The Time (Dirty Bit)
November 5, 2010
The Time is a single release from the album The Beginning of the hip- hop group The Black Eyed Peas. In addition to the band members will.i.am and Apl.de.ap Damien LeRoy co-wrote the song.
Composition
The chorus of the song is a modified sample of the title ( I've Had ) The Time of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. In singing the verse and rap group members will.i.am, Fergie and Apl.de.ap at a dance and electro-house beat.
Music Video
The music video for the single was released on 23 November 2010, Rich Lee, who was also involved in the video of the singles Rock That Body and Imma Be.
Charts
The Time ( The Dirty Bit) debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 on the 87th place already on November 5, 2010. The song debuted on the Billboard Pop Songs chart at number 40 the next week the same as number 19 in the charts. The Time ( The Dirty Bit) took 2nd place in the UK dance charts and also in New Zealand. In the very first week, the song reached the top ten of the Australian charts and spent two weeks at number 1 in Ireland and the Netherlands also reached the top ten of the song. In Germany he reached after 3 weeks at # 2 in January 2011, the chart peak, where he was a total of 4 weeks.