Luke and Benny Blanco and the song was written.

She then proceeded to bring the song to her producer Dr. The opening line came from an experience where she woke up surrounded by 'beautiful women', leading to her imagining P. She would then write down a few words to a song, then the following morning she would wake up with the story waiting to be told.

Kesha said the inspiration behind the song came from coming home half-drunk and stumbling after a night out of partying. Luke and Benny Blanco and was co-produced by Luke and Blanco. 'Tik Tok' was written by Kesha, alongside Dr. Kesha on wanting to rewrite the track due to fear of not making a connection with the audience. 'Brushing your teeth with Jack Daniel's'-are people going to get what I'm talking about? Is this too much? Is it clever enough?' And he literally had to fight me off, and then Benny Blanco had to chase me out of the studio when I got a mind to rewrite it.' 'I tried to rewrite the verses of 'TiK ToK,' I was like, 'This doesn't make sense. The event lead to different labels sparking interest in signing her, including RCA Records, to which she eventually signed. Within a few months, the song became a worldwide hit. It was not until 2008 when Luke was working with Flo Rida on ' Right Round' that he pulled Kesha in to contribute, giving her the female hook.

Although she was signed to Luke and his label, Kesha never took priority as he was busy with other projects at the time. While at the label she worked with record producer Greg Wells, which she attributes to developing her sound on her first record, Animal (2010). ДЄfter being signed to Luke's label she also signed to David Sonenberg's DAS management company. When you're listening to 100 CDs, that kind of bravado and chutzpah stand out.' Following this, at the age of eighteen, Kesha signed to Luke's label, Kemosabe Records, and his publishing company, Prescription Songs. Uhhhhh.' The improvisation made her stand out from other artists that Luke had listened to, which he recalled: 'That's when I was like, 'OK, I like this girl's personality. The latter of the demos caught Luke off guard when she ran out of lyrics and started to rap, 'I'm a white girl/From the 'Ville/Nashville, bitch. He was particularly taken with Kesha's demos which consisted of a self-penned country ballad and trip-hop track. Two of the demos he received were from Katy Perry and Kesha. Luke solicited around to different people in the music business asking for demos from unknown artists. Luke had just finished producing tracks for Kelly Clarkson's album Breakaway (2004) and was looking to expand further on his writing and producing credits. The song was listed 61st on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of All-time. As of 2019, the song has sold over 18 million copies worldwide, thus making it one of the best-selling digital singles worldwide. It was also the best-selling single worldwide in that year, selling 12.8 million copies. On the week of January 2, 2010, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for 9 consecutive weeks, becoming the longest running number one of 2010. 'Tik Tok' was certified 8Г— platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold 6.8 million copies in the United States. In the United States, the song broke the record for the biggest single-week sum of all time for a female artist selling 610,000 digital downloads in one week. The song achieved commercial success by topping the charts in eleven countries. Musically, the song has been compared to the works of Lady Gaga, Uffie, and Fergie. The song's verses use a rap/sing vocal style while the chorus is sung throughout the song the use of Auto-Tune is prominent. The song is an electropop/ dance-pop song incorporating a minimalist bitpop beat interspersed with handclaps and synths. According to Kesha, the song's lyrics are representative of her and based on her life the song has a carefree message and talks about not letting anything bring you down. Diddy in hopes of a collaboration he came to the studio the same day and recorded his lines and the song was completed. The experience prompted the writing of the song which she later brought to her producer, Dr. The opening line of the song came from an experience where Kesha woke up surrounded by beautiful women, to which she imagined P. It was released on August 7, 2009, as the lead single from Kesha's debut studio album, Animal. She co-wrote the song with its producers Dr. ' Tik Tok' (stylized as ' TiK ToK' and pronounced as ' tick tock') is the debut solo single by American singer Kesha.