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Ghostbusters

Ray Parker Jr.

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Album
Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2016]
Released
2016
Genres
Pop, R&B
Length
4:05
Tempo
116 BPM
Label
RCA Records Label

About this song

Ivan Reitman first approached Huey Lewis and the News for the song, but they were under contract to write music for Back to the Future, so Reitman turned to Ray Parker Jr. at the last minute. Parker was inspired to write it after seeing an insect extermination commercial in the middle of the night, and the single was later the subject of a copyright lawsuit from Lewis that was settled out of court. It went to number one in the US in the summer of 1984 and topped the charts in Belgium and France.

What it's about

The song is an upbeat tune written for the 1984 film of the same name, built around a call to summon the Ghostbusters. Parker's chorus asks who you're going to call, leaving the rest of the crowd to shout the Ghostbusters name.

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