In this industry today, this is what we are trying to do, always put new music and get people to pay attention. In the interview, she said: “It is a new life, a new push for Doll Domination. Subsequently, Scherzinger confirmed that the current album would be relaunched with new songs. In early 2009, Billboard magazine said that Doll Domination had no commercial impact on the Billboard 200, unlike the group’s previous album, PCD, which sold 3 million copies in the United States. Scherzinger on the “Jai Ho!” Writing process.
task of rewriting the lyrics, because I thought the film was very deep, I didn’t know how to maintain the integrity of the film and the love story, but also make it cool enough for the Pussycat Dolls and people around the world to connect.
“It’s crazy how the whole thing came about, I’m a writer, and I was lucky enough to write for the Dolls, but when I was asked to see the movie and make my own version, I was really scared to take over. The Pussycat Dolls sang “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)” during various performances at including Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and an episode of One Life to Live. It was also sung on The Official BBC Children in Need Medley, which led the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in late 2009. The video clip was filmed in Vienna, Austria, at a Tram Museum, recreating the last scene of the film Slumdog Millionaire, In the United Kingdom, the English version of the song was sung by several British children’s voice actors during the Children’s promotional video. Internationally, the song was very well positioned, leading the charts in countries like Australia, Finland, Israel and Ireland, as well as peaking in the top ten in countries like New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The following week, it reached number 15, experiencing one of the biggest upward movements on the chart. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at number 100. “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)” was commercially successful. The song was credited as “AR Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger”.Īfter its release, the song received positive reviews from music critics, praising it as a great adaptation. After watching Slumdog Millionaire executives Jimmy Iovine and Ron Fair they wanted to transform “Jai Ho” into a “pop without deviating from the original melody” and asked Scherzinger to make his own interpretation of the song. It was released on Februby Interscope Records as the fourth single from the album. ” Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) ” (in Portuguese : Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) ) is a song recorded by the American girl group The Pussycat Dolls extracted from their second studio album Doll Domination (2008).