Start the Commotion

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"Start the Commotion"
Single by The Wiseguys
from the album The Antidote
Released	1998
Genre	Big beat
Length	5:57
Label	Label Mammoth
Songwriter(s)	Theo Keating
Producer(s)	Touché
The Wiseguys singles chronology
"Ooh La La" (1998) "Start the Commotion" (1998) "Dizzy Spell" (2002)

"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,^[1] 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.^[2] It also peaked at #36 on the US dance charts in 2000.^[3] "Start the Commotion" has also been officially remixed by Eric Kupper and DJ Spinna.

The song is built around a repeated sample from the 1966 song "Wild Child" by The Ventures.^[4]

UK CD single

1. "Start the Commotion" (Radio edit)
2. "Fatal Femme" (feat. Sense Live)
3. "Start the Commotion" (Full length)

After being used in a Mitsubishi Motors television commercial in the US 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 in the US.

• It was featured in the 2001 comedy Zoolander, where it was used to promote the film.
• It was also featured in the films Gun Shy (2000) and Kangaroo Jack (2003). It was also featured on the Lizzie McGuire soundtrack.