Not Gonna Get Us - Background and Composition

Background and Composition

Prior to becoming t.A.T.u. Yulia and Lena had auditioned as members of Neposedy, a group produced by Ivan Shapolavov and his business partner Alexander Voitinskyi. Shapolavov has said the two girls stood out from the rest of the those that auditioned; however, 14-year old Katina was initially the only one chosen for the band. While the album was in development, their producer Alexander Voitinskyi left the production, leaving the album unreleased. However, Shapolavov later signed Elena Kiper as the new co-producer and co-writer for the album, who had eventually written "Not Gonna Get Us". There is also the Russian counterpart entitled "Nas Ne Dogonyat".

The song was written by Elena Kiper, Ivan Shapovalov, Valeriy Polienko and Sergio Galoyan, while production was handled by Trevor Horn. The song was included in the groups compilation album The Best (2006). The song was added to their YouTube channel five years later on 6 February 2008.

"Not Gonna Get Us" is a eurodance-inspired song. According e-chords.com, the song is set in the key A Major. In the first chorus, the vocals span from A-G#-C#m-E-A-G#-C#m-E notes. In the first verse, Lena sings from A-G#-C#m-E, until Julia vocals span from A-G#-C#m-E-A-G#-C#m-E. According to Allmusic, the song has music influences off pop, dance-pop, eurodance and rock music. The song "Opens with a throbbing electro beat which then builds to the shrill chorus." They were also noted by their vocals by saying "Lena Katina and Julia Volkova vocals are angelic and naive complementing the fierce, persistant beats in the single." Lyrically, it talks about teenage lovers, which was usually exampled by Volkova and Katinna, as people did not understand their love towards each other, so they run away from people to start fresh.