Not Gonna Get Us
Not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Starting from here, let’s make a promise
You and me, let’s just be honest
We’re gonna run, nothing can stop us
Even the night, that falls all around us
Soon there will be laughter and voices
Beyond the clouds, over the mountains
We’ll run away on roads that are empty
Lights from the airfield shining upon you
Nothing can stop us
Not now I love you
They’re not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Nothing can stop us
Not now I love you
They’re not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
We’ll run away, keep everything simple
Night will come down, our guardian angel
We rush ahead, the crossroads are empty
Our spirits rise, they’re not gonna get us
My love for you, always forever
Just you and me, all else is nothing
Not going back, not going back there
They don’t understand, they don’t understand us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Nothing can stop us
Not now I love you
They’re not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Nothing can stop us
Not now I love you
They’re not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They’re not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
In 2019, The Guardian asked readers to submit their questions to Trevor Horn. When asked about working with t.A.T.u., Trevor recalled writing “Not Gonna Get Us”:
I went to see Jimmy Iovine in America to see if there was anybody that needed a producer. After the meeting, the head of marketing called me into a side room and played me Not Gonna Get Us… I had to write the Russian lyrics out phonetically. It’s difficult, man, it really is tricky. I have to be honest, when I finished it, a guy said to me, what do you think? And I said, if you listen past the first chorus, it’s a really good record. I was being my normal doom-laden self. I forgot about it then got a call and said it’s No 1. Then we sold 7, 8m albums really fast.
I tell you what was amazing, was when Russia hosted Eurovision – they played an acoustic version of Not Gonna Get Us singing in English lyrics. That was amazing, fuck me. This is their thing and they’re singing my words.
The music video for “Not Gonna Get Us” was inspired by the 1985 movie Runaway Train, with many scenes in the music video being direct recreations of scenes from the movie.