--- title: Jessie J Says Writing 'Party in the U.S.A.' Paid Rent for 3 Years description: Jessie J says her role in writing 'Party in the U.S.A.' helped her pay rent for more than 3 years canonical: https://time.com/3648911/jessie-j-party-in-the-usa-miley-cyrus/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-29T20:20:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:33.922Z og:title: Writing 'Party in the U.S.A.' Paid Jessie J's Rent for 3 Years og:description: The 2009 hit went 7-times platinum og:url: https://time.com/3648911/jessie-j-party-in-the-usa-miley-cyrus/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14fc1172a493e95e/6987776f2dce0164829dcb01/460788078.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 93.3 FLZ's Jingle Ball 2014 - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Writing 'Party in the U.S.A.' Paid Jessie J's Rent for 3 Years twitter:description: The 2009 hit went 7-times platinum twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14fc1172a493e95e/6987776f2dce0164829dcb01/460788078.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Writing _Party in the U.S.A._ Paid Jessie J's Rent for 3 Years by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 29, 2014 8:20 PM UTC  Jessie J performs onstage during 93.3 FLZ’s Jingle Ball 2014. Jessie J performs onstage during 93.3 FLZ’s Jingle Ball 2014.Alexander Tamargo—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 29, 2014 8:20 PM UTC Just when you finally got it out of your head, Miley Cyrus’ hit song _Party in the U.S.A._ is making [headlines](http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/celebrity/2014/11/28/meet-glamours-january-cover-star-jessie-j) again. Singer and songwriter Jessie J told _Glamour UK_ that she cashed out big by writing the 2009 jam with Dr. Luke and Claude Kelly. “_Party in the USA_ paid my rent for, like, three years,” she said. “Actually it was longer than that. That’s where I get most of my money. I write songs. I’m a singer. I love doing endorsements and stuff, but that’s all added on.” The song went on to become [seven-times platinum](http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH%5FRESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Miley&Cyrus&format=SINGLE&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec%5Fid=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25). \[[_Glamour UK_](http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/celebrity/2014/11/28/meet-glamours-january-cover-star-jessie-j)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3648911/jessie-j-party-in-the-usa-miley-cyrus/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3648911/jessie-j-party-in-the-usa-miley-cyrus/"},"headline":"Writing Party in the U.S.A. Paid Jessie J's Rent for 3 Years","datePublished":"2014-12-29T20:20:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:33.922Z","description":"The 2009 hit went 7-times platinum","url":"https://time.com/3648911/jessie-j-party-in-the-usa-miley-cyrus/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Money","Music","Miley Cyrus","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14fc1172a493e95e/6987776f2dce0164829dcb01/460788078.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14fc1172a493e95e/6987776f2dce0164829dcb01/460788078.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"93.3 FLZ's Jingle Ball 2014 - Show","caption":"93.3 FLZ's Jingle Ball 2014 - Show","creditText":"Alexander Tamargo—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3648911/jessie-j-party-in-the-usa-miley-cyrus/","name":"Writing Party in the U.S.A. Paid Jessie J's Rent for 3 Years"}}]}] ```