishi Motors television commercial in the U.S. in 2001, the song gained a second life and significant radio airplay, reaching the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and making it the Wiseguys' best known song.

Charts

Other uses in popular culture