"Way to Go!" is the second single by Rogue Traders

Rogue Traders

Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many...

 from their second album Here Come the Drums

Here Come the Drums

Here Come the Drums is the second studio album by Australian dance rock act Rogue Traders, released in Australia on 23 October 2005 by Columbia Records. The album features the Rogue Traders with the new and then vocalist Natalie Bassingthwaighte and has a genre of dance pop songs — mainly...

, released in 2005. It was released as the third single in the United Kingdom in May mainly as a download release. It is the first release under the famous "Rogue Traders" logo. In the UK, the single had a different cover. The reason is that since the band had a new drummer, they couldn't use the original cover in the UK release.

Music video

The Australian video clip

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 was filmed in Sydney

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, Australia

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 and took a day to shoot. The clip is set in a university

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 lecture

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, which transforms into a rock concert

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. The actual filming location was a decayed ballroom

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 in a derelict building adjacent to Sydney's Central Railway Station

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. The clip stars the band's lead singer, Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Natalie Bassingthwaighte is an Australian actress, singer-songwriter and television personality. She began her career as an actress on the television series All Saints. She then starred in the American television movie Counterstrike...

 as the teacher, band member James Ash

James Ash

James Ash , is an English-born Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is the co-founder and keyboardist of Australian electro-rock group, the Rogue Traders...

 as the headmaster and a number of "students" who make up the audience for the band's performance (these were mainly fans who had responded to media calls for volunteer participants).

UK music video

A different video was shot for the UK release, which uses the Metro Radio Mix version of the song. The video premiered on The Box (UK music Channel) at 18:00 - 20:00. The first half of the video features the band performing on a street, and the second half features the band performing in front of a bright set of lights on a rooftop.
The video was shot on Cockatoo Island near Sydney

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Track listing

Australian CD Single

1. "Way to Go!"
2. "Way to Go!" (James Ash Remix)
3. "Way to Go!" (TV Rock Remix)
4. "Voodoo Child" (James Ash Lektric Remix)

UK Digital Download Single

1. "Way to Go!" (Metro Radio Edit)
2. "Way to Go!" (Dada Remix Edit)

Australian Promo

1. "Way to Go!"

UK Promo # 1

1. "Way to Go!" (Metro Radio Edit)

UK Promo # 2

1. "Way to Go!" (Dada Remix)
2. "Way to Go!" (TV Rocks Remix)
3. "Way to Go!" (Simon's Remix)
4. "Way to Go!" (Original Edit)

UK Promo # 3

1. "Way to Go!" (Dada Remix Edit)
2. "Way to Go!" (TV Rock Remix)
3. "Way to Go!" (Metro Radio Edit)

Official Versions

• "Way to Go! (Original Mix)
• "Way to Go! (Original Edit)
• "Way to Go! (Dada Remix)
• "Way to Go! (Dada Remix Edit)
• "Way to Go! (James Ash Remix)
• "Way to Go! (Metro Radio Edit)
• "Way to Go! (Simon's Remix)
• "Way to Go! (TV Rocks Remix)

Release history

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United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

Charts

"Way to go!" debuted at #15 on the Australian ARIA singles chart on 23 October 2005. In its second week on the chart the song descended to #17, but re-ascended to #9 in its third. In its fifth week "Way to go!" ascended to its peak at #7 becoming the group's third top ten single, and was certified gold by ARIA selling over 35,000 copies. "Way to go!" was released as the group's third UK single in March, but it has failed to chart.

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	7