There You Go

2000 single by Pink

"There You Go" is a song recorded by American singer Pink for her debut studio album, Can't Take Me Home (2000). It was co written by Pink, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, and Kandi Burruss and was produced by Briggs, while Burruss produced the vocals. "There You Go" is a sassy, playful, and jittery R&B track with slinky instrumentation led by harpsichord synthesizers. which is led by harpsichord synthesizers and was described as "She'kspere's "trademark strums’n’stabs formula." Pink told interviewer Lindzi Scharf in 2002: "When I wrote that, I was really angry at someone that I'm probably still angry with. I don't write love songs because I'm not in love. So I basically write about experiences that I've had or stuff that's embarrassed me or even something that gets on my nerves. Basically, writing is my vent. So, "There You Go" was like that. I'd always wanted to have the upper hand in that relationship and the only way I could have that was through the song."

"There You Go" earned generally positive reviews from music critics, many of called it the standout track on parent album Can't Take You Home, with others comparing it favorably to other She'kspere productions from the late 1990s to early 2000s. NME critic John Mulvey found that Pink "manages some pretty excellent syncopated put downs on "There You Go." The best track by far on her bland and avoidable debut album, the skills here come courtesy of ace writer/producer Kevin "She’kspere" Briggs, who bestows upon Pink his trademark strums’n’stabs formula heard to such witheringly brilliant effect on TLC's "No Scrubs"." Douglas Wolk from Rolling Stone was also positive, saying: "Her debut has one awesome single in "There You Go," whose wronged woman sass is set to a stop start groove so bling bling it redeems a chorus that ends, "Sometimes it be's like that"." [[File:Destiny Child at Super Bowl XLVII halftime show. jpg|thumb|"There You Go" was favorably compared to other She'kspere productions such as Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" (1999). In another lukewarm review, Rob Brunner from Entertainment Weekly stated: "Briggs's "There You Go" is remarkably similar to his hits for Destiny's Child ("Bills, Bills, Bills") and TLC ("No Scrubs") but minus the vocal interplay that gives those tunes their punch." In her review of parent album Can't Take You Home, New Zealand Herald editor Russell Baillie wrote: "Like Kelis and others in the new breed of stroppy, crazy haired divas, she's got an attitude to remember her by, at its best on the syncopated sass of single "There You Go"." Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called "There You Go" one of the highlights of Can't Take You Home. In a retrospective review, Justin Myers from the Official Charts Company described the song "a classic slice of Destiny's Child inspired, useless man dissing R&B. Even though the song was a vicious takedown, it had a fairly chilled vibe, but Pink was full of attitude and you could see that fiery personality was waiting to come out." In 2013, Complex ranked the song at number 11 on their list of "The Best R&B Songs by White Singers in the 2000s."

+ Release dates and formats for "There You Go" Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref. (Reference(s)) United States January 18, 2000 Rhythmic contemporary radio LaFace Records, LaFace, Arista Records, Arista February 15, 2000 Contemporary hit radio March 21, 2000 Urban contemporary radio Germany March 27, 2000 Maxi CD BMG Sweden LaFace Australia April 3, 2000 BMG France April 17, 2000 United Kingdom June 5, 2000 Cassette single, Cassette, maxi CD LaFace