Hook Me Up (Song)

**Hook Me Up** serves as the lead single and title track from The Veronica’s second studio album, Hook Me Up.

B-sides were Everything and Insomnia

## Reception

Ben Norman from About.com called "Hook Me Up" "quite fun" with a "serious drive to the dance floor". Similarly, Alex Lai from Contactmusic.com commented on the "sexy" and "sassy" track, saying that it, and the album's fourth single "Take Me on the Floor", "could fill dance floors", but he noted that the latter made for "stale listening". David James Young, from Sputnikmusic, felt it was the best song on the album, "the best thing about this song is how damn infectious it is, thus making it an excellent pop song with top harmonies and a synth hook". Andrew Tijs from CitySearch Brisbane stated that it "has the kind of breathless, carnivorous sexuality that Madonna still keeps trying to convince us she has", but it wasn't "the sexual awakening that most have been waiting for [them] to have". For its lyrics, Evan Sawdey from PopMatters said "Hook Me Up" "sacrifice[s] lyrical clarity for the sake of a good hook".

In Australia, "Hook Me Up" debuted at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart. It spent seven weeks on the charts before reaching number-one on 18 November, where it stayed for one week and became their first ever number-one single. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), denoting 70,000 copies shipped in Australia. Upon its release it became the second most added track on Australian radio. On the ARIA end of year charts "Hook Me Up" ranked number twenty two. "Hook Me Up" was nominated for "Highest Selling Single" at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008.

## Music video

### Background

The Veronicas pushed for a school revolt storyline to the music video's director Scott Speer, after a concept which would "sex up [Lisa and Jessica]" was first presented to them. The Veronicas explained the concept of the music video to the *Herald Sun*:

> We explained to him what the song was about and he said, "So, breaking out ... what about a boarding school?" We love any movies to do with boarding schools – *Cruel Intentions*, *The Craft*. We were like "Yes, yes!" and we all brainstormed from there [...] We really had to push. A lot [...] We had a lot of control over making the music on this record and we wrote "Hook Me Up" so we would have the best idea of what the video would be. So it was "Use our ideas. They're free" [...] Because the song is so different from the first record, we wanted to make a video that was young and fun that kids could relate to. The video idea that was first proposed really was not for a young market. It was a lot older.
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### Synopsis

The music video is based on a boarding school revolt. The video starts off with flash images of the exterior of an old school building. It then cuts to two separate lines of male and female students, the latter being led by Lisa and Jessica, marching down a school corridor. They were led by a teacher with a whip in her hand while being watched on surveillance cameras. The scene then shifts to the male students walking past a sign that says "no girls beyond this point". The first verse then begins and the students are marching into a classroom and sit at individual tables. When the chorus begins, Lisa and Jessica are standing on a stage in front of their band performing for rows of still students who stare back blankly. When the second verse begins the students are in the classroom while guards patrol its perimeter and the teacher hits a blackboard with a pointing stick. During the second chorus Lisa and Jessica get their band members together in a toilet to start their rebellion at the school. When the bridge starts smash cuts are shown of them taking over the school's PA system, and the students getting up from their chairs in the classrooms and throwing objects at a teacher standing in front of a blackboard. The video ends with everyone running down stairs out of the school, with Jessica and Lisa leading the way. The scenes are inter cut to scenes of Lisa and Jessica holding each other. They are dressed in tartan skirts with the former wearing a black cardigan and an open collared shirt, and the latter a black blazer and a shirt with a tartan patterned skinny tie. Both the cardigan and blazer have a striped crest with a pink "V" in the middle

## Track listing

**iTunes single**

1. "Hook Me Up" – 2:57

**CD single**

1. "Hook Me Up" – 2:57
2. "Everything" – 3:20
3. "Insomnia" – 3:28

## Personnel

* Songwriting – Jessica Origliasso, Lisa Origliasso, Shelly Peiken, Greg Wells
* Production – Greg Wells
* Instruments and programming – Greg Wells, Fabien Waltmann, Sven Martin
* Recording – Drew Pearson
* Engineering – Josh Alexander
* Lead and background vocals – Jessica Origliasso, Lisa Origliasso
* Mixing – Greg Wells

## Certifications

Weekly chart performance for "Hook Me Up"

Year-end chart performance for "Hook Me Up"

Certifications and sales for "Hook Me Up"

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## Lyrics

I'm tired of my life
I feel so in between
I'm sick of all my friends
Girls can be so mean
I feel like throwing out
Everything I wear
Starting over new
Cause I'm not even there
Sometimes (sometimes)
I wanna get away some place
But I don't wanna stay too long
Sometimes (sometimes)
I wanna brand new day
Try to fit in where I don't belong
Hoooook, Hook me up
I wanna feel the rain in my hair
Hoooook, Hook me up
Where should we go I don't even care
Anywhere is good enough
Hook me up
Hook me up
I like the lights turned out
The sound of closing doors
I'm not like other girls
Who always feel so sure
Of everything they are
Of what they're going to be
Sometimes I'm just a girl
Who is stuck inside of me (of me)
Sometimes (sometimes)
I wanna disappear someplace
But I don't wanna stay too long
Sometimes (sometimes)
I feel like so alone
Trying to fit in where I don't belong
Hooook, Hook me up
I wanna feel the rain in my hair
Hooook, Hook me up
Where should we go I don't even care
Anywhere is good enough
Hook me up
Hook me up
Anywhere is good enough
Hook me Up
Where're gonna crash and burn
I'm gonna find a way
Nothing left to say
Hook me up
Hooook, Hook me up
I wanna feel the rain in my hair
Hooook, Hook me up
Where should we go I don't even care
Hook, Hook me up
I wanna feel the rain in my hair
Hook, Hook me up
Where should we go I don't even care
Anywhere is good enough
Hook me up
Hook me up
Hook me Up