Meet Me Halfway
Encyclopedia
"Meet Me Halfway" is a song by American
hip hop
group The Black Eyed Peas
. It was released as the third promotional single from their fifth studio album The E.N.D.
It was later released as the album's third single. The single went to number one in the United Kingdom
on the 15th of November 2009, and also reached number one in Australia
, making it their third chart topper from The E.N.D. in both countries. It was listed as the 10th biggest seller in the U.K of 2009.
s' Hot30 Countdown in Australia, and on radio stations across Canada
. Also, the music, to a certain extent, is sampled from the song "Maps
" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
. Fergie told the Daily Mail
that when she was recording her vocals for "Meet Me Halfway", she "transported herself back to 1985, when she was 10 and saw Madonna
in concert for the first time on The Virgin Tour
. She took on Madonna's persona in that song as homage."
Will.i.am said about the track : "This song is dedicated to lovers in relationships that have sacrificed so much...love hurts...and love makes you crazy...but love will only last for ever when you make it last...listen to the lyrics on this song...its about comprimise, dedication, responsibility, effort, and of course dreams...love is nothing without dreams...in this song the woman in love has gone as far as she could for love...and she needs her man to meet her half way...the artwork i made for this song explains the song perfectly...(a road, and outerspace).you know its impossible to drive a car, or walk to outspace...this picture is 2 people traveling on the path of love trying to meet half way...one travels by road, the other by the stars...and they are to meet in the middle...I love this song..."
wrote "When the group's glitchy future-funk beats sync up with Fergie's unabashedly feminine melodies, as on the sweetly insidious Meet Me Halfway, they find pure Top 40 nirvana." Prefix
magazine also gave the song a positive review, stating, "Meet Me Halfway is notable mostly for being better than a 'new-wavey' ballad by The Black Eyed Peas has any right to be." Billboard
wrote "Fergie elongates each note for a sensual vocal and offers a nice complement to co-producer Will.i.am, who handles the majority of the rhymes over funk guitar, hand claps and distorted pulses. With this track already climbing the Hot 100, the Peas are proving that their hit parade is far from over." Bill Lamb of About.com
stated that: "Fergie has the clear lead vocal here. She will never blow someone away with a bombastic voice or an otherworldly vocal range. However, she has an almost tearful edge to her voice that makes nearly any of her performances sound soaked with emotion. "Meet Me Halfway" is no exception. With the focus clearly on Fergie, this could in some ways be seen as a solo effort. However, the style of the song fits better in the context of The Black Eyed Peas album The E.N.D. instead of Fergie's The Dutchess."
on the 8th November 2009. The single was released the previous week in the UK and reached #1 in the charts. They performed the song too on the American Music Awards of 2009
, alongside with "Boom Boom Pow
". The Black Eyed Peas performed the mix of the song at the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
chart at #75 for the week ending October 3, 2009 and peaked at #7 in its sixth week (November 7), becoming the third consecutive top ten hit from the album. It makes The E.N.D. the band's first album to contain three Hot 100 top ten hits. The three songs successively overlapped in the Top 10, giving the group 30 consecutive weeks with a Top 10 hit. It topped the ARIA charts, becoming their third consecutive number 1 single from The E.N.D. In the United Kingdom, "Meet Me Halfway" entered the UK Singles Chart
on October 11, 2009 at #67. In its fifth week on the chart (November 8, 2009) it climbed to #3 being the highest non-X Factor
related song on the chart, and one of only two songs in the top five non-related to X-Factor, along with Jay Sean's "Down
", although ironically The Black Eyed Peas performed "Meet Me Halfway" on the X Factor results show on the very same night leading to significant exposure. On 13 November, it was announced that "Meet Me Halfway" was outselling its nearest competition, "Happy
" by Leona Lewis
, and was on course to reaching #1. It became The E.N.D.s third consecutive number one single in the United Kingdom, and fourth overall, on 15 November 2009 achieving the same success as in Australia. As of Sunday 27 December, "Meet Me Halfway" has sold 517,178 copies in the UK, making it the 13th best selling single of 2009. On December 20, "Meet Me Halfway" fell to #10 in the UK, after eight consecutive weeks, but rose to #6 the following week. As on January 3, 2010 it rose again to #3. On the New Zealand Top 40, the song has so far peaked at number 3, making it their third consecutive top three hit from the album. It was certified Gold after 10 weeks on the chart, selling over 75,000 copies. The song entered the Irish Singles Chart
on the 15th October 2009 at number 27, it has so far peaked at number 2 for five consecutive weeks, fended off by Cheryl Cole
's "Fight For This Love
", the X Factor finalists' cover of "You Are Not Alone
" and finally Lady GaGa
's "Bad Romance
". The song also reached #1 in the German Single Charts making it their 3rd chart topper since almost 5 years (last two were "Where Is the Love?
" and "Shut Up" - both in 2003).
to be directed by Ben Mor (director of "I Gotta Feeling"). "This is a very different type of video ... 'Boom Boom Pow' was very futuristic and 'I Gotta Feeling' had a party vibe, but this is more artistic video. It's very arty." There are multiple hidden references to aspects of spirituality, for example astral projection, throughout the entire video performance. The video premiered on October 12, 2009. It was released onto the iTunes Music store on October 13, 2009. The video features the members in different parts of the Solar System
. The video opens on a road in the middle of a desert panning up to the cosmic sky which shifts to scenes of each of the members singing in different locations of space: Fergie lies in the middle of a lush, green jungle, apl.de.ap
levitates on a desert planet in nomadic clothing, will.i.am
rides an elephant
on a moon of Jupiter
and Taboo
glides around the Sun
in a spacesuit. Apl takes out a map and will.i.am uses a compass to search for a path to the other members. After a while, will.i.am finds a dial which reveals gateways for each of the members to go through. All the members use a stargate and turn into shooting star
s, and land on the planet (presumably Earth), with the road in the middle of the desert. This is the first video of the album that doesn't end with the phrase "The E.N.D."
performed an acoustic mash-up of the song with "Down
" by Jay Sean at Live Lounge
with singer Ny, as the third member Tulisa was ill, the full trio later performed the acoustic mash-up at Isle of Wight Festival
and later on their Love.Live.Life
Tour. In June 2010, metalcore
band Haste the Day
released a cover of the song on the special edition of their final studio album, Attack of the Wolf King
.
Digital Download E.P.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
group The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
. It was released as the third promotional single from their fifth studio album The E.N.D.
The E.N.D.
According to review aggregator Metacritic, The E.N.D. received an average of 60 out of 100 indicating mixed to average reviews from music critics, based on fifteen critiques, higher than their 2005 album Monkey Business but lower than their 2003 breakout Elephunk, with critics agreeing that the...
It was later released as the album's third single. The single went to number one in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on the 15th of November 2009, and also reached number one in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, making it their third chart topper from The E.N.D. in both countries. It was listed as the 10th biggest seller in the U.K of 2009.
Background
The song was released as a promotional single, as part of the "Countdown to The E.N.D." where 3 album tracks were released once each week until the release of the album. This song was the final promotional single in the series, the first two, in order of release, were "Imma Be" and "Alive". The song got early airplay on Today NetworkToday Network
The Today Network is a network of Contemporary Hit Radio stations run by Southern Cross Austereo in Australia.-Affiliates:-History:The Today Network started when the Austereo Radio Network secured the first commercial FM licence in Adelaide in 1980. Austereo launched a station called Double SA FM,...
s' Hot30 Countdown in Australia, and on radio stations across Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Also, the music, to a certain extent, is sampled from the song "Maps
Maps (song)
"Maps" is a single by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut full-length album, Fever to Tell . The song is about the relationship between Liars frontman Angus Andrew and Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer Karen O; the title is actually an acronym of the words "My Angus Please Stay". It was released on...
" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000. The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They are complemented in live performances by second guitarist David Pajo, who joined as a touring...
. Fergie told the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
that when she was recording her vocals for "Meet Me Halfway", she "transported herself back to 1985, when she was 10 and saw Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
in concert for the first time on The Virgin Tour
The Virgin Tour
The Virgin Tour is the debut concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. The tour supported her first two studio albums, Madonna and Like a Virgin . Although, initially planned for an international audience, the tour was restricted within United States and Canada only. Warner Bros. decided...
. She took on Madonna's persona in that song as homage."
Will.i.am said about the track : "This song is dedicated to lovers in relationships that have sacrificed so much...love hurts...and love makes you crazy...but love will only last for ever when you make it last...listen to the lyrics on this song...its about comprimise, dedication, responsibility, effort, and of course dreams...love is nothing without dreams...in this song the woman in love has gone as far as she could for love...and she needs her man to meet her half way...the artwork i made for this song explains the song perfectly...(a road, and outerspace).you know its impossible to drive a car, or walk to outspace...this picture is 2 people traveling on the path of love trying to meet half way...one travels by road, the other by the stars...and they are to meet in the middle...I love this song..."
Critical reception
The song received fairly positive critical response, Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
wrote "When the group's glitchy future-funk beats sync up with Fergie's unabashedly feminine melodies, as on the sweetly insidious Meet Me Halfway, they find pure Top 40 nirvana." Prefix
Prefix
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the root of a word. Particularly in the study of languages,a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed.Examples of prefixes:...
magazine also gave the song a positive review, stating, "Meet Me Halfway is notable mostly for being better than a 'new-wavey' ballad by The Black Eyed Peas has any right to be." Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
wrote "Fergie elongates each note for a sensual vocal and offers a nice complement to co-producer Will.i.am, who handles the majority of the rhymes over funk guitar, hand claps and distorted pulses. With this track already climbing the Hot 100, the Peas are proving that their hit parade is far from over." Bill Lamb of About.com
About.com
About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans. It is owned by The New York Times Company....
stated that: "Fergie has the clear lead vocal here. She will never blow someone away with a bombastic voice or an otherworldly vocal range. However, she has an almost tearful edge to her voice that makes nearly any of her performances sound soaked with emotion. "Meet Me Halfway" is no exception. With the focus clearly on Fergie, this could in some ways be seen as a solo effort. However, the style of the song fits better in the context of The Black Eyed Peas album The E.N.D. instead of Fergie's The Dutchess."
Promotion
Meet Me Halfway was performed live on the week 5 results show of the British TV singing competition The X FactorThe X Factor (UK series 6)
The sixth series of British television music competition The X Factor started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009. Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the show's history that a mentor has won back-to-back...
on the 8th November 2009. The single was released the previous week in the UK and reached #1 in the charts. They performed the song too on the American Music Awards of 2009
American Music Awards of 2009
The 37th American Music Awards took place on November 22, 2009 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The nominees were announced on October 13, 2009. For the first time in history, there was no host for the year's ceremony. Instead, various celebrities introduced the performers similar...
, alongside with "Boom Boom Pow
Boom Boom Pow
"Boom Boom Pow" is a song by The Black Eyed Peas released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D. The song uses the auto-tune vocal effect, and blends the genres of Electro-rap, dance-pop, electro hop and hip hop....
". The Black Eyed Peas performed the mix of the song at the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
Chart performance
The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart at #75 for the week ending October 3, 2009 and peaked at #7 in its sixth week (November 7), becoming the third consecutive top ten hit from the album. It makes The E.N.D. the band's first album to contain three Hot 100 top ten hits. The three songs successively overlapped in the Top 10, giving the group 30 consecutive weeks with a Top 10 hit. It topped the ARIA charts, becoming their third consecutive number 1 single from The E.N.D. In the United Kingdom, "Meet Me Halfway" entered the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
on October 11, 2009 at #67. In its fifth week on the chart (November 8, 2009) it climbed to #3 being the highest non-X Factor
The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
related song on the chart, and one of only two songs in the top five non-related to X-Factor, along with Jay Sean's "Down
Down (Jay Sean song)
"Down" is an R&B-electropop song by British artist Jay Sean. The song was released in North America as his debut single from his first album there, All or Nothing. In other markets, including the UK, the song serves as Jay Sean's lead single from his third studio album. The single features American...
", although ironically The Black Eyed Peas performed "Meet Me Halfway" on the X Factor results show on the very same night leading to significant exposure. On 13 November, it was announced that "Meet Me Halfway" was outselling its nearest competition, "Happy
Happy (Leona Lewis song)
"Happy" is a song performed by British singer Leona Lewis for her second studio album Echo . It was written by Lewis, Ryan Tedder, Evan Bogart, and produced by Tedder, and it was premiered in the United Kingdom radio on 6 September 2009, and officially released on 15 September 2009, by digital...
" by Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis first came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor....
, and was on course to reaching #1. It became The E.N.D.s third consecutive number one single in the United Kingdom, and fourth overall, on 15 November 2009 achieving the same success as in Australia. As of Sunday 27 December, "Meet Me Halfway" has sold 517,178 copies in the UK, making it the 13th best selling single of 2009. On December 20, "Meet Me Halfway" fell to #10 in the UK, after eight consecutive weeks, but rose to #6 the following week. As on January 3, 2010 it rose again to #3. On the New Zealand Top 40, the song has so far peaked at number 3, making it their third consecutive top three hit from the album. It was certified Gold after 10 weeks on the chart, selling over 75,000 copies. The song entered the Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
on the 15th October 2009 at number 27, it has so far peaked at number 2 for five consecutive weeks, fended off by Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Ann Cole is an English pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The programme announced that Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls...
's "Fight For This Love
Fight for This Love
"Fight for This Love" is a song by British recording artist Cheryl Cole, taken from her debut studio album, 3 Words. Initially, the song was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as the lead single on 16 October 2009 by Fascination Records however, in 2010 it was also released in Europe as the...
", the X Factor finalists' cover of "You Are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone
"You Are Not Alone", released on the 10th of August 1995, is the second single from Michael Jackson's album HIStory. The R&B ballad's composition has been attributed R. Kelly in response to difficult times in his personal life. He then forwarded a bare demo tape to Jackson, who liked the song and...
" and finally Lady GaGa
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
's "Bad Romance
Bad Romance
"Bad Romance" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released as the lead single from her third extended play , and second major release The Fame Monster . Written by Lady Gaga and produced by RedOne, the track was inspired by Gaga's fear of negative love relationships and the...
". The song also reached #1 in the German Single Charts making it their 3rd chart topper since almost 5 years (last two were "Where Is the Love?
Where Is the Love?
"Where Is the Love?" is a song recorded by the American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas for their third album, Elephunk. It is the band's first record to feature Fergie. The song features vocals from Justin Timberlake, although he is not officially credited on the single release.The single was...
" and "Shut Up" - both in 2003).
Music video
The music video was confirmed by will.i.amWill.i.am
William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
to be directed by Ben Mor (director of "I Gotta Feeling"). "This is a very different type of video ... 'Boom Boom Pow' was very futuristic and 'I Gotta Feeling' had a party vibe, but this is more artistic video. It's very arty." There are multiple hidden references to aspects of spirituality, for example astral projection, throughout the entire video performance. The video premiered on October 12, 2009. It was released onto the iTunes Music store on October 13, 2009. The video features the members in different parts of the Solar System
Solar System
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun...
. The video opens on a road in the middle of a desert panning up to the cosmic sky which shifts to scenes of each of the members singing in different locations of space: Fergie lies in the middle of a lush, green jungle, apl.de.ap
Apl.de.ap
Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. better known as apl.de.ap , is a Filipino-American rapper, record producer, and occasional drummer who is best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas.-Early life:Pineda was born in Belfast...
levitates on a desert planet in nomadic clothing, will.i.am
Will.i.am
William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
rides an elephant
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
on a moon of Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
and Taboo
Taboo (rapper)
Jaime Luis Gómez , better known by his stage name Taboo, is an American singer, actor, and rapper best known as a member of the group The Black Eyed Peas.-Personal life:...
glides around the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
in a spacesuit. Apl takes out a map and will.i.am uses a compass to search for a path to the other members. After a while, will.i.am finds a dial which reveals gateways for each of the members to go through. All the members use a stargate and turn into shooting star
Meteoroid
A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite...
s, and land on the planet (presumably Earth), with the road in the middle of the desert. This is the first video of the album that doesn't end with the phrase "The E.N.D."
Covers
In May 2010, two members of the British hip-hop trio, N-DubzN-Dubz
N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from Camden Town, London. The group consists of members Dappy, Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer.N-Dubz were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records...
performed an acoustic mash-up of the song with "Down
Down (Jay Sean song)
"Down" is an R&B-electropop song by British artist Jay Sean. The song was released in North America as his debut single from his first album there, All or Nothing. In other markets, including the UK, the song serves as Jay Sean's lead single from his third studio album. The single features American...
" by Jay Sean at Live Lounge
Live Lounge
The Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio station BBC Radio 1. Originally hosted by Jo Whiley on her mid-morning radio show and now hosted by Fearne Cotton, it exhibits well-known artists usually performing one song of their own and one by another artist, in an acoustic format...
with singer Ny, as the third member Tulisa was ill, the full trio later performed the acoustic mash-up at Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight Festival
The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place every year on the Isle of Wight in England. It was originally held from 1968 to 1970. These original events were promoted and organised by the Foulk brothers under the banner of their company Fiery Creations Limited...
and later on their Love.Live.Life
Love.Live.Life
Love.Live.Life is the third studio album by British hip hop group N-Dubz, released on 29 November 2010, as a collaboration by All Around the World and Island Records.-Background:...
Tour. In June 2010, metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Haste the Day
Haste the Day
Haste the Day was an American Christian metalcore band signed with Solid State Records that was formed in Carmel, Indiana 2001. Their band is named after a lyric in the hymn "It Is Well With My Soul." The band released their debut release, an extended play titled That They May Know You, in 2002,...
released a cover of the song on the special edition of their final studio album, Attack of the Wolf King
Attack of the Wolf King
Attack of the Wolf King is the fifth and final studio album from Haste the Day. The album was released on June 29, 2010 through Solid State Records. A song from the album, entitled "Travesty" was released on the band's MySpace on May 4. Lyrics for "Travesty" were released on May 21, 2010 on the...
.
Track listing
UK CD Single (2721563)Digital Download E.P.
Personnel and credits
Source adapted from Discogs.- Bass [Synth Bass] - Printz Board
- Guitar [Guitars By] - George Pajon, Tim "Izo" Orindgreff
- Keyboards [Keys], Synthesizer [Synths], Bass Guitar, Drum Programming - Keith Harris
- Written-By - Allan Pineda, Jaime Gomez, Jean Baptiste, Keith Harris, Stacy FergusonStacy FergusonStacy Ann Ferguson , better known by her stage name Fergie, is an American singer-songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She was a member of the children's television series Kids Incorporated and the girl group Wild Orchid. She is the female vocalist for the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas...
, Sylvia Gordon, William AdamsWill.i.amWilliam James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer... - Recorded at: Metropolis Studios in London, UK
- Management: David Sonenberg and William Derella for DAS Communications, Ltd. and Polo Molina for Grass Roots Productions, Inc
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Greece (IFPI IFPI Greece International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece or IFPI Greece is the Greek branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Greece. Currently two charts are compiled, one for sales of... ) |
1 |
| Poland (ZPAV) | 16 |
| Romania (Romanian Top 100 Romanian Top 100 The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media.... ) |
1 |
Certifications
| Country | Certifications |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... ) |
3× Platinum |
| Belgium | 2× Platinum |
| Canada (CRIA Cria A cria is the name for a baby camelid such as a llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco. It comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning "baby". Its false cognate in English, crya , was coined by British sailors who explored Chile in the 18th century and were quick to describe the camelids onomatopoeically... ) |
2× Platinum |
| Denmark (IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... ) |
Gold |
| France | Platinum |
| Germany (BVMI Bundesverband Musikindustrie The Bundesverband Musikindustrie or simply BVMI represents the music industry in Germany. The association represents the interests of nearly 350 labels and music industry related enterprises.... ) |
Gold |
| Italy (FIMI) | Platinum |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | Platinum |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry... ) |
Platinum |
| Switzerland (IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... ) |
Gold |
| United Kingdom (BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... ) |
Platinum |
| United States (RIAA) | 2× Platinum |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2009) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 8 |
| Hungarian Airplay Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
148 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 28 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 95 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
10 |
| Chart (2010) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 98 |
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) | 11 |
| European Hot 100 Singles | 3 |
| German Singles Chart | 30 |
| Hungarian Airplay Chart | 11 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 16 |
| Romanian Top 100 Romanian Top 100 The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media.... |
34 |
| Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
39 |
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All-time charts
| Chart | Position |
|---|---|
| UK Download Chart | 10 |
Release history
| Region | Format | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | Promotional
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June 2, 2009 | Interscope Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:... , Universal Music Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations... |
| United States | Mainstream radio Airplay * Airplay is the amount of time a song is played on the radio.It may also refer to:* AirPlay, an audio & video streaming technology from Apple Inc.* Airplay , Foster & Graydon music project from 1980* Citroën C1, Citroën C1 Airplay... |
September 22, 2009 | Interscope Records |
| Australia | Digital download, CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s... |
October 2, 2009 | Universal Music |
| United Kingdom | November 2, 2009 | Interscope Records | |
| United States | Digital download
Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... |
November 17, 2009 | |
| Germany | CD single | November 20, 2009 | Interscope (Universal) |
| France | November 23, 2009 | Interscope |
See also
- List of number-one singles in Australia in 2009
- List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)
- List of number-one R&B hits of 2009 (UK)
- List of European number-one hits of 2009
- List of number-one hits of 2009 (Germany)
- List of number-one singles in Romania
- Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2009Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2009This is a list of songs that topped the Belgian Wallonia Ultratop 40 in 2009....
- Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2009Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2009These hits topped the Ultratop 50 in 2009.-Notes:# Turkish entry to the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest# Winner of 2009 Eurovision Song Contest...