Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)

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"Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)"
Single by Miley Cyrus
from the album Hannah Montana 3
ReleasedJuly 31, 2009 (2009-07-31)[1]
Genre
Length3:07
LabelWalt Disney
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Matthew Gerrard
Miley Cyrus singles chronology
"Let's Get Crazy"
(2009) 		"Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)"
(2009) 		"Supergirl"
(2009)

"Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)" is a

Hannah Montana – the alter ego of Miley Stewart – a character she played on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. The song was written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil and produced by Gerrard. It is from the series' third soundtrack, Hannah Montana 3. A karaoke version is available in Disney's Karaoke Series: Hannah Montana 3. It is an instructional dance song with a country pop sound and lyrics referencing ice cream
and other frozen treats.

The song garnered negative reviews from critics but enjoyed humble commercial success for Cyrus in several countries, compared to those of her previous efforts as Montana. "Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)" made its highest peak by charting at number fifty-seven on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. The song also charted in the United Kingdom and the United States. A music video for "Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)" was released, taken of footage from a concert performance.

Background

"Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)" was co-written by

line dancing.[4] It was first titled "Let's Chill" and leaked into the Internet in November 2008, along with six other songs from the soundtrack.[5] The song first premiered on Radio Disney on May 22, 2009, in order to promote the soundtrack; it was afterward released as a promotional single from Hannah Montana 3 on June 30, 2009, as part of Radio Disney's iTunes Pass, an exclusive campaign launched by the iTunes Store.[6]

Composition

"Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)" is a

Orange County Register believed the song was "more or less literally is about ice cream and other frozen delights", referencing the lines "Do the ice cream freeze, strike a pose / Can you do the milkshake / Shake it, shake it down low".[4]

Reception

Critical reception

The song garnered negative reactions from contemporary critics. Heather Phares of Allmusic said, "'Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill),' [...] sounds extremely similar to the soundtrack's 'Hoedown Throwdown.' That feeling of familiarity extends to the songs that haven't appeared anywhere else."[10] Warren Truitt of About.com agreed and described the song to be "silly" and "as awkwardly goofy" as "Hoedown Throwdown".[8] Peter Larsen of the Orange County Register identified the track to be a "crowd pleaser".[4]

Chart performance

On the week ending July 25, 2009, "Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)" debuted and peaked at number eighty-seven on the

UK Singles Chart at number ninety-five.[13] It marked Cyrus' first entry in the country as Montana since "The Best Both Worlds", which charted in March 2007. On the week ending August 8, 2009, the song reached its peak on the chart at number ninety.[13]

Live performances

Cyrus, dressed as Montana, premiered "Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)", along with eight other songs, at the concert taping for the third season of Hannah Montana, which was set on October 10 in Irvine, California at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.[4] In the performance, Montana dressed in a black tee shirt with a pink star, pink zebra patterned skirt, pink cowboy boots and a bejeweled vest and performed the corresponding choreography. Six backup dancers, also costumed by Western clothing, later appeared to perform.[4] Peter Larsen of the Orange County Register recalled his two children enjoying the dance and referred to it as "probably one of the most popular of the eight new songs Miley performs tonight."[4] The performance was later released as the song's music video on May 22, 2009, on Disney Channel.[14]

Charts

Chart performance for "Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)"
Chart (2009–2010) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 57
UK Singles (OCC)[13]
 90
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 87
US Kid Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[15] 7

References

  1. ^ "EarOne | Radio Date, le novità musicali della settimana". earone.it (in Italian).
  2. ^ Hannah Montana 3 liner notes [CD] Walt Disney Records (2009).
  3. ^ "Disney's Karaoke Series: Hannah Montana 3". Walt Disney Records. The Walt Disney Company. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  4. ^
    Orange County Register. Freedom Communications
    . Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  5. Disneychannel.com
    . The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  6. Apple, Inc
    . Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  7. Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  8. ^
    About.com. The New York Times Company
    . Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  9. Alfred Publishing
    . Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  10. ^ "Hannah Montana 3 > Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  11. ^ a b "Hannah Montana Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  12. ^ a b "Hannah Montana Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  13. ^ a b c "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  14. ^ "Hannah Montana: Ice Cream Freeze". Disney.com. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  15. ^ "Billboard". Billboard.

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