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Katy Perry Sings Background Vocals on Britney Spears' SMURFS 2 Tune?

By: Jul. 28, 2013
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E! Online reports that Britney Spears and Katy Perry collaborated on Spears' SMURFS 2 song "Ooh La La!", which will run over the credits of the Smurfs sequel. The song was written in part by Bonnie McKee, who often works with Perry.

"Me and Bonnie secretly did some background vocals on that song, so maybe listen for our voices," Perry told E!

Read the original report here.

Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation's family comedy THE SMURFS 2, was also written by Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke), Joshua Coleman (Ammo), Henry Walter (Cirkut), Jacob Kasher Hindlin (J Kash), Lola Blanc and Fransisca Hall and was produced by Dr. Luke, Ammo and Cirkut for Prescription Songs.

THE SMURFS 2, the sequel to the hit hybrid live action/animated film that took in over $560 million at the worldwide box office in 2011, is set to hit theaters on July 31, 2013. Returning cast includes Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, with Katy Perry as Smurfette and Hank Azaria as Gargamel. Brendan Gleeson joins the cast as Victor. The film is directed by Raja Gosnell and produced by Jordan Kerner. The screenplay is by J. David Stem & David N. Weiss and Jay Scherick & David Ronn and Karey Kirkpatrick with a story by J. David Stem & David N. Weiss & Jay Scherick & David Ronn, based on the Characters and Works of Peyo.

Pop star Katy Perry released her multi-platinum One of the Boys in 2008 and topped the charts with its first single "I Kissed a Girl." She has since set sales and chart records with her album, Teenage Dream, earning dozens of industry accolades including Billboard's Woman of the Year.

Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning pop icon Britney Spears is one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in pop history. Her musical career boasts nearly 100 million albums sold worldwide and countless awards and accolades, including the 2011 MTV Video Vanguard Award and Billboard's Best-Selling Female Artist of the Decade (1998-2008). Spears first captivated audiences with her first single "Baby One More Time," an international hit that is currently 14x Platinum in the U.S. So far, Spears has earned a total of five No.1 debut albums and 24 Top 40 songs in her career. Spears was last seen as a judge on FOX's "The X-Factor" in the US and is currently featured on will.i.am's hit song "Scream & Shout." Britney is currently working on her 8th studio album.

Photo courtesy www.katyperry.com.



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