City Is Ours

Album: B.T.R. (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • Big Time Rush was a boy band who had their own show on Nickelodeon. "City Is Ours" is a track from their first album that was released as their fifth single. The four group members were best friends in real life: Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson.
  • James Maslow told Artist Direct about this song: "That was one of the tracks from earlier in the season last year. It's not brand new, but we still perform it all the time. We originally wrote the song for the show. We wanted to create this idea where we shoot a music video in the show, and all these directors have terrible ideas about how to make the city theirs. It was our way of saying, 'Hey, we just moved to Los Angeles. Let's show everybody we can have a good time, and this is what we love to do.' We relate the song to everywhere we go. When we tour around the country, it's going to mean, We're partying. This city is ours. Let's rock out and have a good time. Everybody believe you're meant to be here."
  • Kevin Rudolf, who had a hit in 2008 with "Let it Rock," produced this song.

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  • Chelsea from Phoenix , AzThis song is sick, just love it!!
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