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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name          = Chemicals React
| Cover         = Alyaj chemicalsreact ep.jpg
| Cover size    = 
| Border        = 
| Caption       = 
| Artist        = [[Aly & AJ]]
| Album         = [[Into the Rush|Into the Rush (Deluxe Edition)]] ''and'' [[Insomniatic]]
| A-side        = 
| B-side        = 
| Released      = {{Start date|2006|6|15}}<br/><small>(see [[#release history|release history]])</small>
| Format        = Digital download, airplay, CD single, Radio Disney single
| Recorded      = 2006
| Genre         = [[Pop rock]]
| Length        = 2:55 (Into the Rush)<br> 2:56 (Insomniatic)
| Label         = [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]
| Writer        = [[Alyson Michalka]], [[Amanda Michalka]], [[Antonina Armato]], [[Tim James (songwriter)|Tim James]]
| Producer      = Antonina Armato, Tim James
| Certification = [[Gold]] <small>([[RIAA]])</small>
| Chronology    = [[Aly & AJ]] main singles
| Last single   = "[[Rush (Aly & AJ song)|Rush]]" <br/>(2005)
| This single   = "'''Chemicals React'''" <br/>(2006)
| Next single   = "[[Greatest Time of Year]]" <br/>(2006)
| Misc          = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist        = [[Aly & AJ]] minor singles
| Type          = singles
| Last single   = "On the Ride" <br/>(2006)
| This single   = "'''Chemicals React'''" <br/>(2006)
| Next single   = "Greatest Time of Year" <br/>(2006)
}}
{{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternate cover 
| Background    = khaki
| Cover         = Aly & AJ - Chemicals React2.PNG.jpg
| Lower caption = UK Cover 
}}
}}

"'''Chemicals React'''" is a a pop rock song written and recorded by American teen pop duo [[Aly & AJ]], for the re-release (Deluxe Edition) of their debut album ''[[Into the Rush]]''. The song was the second main single from that album.

== Song information ==
The song went for mainstream radio add on July 27, 2006.<ref name="fmqb">[http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239 FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
On ''[[The Sims 2: Pets]]'', there is a [[Simlish]] version on the [[boombox]] that was recorded by Aly and AJ, who learned the song in Simlish for the game. The Simlish version (song, and music video) was released for digital download in the [[iTunes music store|iTunes]] store on [[October 31]], [[2006]].

A remix of the song was later included in Aly & AJ's second studio album ''[[Insomniatic]]''.

== Track listings and formats ==
{{tracklist
| headline        = Digital download/Promo CD <small>(U.S., June 15, 2005)</small><ref>[http://musicbrainz.org/release/f1720f0d-aa92-4d37-a4b4-3c6488d43aa8.html Aly & AJ "Chemicals React" Promo CD]</ref>
| writing_credits = no
| title1          = Chemicals React
| writer1         = [[Alyson Michalka]], [[Amanda Michalka]], [[Antonina Armato]], [[Tim James (songwriter)|Tim James]]
| length1         = 2:55
}}

{{tracklist
| headline        = Chemicals React (Simlish Version) <small>(U.S., October 31, 2006)</small><ref>[http://musicbrainz.org/release/813edca0-d9fa-463f-9c2b-eeff161d887a.html Aly & AJ "Chemicals React" (Simlish Version) Digital download 2]</ref>
| writing_credits = no
| title1          = Chemicals React (Simlish Version)
| writer1         = 
| length1         = 2:54

}}

{{tracklist
| headline        = Digital EP <small>(U.S., September 19, 2006)</small><ref>[http://musicbrainz.org/release/f433c57c-b8c6-4c46-b523-1d85eaad0baa.html Aly & AJ "Chemicals React" U.S. Digital EP]</ref>
| total_length    = 18:12
| writing_credits = yes
| title1          = Chemicals React
| writer1         = Alyson Michalka, Amanda Michalka, Antonina Armato, Tim James
| length1         = 2:58
| title2          = Shine
| writer2         = Alyson Michalka, Amanda Michalka, Antonina Armato, Tim James, Nick Scapa
| length2         = 3:24
| title3          = Never Far Behind
| writer3         = Jeremy Bose, Paul Robert Evens, Matt Bronleewe
| length3         = 3:20
| title4          = Something More (New Version)
| writer4         = Alyson Michalka, Amanda Michalka, Carrie Michalka
| length4         = 3:36
| title5          = Collapsed (New Version)
| writer5         = Alyson Michalka
| length5         = 2:54
}}

== Music video ==
The music video was directed by [[Chris Applebaum]]<ref>http://www.mtv.com/videos/aly-aj/93446/chemicals-react.jhtml#artist=1910803</ref> and features Aly & AJ performing the song live. It premiered in June 2006. On [[Hollywood Records]]'s [[YouTube]] account, the video has accumulated over 5,700,000 plays.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIDoPETif8g "Chemicals React" video on YouTube]</ref>

== Chart performance ==
"Chemicals React" failed to chart on its first release in June 2006, but after its re-release in September 2006, the single charted and reached number fifty (#50) in the United States.<ref name="BillboardCharts"/> When it was released as the group's first [[UK]] single, it failed to chart due to lack of promotion. To date the single has logged over 600,000 [[digital download]]s,{{Fact|date=March 2009}} becoming the duo's second certified single.

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2006)
!align="left"|Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="BillboardCharts">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?Ntt=Aly+%26+AJ&Ntk=Keyword&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ex=1&Ns=FORMATTED_DATE|1&N=37 U.S. charts]</ref>
|align="center"|50
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="BillboardCharts"/>
|align="center"|36
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIDoPETif8g Aly & AJ's "Chemicals React" music video] (© Hollywood Records) on [[YouTube]].
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