"Scream & Shout" is a song by American recording artist will.i.am featuring Britney Spears, taken from the former's upcoming fourth studio album #willpower. It was released on November 20, 2012 by Interscope Records as the second single from the album, and sent to mainstream radio in the United States on November 27. The song was written by will.i.am, Jef Martens and Jean Baptiste and was produced by Martens under the alias Lazy Jay, with additional production by will.i.am. "Scream & Shout" is an upbeat dance and electropop song; its lyrics are about having a good time on a night out. It interpolates a sample of the lyric "Britney, bitch", which was used on Spears' 2007 single "Gimme More".
"Scream & Shout" received generally positive reviews from music critics, some of whom described it as a dark club track, and others criticized the use of Auto-Tune on the vocals. The song was a commercial success worldwide, topping the charts in over twenty-four countries and reached the top ten in Australia, Sweden, and South Korea. In the United States, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first number one song of the newly established Dance/Electronic Songs chart. In the United Kingdom, "Scream & Shout" became will.i.am's second consecutive number one single, Spears' sixth number one and her first chart-topper since "Everytime" (2004). It is also the victor of Billboard's 2013 reader-voted March Madness contest, against hits by Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna and P!nk, among others.[1]
An accompanying music video directed by Ben Mor was shot in October 2012, and premiered in the U.S. during a live episode of The X Factor on November 28. The theme of the music video is multiplicity, and critics complimented its futuristic setting. "Scream & Shout" also served as the theme song for a television commercial for Beats by Dr. Dre Color headphones. A remixed version of the song featuring rappers Diddy, Hit-Boy, Lil Wayne, and Waka Flocka Flame was uploaded to will.i.am's official YouTube account on January 25, 2013, after it was leaked on the internet earlier the same day. A music video for this version was filmed in January 2013 and was released on February 14.
Lyrics
When you hear this in the club
You gotta turn turn it up
You gotta turn turn it up
You gotta turn turn it up
When we up in the club
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
See the boys in the club
They watching us
They watching us
They watching us
Everybody in the club
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
You are now now rocking with Will I Am and Britney
Oh yeah..
Oh yeah..
Oh yeah..
Bring the action...
Rock and roll,everybody let`s lose control
All the bottom we let it go
Going fast,we ain`t going slow,no,no
Hey yo,hear the beat and let`s hit the floor
Drink it up and drink some more
Light it up and let`s let it blow,blow,blow
Hey yo,rock it out,rock it now,if you know what were talking about
Turn it up,and burn down the house,yeah,house
Hey yo,turn it up and turn it down
Here we go,we gonna shake the ground
Cause everywhere we go we BRING THE ACTION
When you hear this in the club
You gotta turn turn it up
You gotta turn turn it up
You gotta turn turn it up
When we up in the club
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
See the girls in the club
They looking at us
They looking at us
They looking at us
Everybody in the club
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
You are now now rocking with Will I Am and Britney
Oh yeah..
Oh yeah..
Oh yeah..
It goes on and on and on and on
When me and you party together
I wish this night would last forever
Cause I was feeling down,now I`m feeling better
And maybe it goes on and on and on and on
When me and you party together
I wish this night would last forever,ever,ever,ever
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We saying oh wee oh wee oh wee oh