Teen queens sing in Simlish

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Aug 8, 2006 4:34 pm PT

Aly & AJ sign on to sing in The Sims 2: Pets in the digital characters' native tongue; "Chemicals React" will be featured in PC, console, PSP versions.

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What do 1980s rockers Depeche Mode, hip-hoppers Black Eyed Peas, and teen sister act Aly & AJ have in common? They've all sung in complete gibberish--thankfully, that "gibberish" is the language of one of the best-selling games of all time.

Aly & AJ, who sang the remake of Katrina and the Waves' "Walking on Sunshine" for the Lindsay Lohan vehicle Herbie: Fully Loaded, are contributing one of their songs to The Sims 2: Pets, due out later this year from Electronic Arts. The song was rerecorded in simlish, the indecipherable mumbles of the game's characters, the sims.

"We are huge fans of The Sims, so it was really cool to be tapped to provide music for their latest project, The Sims 2: Pets," said AJ. "When we told EA that we could speak simlish they were really psyched! It was fun to reinterpret our song for The Sims and, ultimately, our fans!"

A new version of "Chemicals React" will be featured in the console, PC, and PSP versions of The Sims 2: Pets. All versions of the game, including Game Boy Advance and DS editions, will be released in October.

For more on the Sims 2: Pets, see GameSpot's previous coverage, or check out a Q&A with Sims executive producer Rod Humble.

51 Comments

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Sep 14, 2006 6:26 am PT

    cool..i think

  • good_Gamer789

    Posted Sep 10, 2006 4:05 pm PT

    LOL lol

  • kells77

    Posted Sep 7, 2006 7:29 pm PT

    that is hilarious

  • 1Sonic360

    Posted Aug 20, 2006 3:04 am PT

    Hey if anyone wants to see the Pop duo Aly & Aj Music Video for sims 2 pets hit me up ok.... later

  • supergoku203

    Posted Aug 12, 2006 5:22 pm PT

    lol this shold be interesting.

  • _Sam_

    Posted Aug 11, 2006 12:23 pm PT

    umm... Good??

  • oliver_475

    Posted Aug 11, 2006 11:07 am PT

    Nvr herd of theses girls but the demo of their wrk on the sims 2 looks good, i've alwys liked the sountracks inside the sims and i've evn tried to sing thm!

  • TailOfTheDragon

    Posted Aug 11, 2006 5:15 am PT

    Why would I listen to two girls that are singing in a language that I don't understand

  • supersohail

    Posted Aug 10, 2006 6:06 am PT

    lol who cares...

  • rahlink

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 6:40 pm PT

    contrary to popular Gamestop belief, simmers are all over the place tracking down news. I've never heard of them, and confess, don't care about them. There is always new music for each expansion pack, and Maxis has tried to get unique recording artists for each one, which is an interesting marketing tool, I suppose, but as previously stated, i usually play with sound off, and in those folders have my own music when sound happens to be on...such a rarity, but on occasion...

  • rahlink

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 6:37 pm PT

    I usually play with sound off, so we know this is not impressing me one way or the other....

  • simfan4ever

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 12:33 pm PT

    I never heard of these girls...apparently from Disney chanel or something lol Barenaked ladies did a couple of songs for OFB actually too Ah well the music isnt the reason I buy the games.

  • DJGeki

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 11:39 am PT

    Um..."what's so good about Aly and AJ...?" I'm going to echo the statments made below: "They're hot and they're twins, what's not to love?".

    And bobdobpants: I have no idea why people post that have no desire for knowledge of the games that the news is related to...they're morons.

    I like the sims, but i don't think this will have any affect on whether or not I purchase the game expansion.

  • tramontane

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 9:07 am PT

    They're hot and twins, what's not to love?

  • dyrcosis

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 8:21 am PT

    I've never heard of Aly & AJ. However, their song in Simlish will have zero effect on me when it comes to buying Sims expansions.

    I love The Sims 2 and decided quite a while ago that I will definitely be buying the Pets expansion.

  • bobdogpants

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 8:01 am PT

    if you don't care... why are you reading this? if you hate the sims... WHY EVEN BOTHER AT ALL?! people are so stupid these days...

  • wenbin09

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 7:44 am PT

    interesting

  • cb1988

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 3:13 am PT

    and possibly for aly and aj to be hookers too.

  • Mit_Man

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 2:18 am PT

    For the record, if most of you haters would have read the entire article, you would have noticed previous artists have done this before also, including the Black Eyed Peas. Aly and AJ didn't come up with the idea, it's EA's new trend for Sims. So no, weird people you've never heard of don't always do these kinds of things.

    Now, I am in no way defending it, but if you're going to criticize something, atleast know what you're talking about.

  • EMAN2g

    Posted Aug 9, 2006 12:45 am PT

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