Pitchfork: Top 50 Singles of 2003: "33: Tatu

'Not Gonna Get Us'

[Polydor]

This could be 2003's greatest love song: a cinematic gem reminding us that tragedy was as much an element of great girl-group music as romance. Our heroes' belief that their love can create a utopia 'beyond the clouds over the mountains' is suggestive of 'Go West', except hightailing it over the Siberian hinterlands isn't as romantic as driving toward the warm California sun. Fittingly then, 'Not Gonna Get Us''s sharp trance-pop cuts and bleeds, mirroring the severity of its consequences. When paired with Tatu's striking vocal performances-- one sweetly optimistic and the other fiercely determined-- and the noble naivete of teenage invincibility, the duo have crafted the perfect exit music (to their own film). --Scott Plagenhoef"



...see, I was right, Tatu are good.