E.T. (song)

**"E.T."** is a song by singer Katy Perry. It features rapper Kanye West. It was released 16 February 2011 and has a stomp-stomp-clap beat or rhythm similar to Queen's _We Will Rock You_. The Queen song has the band stamping their feet twice, and clapping once.  This single received mixed reviews by the music critics. The song is style from the electronic music genre with elements from teen pop, with the lyrics speaking of falling in love with a foreigner.

## Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from _Teenage Dream_ album liner notes.

- Ammo – composer, drums, keyboards, programming, producer
- Megan Dennis – production coordination
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Jon Hanes – mix engineer
- Sam Holland – engineer
- Dr. Luke – composer, drums, keyboards, programming, producer
- Max Martin – composer, drums, keyboards, programming, producer
- Katy Perry – composer, lead vocals
- Kanye West – lead vocals
- Irene Richter – production coordination
- Vanessa Silberman – production coordination
- Emily Wright – engineer

### Weekly charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2010–2011)|scope="col"|Peak position|
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### Monthly charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2011)|scope="col"|Peak position|
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### Year-end charts

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### Decade-end charts

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### All-time charts

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## Release history

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|August 17, 2010|rowspan="7"|Digital download|rowspan="2"|Original|rowspan="12"|Capitol|style="text-align:center;"|||||
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|rowspan="3"|February 11, 2011|rowspan="5"|Remix featuring Kanye West|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
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|rowspan="7"|March 4, 2011|rowspan="4"|Digital download|rowspan="4"|Remixes|style="text-align:center;"||||||
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|Radio airplay|Remix featuring Kanye West|Polydor|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Digital download|rowspan="3"|Remixes|rowspan="3"|Capitol|style="text-align:center;"||||||
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|March 17, 2011||2-track|EMI|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|rowspan="2"|March 18, 2011||rowspan="2"|Remixes|rowspan="4"|Capitol|style="text-align:center;"|||||
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|April 11, 2011||Original|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|April 12, 2011||Remix featuring Kanye West|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: E.T.
- **border**: yes
- **caption**: Kanye West remix cover
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Katy Perry featuring Kanye West
- **album**: Teenage Dream
- **studio**: Conway Recording Studios (Hollywood)
- **genre**: * Electronic music, Electronic
* Hip hop music, hip hop
- **length**: * 3:28 (album version)
* 3:51 (remix featuring Kanye West)
- **label**: Capitol Records, Capitol
- **writer**: * Katy Perry
* Dr. Luke, Lukasz Gottwald
* Max Martin
* Ammo (musician), Joshua Coleman
- **producer**: * Dr. Luke
* Max Martin
* Ammo (musician), Ammo
- **chronology**: Katy Perry
- **prev title**: Firework (song), Firework
- **prev year**: 2010
- **next title**: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
- **next year**: 2011