Elephunk
Occupation
will.i.am, Taboo, apl.de.ap, Fergie
Elephunk is the third studio album by American hip- hop group The Black Eyed Peas, with which they managed the worldwide breakthrough. It was also the first album on the Stacie " Fergie " Ferguson was represented. In Germany it was released on 22 September 2003. It was produced by Ron Fair and band member will.i.am. A total of four singles were released from Elephunk, of which the first single, Where Is the Love?, a worldwide number - one hit was with Justin Timberlake.
Singles
After actually " Shut Up " was planned as the first single from Elephunk, a decision was made, Where Is The Love? (feat. Justin Timberlake) to release as the first single. This was due on one hand the text and on the other hand, the fact that you wanted to avoid an over- presence of Justin Timberlake in the media because he was stuck in the publication phase of his solo debut album Justified. Therefore, the label of the Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake agreed that he would not be, not specified in the video for the single as a contributing artist on the single. Furthermore, it was the first single of Black Eyed Peas along with the new band member Fergie.
In the U.S., " Where Is The Love? " Published on 16 June 2003 and reached there number 8 in the Billboard charts. In Germany it was released on September 8, 2003 and reached in Switzerland, as well as in over ten other countries, # 1 on the respective singles charts. Moreover, it was " Where Is The Love? " Nominated at the 46th Grammy Awards in the categories " Record of the Year " and " Best Rap / Sung Collaboration".
Shut Up was the second worldwide single from Elephunk, but it was not published in the United States. Charttechnisch it was not much less successful than the first single and also reached in more than ten countries Platz 1, including Germany.
Hey Mama feat. Tippa Irie, was the third single from Elephunk. Although she could not connect to the moderately successful predecessors, but overall she was also a top 5 hit in several countries. She was known primarily for their use in a 2004 iPod commercial, as well as by the films ... Along Came Polly and Garfield, in which it was played.
Let's Get It Started was the fourth and final single from the album Elephunk. She was the least successful single from Elephunk, reaching an average top-20 finishes. The original title is Let's Get Retarded, which in German means something like "Let's be left behind us." Although it had in terms of the Black Eyed Peas nothing to do with the psychological or mental condition of a person, the record company decided to change the title to " Let's Get It Started" to escape fierce criticism.
Title list
Standard version
* (" Third Eye " is often used as a track, along with " Where Is The Love? ", Stated. Game time is 8:28 then )
Bonus title
In addition, there was a Elephunk Special Edition, which still contained a bonus CD in addition to the standard version. The track list was as follows: