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"Beggin' on Your Knees"
Single by Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice
from the album Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show
Released	April 1, 2011
Studio	CMK Island Studios (Los Angeles, California) Maratome Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia) Westlake Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Pop synth-pop
Length	3:14
Label	Nickelodeon Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Savan Kotecha Shellback
Producer(s)	Shellback Kristian Lundin
Victorious singles chronology
"Freak the Freak Out" (2010) "Beggin' on Your Knees" (2011) "Best Friend's Brother" (2011)
Victoria Justice singles chronology
"Freak the Freak Out" (2010) "Beggin' on Your Knees" (2011) "Best Friend's Brother" (2011)
Music video
"Beggin' on Your Knees" on YouTube

"Beggin' on Your Knees" is a song performed by the Victorious cast featuring American singer Victoria Justice. The song was released as the second single from the show's debut soundtrack album Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show on April 1, 2011, through Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon. It later appeared in a Victorious episode of the same name, where Tori Vega (Justice) performs the song after learning her crush has been using her.

Musically, the track is a pop and synth-pop track with lyrics of a girl seeking vengeance against her cheating boyfriend. The song was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with the majority of them praising its message. "Beggin' on Your Knees" peaked at number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified silver in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). An accompanying music video for the track premiered on March 12, 2011, on Nickelodeon and portrays Justice and the Victorious cast at a carnival.

Background

"Beggin' on Your Knees" was released as the second single to digital platforms from the soundtrack album Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show on April 1, 2011. The song was later featured on the American television sitcom Victorious in an episode of the same name the following day. In the episode, Tori Vega (Victoria Justice) develops a crush on her classmate Ryder Daniels (Ryan Rottman) during rehearsals for their duet. However, she soon learns that Ryder is only using her. Wanting to expose him, Tori writes a song about his deception and performs "Beggin' on Your Knees" in front of their school.

Writing and music

The song was written by Savan Kotecha and Shellback. Shellback also produced the track and provided all the instruments and programming for it. He also provided the recording for the song, which took place at Maratome Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Kristian Lundin also recorded the song at CMK Island Studios and Westlake Studios, both in Los Angeles, California. Serban Ghenea provided the mixing for the song, which took place at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia with the engineering provided by John Hanes and assistance provided by Tim Roberts.

Israel Olorunnisola, writing for MovieWeb, described "Beggin' on Your Knees" as a pop and synth-pop track with a "playful mix of seduction and empowerment". Michael Shain of the New York Post and Bob Hoose and Steven Isaac for Plugged In stated the song lyrics are about a girl who has been cheated and betrayed by her boyfriend and expresses a desire for revenge: "You mess with me/I'll mess with her/ … So watch your back/’Cause you don't know when or where I could get you/ … I'll have you crawlin' like a centipede."

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Common Sense Media

"Beggin' on Your Knees" received positive reviews from music critics. Jason Lipshutz, writing for Billboard magazine, mentioned that the song "zip along with compact hooks and unabashed attitude". Writing for AbsolutePunk, Joe DeAndrea said the track is "unapologetically catchy as hell" and stated that it would "get stuck in your head". Sam Margolis and Rachel McQuiston of Her Campus placed the song at number four on their "5 Most Iconic Victorious Songs" list, dubbing it as a "feminist anthem".

Jessica Dawson for Common Sense Media gave the song three stars out of five, describing it as a "catchy song" that is "great for dancing and sleepover" and would "probably have fans beggin' for more". Dawson opined that while "Beggin on Your Knees" has a "playful tone", she thought the songs lyrics "might be a little harsh for younger kids". Hannah Kerns for Elite Daily compared the single to American singer Olivia Rodrigo's 2023 hit single "Get Him Back!", comparing the tracks lyrics: "One day/I'll have you begging on your knees for me/Yeah, one day/I'll have you crawling like a centipede", to the lyrics of "Get Him Back!": "I wanna get him back/I wanna make him really jealous, wanna make him feel bad... I'm gonna get him so good, he won't even know what hit him."

Promotion

A music video for "Beggin' on Your Knees" premiered on Nickelodeon on March 12, 2011, and was subsequently uploaded to the official Victorious YouTube channel on March 22, 2011. The video features Justice and the rest of the Victorious cast at a carnival smiling, dancing, and Justice getting revenge on her ex-boyfriend. Dawson thought that while music video has Justice "merely telling the 'other' girlfriend the truth", she opined that "younger kids might picture something more menacing".

To promote the song, Justice performed "Beggin' on Your Knees" live in the "Countdown to Kids' Choice" in March 2011, which premiered one hour before the 2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Justice performed also performed the song live throughout 2012. In 2022, fellow Victorious actor Matt Bennett performed the song live during some of his DJ concert sets.

Chart performance

"Beggin' on Your Knees" debuted at number 83 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart dated April 16, 2011. The song later peaked at number 53 on the chart, lasting four weeks and becoming Justice's second highest charting single on the chart. The song also peaked at number one on the US Kid Digital Song Sales chart and number 19 on the US Pop Digital Song Sales chart. In January 2025, "Beggin on Your Knees" was certified silver in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 200,000 certified units.

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from Victorious liner notes.

• Victoria Justice – vocals
• Shellback – songwriting, production, recording, programming, instrumentation
• Savan Kotecha – songwriting
• Kristian Lundin – production, recording
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• John Hanes – engineering
• Tim Roberts – assistant engineering

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

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• 2011 singles
• 2011 songs
• American synth-pop songs
• Breakup songs
• Columbia Records singles
• Song recordings produced by Shellback (record producer)
• Songs about infidelity
• Songs about revenge
• Songs written by Savan Kotecha
• Songs written by Shellback (record producer)
• Songs written for television series
• Victoria Justice songs
• Victorious