Peak
23
Weeks
20
Score
2,176
Chart Year
2011
The music video was directed by Emil Nava and was premiered on 30 January 2011.[23][24] The video begins closing up on a giant teddy bear that is missing an eye and an arm, accompanied by a musical box-rendering of Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube, before zooming out to show a child version of Jessie J sitting next to it, who then gets up and walks around the bear, turning her into her full-sized self. Jessie J is then shown standing and holding out her hands, and as the lyrics suggest, a coconut man and a moonhead appear on her outstretched hands (this is a reference to the two individuals who co-wrote the song with her: Dr. Luke is coconut man and Kelly is moonhead in reference to his large head) and pointing to herself (referring to herself as pea because of her small head). The video then goes back to Jessie J in the lap of the large teddy bear and shows various scenes of Jessie J holding up items that relate to the lyrics, including a huge price tag and pointing to left and the right. As the chorus begins, Jessie J is shown dancing under a money tree with dollar bills covering its branches. A scene of Jessie J is then shown of her as an oversized ballerina in a jewelry box. As Jessie J says the words "video hoes", a scene of her wearing the same outfit as in her "Do It Like a Dude" video and dancing holding her crotch, suggesting that she is not a hypocrite. Jessie J is next shown riding around on a small tricycle. As the song progresses into the second chorus, Jessie J and two background dancers are shown as marionettes, with Jessie J wearing a Pinocchio hat, dancing to the song. The video then moves to B.o.B as his verse begins, showing him dancing in front of a beat up car, that starts jumping and moving to the beat. He is then shown standing in the middle of four large, toy green army men. As his verse ends, Jessie J is shown squeezed into a doll house and holding a glass doll that is missing part of its head. As the video goes into its final chorus, scenes of Jessie J are shown her dancing with B.o.B, laying on the floor missing a leg, sitting in an oversized chair, dressed up as a doll in a blue and white dress, and dancing with her younger self. The video ends with Jessie J closing the door to her doll house; with her still inside it, the camera carries on zooming out. Notably, one of the back-up dancers in the video is fellow musical artist FKA Twigs early in her career. This experience would inspire Twigs to write her song "Video Girl" for her debut album LP1
This is the second single from British singer-songwriter Jessie J's (real name Jessie Cornish) debut album, Who You Are. The song was originally anticipated to be released in March 2011 but was pushed forward to late January to coincide with the release of the music video. The song features American rapper B.O.B. Cornish explained to 4music how she hooked up with the Nothin' on You star: "I spoke to my label and said I think he would be the perfect collab and I made sure it was an experience, I did five plane journeys in four days to make sure we got to record it together and it was part of our journey. Not just 'My people will holler at your people' lol. He is lovely and so charismatic, a very talented guy. I'm proud to say he is on my debut album." Cornish wrote this tune with American songwriters Dr. Luke and Claude Kelly. The trio also penned together her first ever hit single, Miley Cyrus's "Party in the U.S.A.." Jessie recalled to The Sun: "I co-wrote Price Tag with Claude Kelly (aka moon head) and Dr Luke (aka Coconut Man) (and I'm Pea) about 4 months after we wrote 'Party In The U.S.A.' for Miley Cyrus. It was inspired by my life at the time, feeling like money ruled everything and everyone was so serious in their shades." Cornish sung this on the March 12, 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live with an assist from B.o.B. It was Jessie's debut on American television and also the first time the twosome had performed the tune together live. Many collaborations find the two parties never actually meeting up but Jessie told MTV News she was determined that the pair would record the song whilst in the same room. "I didn't want it to be like, 'Do that, drop a bar and send it to me.' I wanted it to be an experience and a journey, so he wrote his bar and he flew to the U.K. to do the video," she said. "So, no green screen. We're there together. It was good fun. None of this, 'Never met him, don't know what he looks like.' I've proper been there, hugged him and smelled him." In addition to the UK, the song went to #1 in 18 other countries including Belgium, France, Ireland and New Zealand.
You ready? Seems like everybody's got a price I wonder how they sleep at night When the sale comes first And the truth comes second Just stop for a minute and smile Why is everybody so serious? Acting so damn mysterious Got shades on your eyes And your heels so high That you can't even have a good time Everybody look to their left Everybody look to their right Can you feel that? Yeah We're paying with love tonight It's not about the money, money, money We don't need your money, money, money We just wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag Ain't about the, uh, cha-ching, cha-ching Ain't about the, yeah, ba-bling, ba-bling Wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag Okay We need to take it back in time When music made us all unite And it wasn't low blows and video hoes Am I the only the one getting tired? Why is everybody so obsessed? Money can't buy us happiness Can we all slow down and enjoy right now? Guarantee you we'll be feeling alright Everybody look to their left (to their left) Everybody look to their right (to their right) Can you feel that? Yeah We're paying with love tonight It's not about the money, money, money We don't need your money, money, money We just wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag Ain't about the, uh, cha-ching, cha-ching Ain't about the, yeah, ba-bling, ba-bling Wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag Yeah, yeah, well, keep the price tag (yeah) And take the cash back Just give me six strings (six strings) And a half stack (half stack) And you can, can keep the cars, leave me the garage And all I, yes, all I need are keys and guitars And guess what? In thirty seconds, I'm leaving to Mars Yeah, we leaping across these undefeatable odds It's like this man, you can't put a price on the life We do this for the love, so we fight and sacrifice every night So we ain't gon' stumble and fall, never Waiting to see this in a sign of defeat, uh-uh So we gon' keep everyone moving their feet So bring back the beat, and then everyone sing It's not about the money, money, money We don't need your money, money, money We just wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag Ain't about the, uh, cha-ching, cha-ching Ain't about the, yeah, ba-bling, ba-bling Wanna make the world dance Forget about the price tag (hey, hey) Forget about the price tag Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Yeah, yeah, ooh Forget about the price tag
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 19, 2011 | 88 | 38 |
| 2 | Feb 26, 2011 | 100 | 26 |
| 3 | Mar 5, 2011 | 99 | 27 |
| 4 | Mar 12, 2011 | 93 | 33 |
| 5 | Mar 19, 2011 | 78 | 48 |
| 6 | Mar 26, 2011 | 58 | 68 |
| 7 | Apr 2, 2011 | 54 | 72 |
| 8 | Apr 9, 2011 | 50 | 76 |
| 9 | Apr 16, 2011 | 49 | 77 |
| 10 | Apr 23, 2011 | 40 | 86 |
| 11 | Apr 30, 2011 | 24 | 102 |
| 12 | May 7, 2011 | 23 | 103 |
| 13 | May 14, 2011 | 25 | 101 |
| 14 | May 21, 2011 | 29 | 97 |
| 15 | May 28, 2011 | 32 | 94 |
| 16 | Jun 4, 2011 | 31 | 95 |
| 17 | Jun 11, 2011 | 38 | 88 |
| 18 | Jun 18, 2011 | 34 | 92 |
| 19 | Jun 25, 2011 | 34 | 92 |
| 20 | Jul 2, 2011 | 43 | 83 |