Get Busy was released by Jamaican dancehall artist Sean Paul in 2003 as a single from his album Dutty Rock. Built on Steven Marsden's Diwali riddim, which also underpinned several other dancehall hits that year, the track topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and helped bring dancehall into mainstream pop. The instrumental version circulated later through DJ edits, ringtones and short-form video, where the instantly recognisable clap pattern works without lyrics and can be looped cleanly behind dances, edits and reaction clips.