"Get Back (ASAP)" | ||||||||||
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Single by Alexandra Stan | ||||||||||
from the album Saxobeats | ||||||||||
Released | 19 March 2011 | |||||||||
Format | CD, digital download | |||||||||
Length | 3:29 | |||||||||
Label | Play On / Jeff Records | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Andrei Nemirschi, Marcel Prodan | |||||||||
Producer(s) | MediaPro Music Entertainment | |||||||||
Alexandra Stan singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Get Back (ASAP)" is a song recorded by Romanian recording artist Alexandra Stan for her debut studio album, Saxobeats (2011). The track was made available for digital download on 19 March 2011, and it has been released as the album's third track. "Get Back (ASAP)" was written by Andrei Nemirschi and Marcel Prodan, while production was handled by MediaPro Music. A music video for the song was directed by Iulian and debuted on Ultra Music's YouTube channel, where it has amassed over 22 million views. The clip was shot during one day in Bucharest, Romania at Castel Film and sees Stan at a saloon bar trying to get rid of two police men played by Nemirschi and Prodan. MediaPro Music described the clip as a continuation to the video for "Mr. Saxobeat".
"Get Back (ASAP)" became a success in various European countries, with it peaking within the top ten in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Romania and Israel. Besides this, it also reached the top twenty in France, Lebanon, Netherlands and Denmark.
An accompanying for "Get Back (ASAP)" was uploaded onto Ultra Music's YouTube channel on 20 June 2011, where it amassed more than 23 million views as of December 2015. The clip was shot by Iulian Moga at Castel Film in Bucharest, Romania, which was the same location for the filming sessions of "Mr. Saxobeat", during one single day. 1 Q Sapro, Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirshi have cameo appearances throughout the video. Stan's label, MediaPro Music, described the music video as a continuation to her previous clip for "Mr. Saxobeat", confessing before its release that: "The video continues with the escape of Alexandra Stan from the police men. To get rid of them, she enters a bar full with rowdy Mexicans, whom she need to entice with her music and charm. If Alexandra Stan would escape of being arrested also this time, you will see with the premiere of the video on television." Particularly, a music video shot by Ciprian Strugariu for the Maan remix of "Get Back (ASAP)" was uploaded onto MediaPro Music's YouTube channel on 9 December 2011 and has since amassed over 2 million views.Los 40 Principales cited the video for "Get Back (ASAP)" as one of Stan's best clips ever.