{{Infobox song | name = I Got Nerve | type = Song | artist = Hannah Montana | album = Hannah Montana | released = October 24, 2006 | recorded = 2005 | genre = * New wave * pop-punk | length = {{Duration|m=03|s=05}} | label = Walt Disney | writer = {{hlist|Jennie Lurie|Ken Hauptman|Aruna Abrams}} | producer = Rock Mafia }}

"'''I Got Nerve'''" is a song by fictional character Hannah Montana, recorded by American singer and actress Miley Cyrus for the soundtrack of the Disney Channel series ''Hannah Montana''. "I Got Nerve" was produced by Rock Mafia and its songwriters Jennie Lurie, Ken Hauptman and Aruna Abrams. The song was released on October 24, 2006.

In the United States, the song peaked at number 67 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and within the top 60 on the Pop 100. Its appearance on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 made Cyrus the first act to have six songs debut on the chart in the same week. The song was also certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 2023. A music video for "I Got Nerve" was taken from footage of a Montana's Radio Disney concert performance.

==Background and composition== Written by Jennie Lurie, Ken Hauptman, and Aruna Abrams, and produced by Antonina Armato and Tim James, "I Got Nerve" lasts three minutes and five seconds.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t9798181|pure_url=yes}}</ref>

A karaoke version appears on ''Disney's Karaoke Series: Hannah Montana'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/karaokehannahmontana.html|title=Disney's Karaoke Series: Hannah Montana|work=Walt Disney Records|access-date=May 18, 2010|publisher=The Walt Disney Company|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505235420/http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/karaokehannahmontana.html|archive-date=May 5, 2010}}</ref>

==Reception==

===Critical reception=== Heather Phares of Allmusic liked the song and called it a "spunky, new-wavey girl power anthem".<ref name="ReferenceA">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r856941|pure_url=yes}}</ref>

===Chart performance=== As not released as a single in the United States, "I Got Nerve" received exclusive airplay on Radio Disney, thus its chart appearances consisted mainly of digital downloads. Following the release of the ''Hannah Montana'' soundtrack, the song entered ''Billboard'''s Hot Digital Songs Chart at number thirty-one, which led to an appearance on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week ending November 11, 2006.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

"I Got Nerve" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at its peak of sixty-seven, thus becoming Cyrus as Montana's highest charting song from the album, and one of the songs to make Cyrus the first act to have six songs debut on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the same week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56766/chart-beat|title=Chart Beat|date=November 2, 2006|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=May 18, 2010}}</ref> It dropped from the chart in the succeeding week.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The Hot 100 Chart|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2006-11-11|access-date=2020-12-21|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> The song also peaked at number fifty-one on the now-defunct Pop 100 Chart.<ref name="allmusiccharts">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p827976|pure_url=yes}}|title=Hannah Montana > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=May 18, 2010}}</ref>

==Music videos and Live performances== Three different live performances have been prominently used for promotional music videos. Cyrus as Montana debuted the song at Walt Disney World Resort's Typhoon Lagoon on June 23, 2006. The video was aired on Disney Channel, along with performances of "The Best of Both Worlds", "This is the Life" and "If We Were a Movie".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://disneynow.go.com/all-shows|title=Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Disney XD TV Shows & Movies &#124; DisneyNOW|website=disneynow.go.com}}</ref> Another live performance from Radio Disney's 10th Birthday Concert was also used as a music video on Disney Channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio.disney.com/|title=Radio Disney|via=radio.disney.com}}</ref> The third live performance was on The Cheetah Girls' The Party's Just Begun Tour and also served as a music video.

The song was also performed during Cyrus' first headline tour, Best of Both Worlds Tour.

==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (2006)<ref>{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=hannah montana|chart=all}}</ref> !align="left"|Peak<br/>position |- |align="left"| U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |align="center"|67 |- |align="left"| U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100<ref name="ReferenceA"/> |align="center"|51 |- |}

==Certification== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Hannah Montana|title=I Got Nerve|award=Gold|relyear=2006|certyear=2023|access-date=March 10, 2023|digital=true}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Hannah Montana singles}}

Category:2006 singles Category:Hannah Montana songs Category:Walt Disney Records singles