Get Back (ASAP)

"Get Back (ASAP)" is a song by Romanian singer Alexandra Stan, released on March 28, 2011 by Play On / Jeff Records as the third single from her debut studio album, Saxobeats. The track was written and produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi, and was recorded at their Maan Studio. Musically, "Get Back (ASAP)" is a dance song with jazz accents, containing a saxophone in its instrumentation. Music critics were positive towards the recording, praising its catchiness, while also comparing it to its predecessor, "Mr. Saxobeat". "Get Back (ASAP)" also received an award in the Pop/Dance Song of the Year category at the 2012 Radio România Actualități Awards.

Commercially, it was a modest commercial success, reaching the top 20 of the charts in multiple countries. For promotion, an accompanying music video was shot by Iulian Moga in Bucharest, Romania, serving as a continuation for the visual of "Mr. Saxobeat". Uploaded on YouTube on June 20, 2011, it portrays Stan in a saloon bar escaping from two police men that try to arrest her. Another music video was filmed by Ciprian Strugariu for the Maanstudio remix version of the song.



Background and composition
"Get Back (ASAP)" was recorded at the Maan Studio in Constanța, with writing and production handled by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi. It is a 1990s–influenced dance song with jazz accents, also containing a "powerful" saxophone in its instrumentation. Jonathan Mamard of French website Pure Charts and portal Musique Radio noted similarities between the track and its predecessor, "Mr. Saxobeat". The latter website praised the catchiness of the single, deeming its refrain "more effective" than that of its predecessor, and predicted the track's commercial success. AllMusic's Celeste Rhoads called "Get Back (ASAP)" a "club sensation". The song also received an award in the Pop/Dance Song of the Year category at the 2012 Radio România Actualități Awards.

Commercial performance
The track entered the French Singles Chart at number 42 in April 2011, continuing to ascend until reaching number 19. As of 2011, "Get Back (ASAP)" has sold 46,000 registered units in the country. The song eventually entered the Romanian Top 100 and peaked at number four, her second top five hit after "Mr. Saxobeat", which topped the chart in 2011. "Get Back (ASAP)" also experienced commercial success in other territories, topping the charts in Slovakia and reaching the top ten in Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and Israel. In the United Kingdom, the single charted on the UK Singles Chart at positions 56.

Music video
An accompanying music video for "Get Back (ASAP)" was uploaded onto Ultra Music's YouTube channel on June 20, 2011. The clip was shot by Iulian Moga at Castel Film in Bucharest, Romania, in one day. Romanian rapper 1 Q Sapro, Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi have cameo appearances throughout the video. Stan's label explained that the clip would act as a continuation of "Mr. Saxobeat", "The video continues with the escape of [...] Stan from the police men. To get rid of them, she enters a bar full with rowdy Mexicans that she entices with her music and charm".

The video begins with Stan changing from the police outfit she ended up with in the "Mr. Saxobeat" video into a red dress in a dressing room. Following this, she walks down a staircase into a saloon bar and sings to the bar's crowd. Afterwards, a man makes appearance at the bar and plays cards with Stan in front of all people. Subsequently, the police men who arrested Stan in "Mr. Saxobeat" enter the bar looking for her. They eventually see her and try to arrest her again. However, the man that played cards with the singer defends her, beginning to bar-fight with the police men; they win the fight, with all people lying on the floor. Upon next, the police men are sitting on the bar stool next to the bar man and are presented a tape. Meanwhile, it is shown in a flashback in sepia that, while the men were bar-fighting, Stan was grabbing the money from the cards and ran out of the bar. The video ends with one of the police man punching the bar man. Scenes interspersed throughout the main plot present Stan singing in front of an old-fashioned wall, sporting a white worn blouse and hot pants. An editor from Los 40 Principales cited the video for "Get Back (ASAP)" as one of the singer's best clips ever. Hamard from Pure Charts wrote that the visual would appeal to males and deemed Stan as "sensual".

Tracklistings
Digital download
 * 1) "Get Back (ASAP)" – 3:29

UK Digital download
 * 1) "Get Back (ASAP)" [UK Radio Edit] – 2:12
 * 2) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Radio Edit] – 3:29
 * 3) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Extended Version] – 4:26
 * 4) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Rudedog Main Mix] – 6:19
 * 5) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Rudedog Rude Mix] – 6:23
 * 6) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Frisco Remix] – 5:17
 * 7) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Studio Club Radio Edit] – 3:21
 * 8) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Studio Club Mix] – 4:15

Belgian digital download
 * 1) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Radio edit] – 3:30
 * 2) "Get Back (ASAP)" [Extended version] – 4:26