The song was the third most successful song of the decade in Australia, as announced on January 7, 2010. "I Gotta Feeling" spent 14 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running number-one single of 2009. This also makes it the highest selling digital as well as non-charity single in the US ever. As of June 2019, "I Gotta Feeling" had over 9 million downloads in the country, and held the record as the most downloaded song on iTunes of all time. In March 2011, it became the first song in digital history to sell over 7 million digital copies in the United States. The song was also nominated as Song of the Year at the 2009 World Music Awards. "I Gotta Feeling" ranked fifth on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. The song was nominated for Record of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards and won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. It reached number one on the US charts and 20 charts worldwide. The song was released on May 21, 2009, and debuted at number two on the Canadian and Billboard Hot 100, behind the group's previous single " Boom Boom Pow", making the group one of 11 artists who have occupied the top two positions of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. But until then, check out the nicest Songland judge’s current version of Friedman’s track (featuring Snoop Dogg!), released immediately Tuesday on iTunes through BMG." I Gotta Feeling" is the second single from The Black Eyed Peas' fifth album The E.N.D., produced by French DJ David Guetta. And at this rate, will.i.am and the Peas might even end up recording both versions of “Be Nice,” one as a B-side. They jams! That's the bop! Give it to me!”ĭang. All the songs are gonna make Black Eyed Peas' album. I'm taking three songs off the album so these three songs can be on the album. I was in my studio working on the record and then something told me to just get out of the hole I was in and come on the show. Will’s favorite entry was “Be Nice,” but he was “so freakin’ over the moon” for Songland that instead of just going with one winner - as last week’s guest John Legend did, and presumably all future guest stars will do - he announced: “Yo, we got the jams.
This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. But let’s face it, “Boxes” had the hammer-over-the-head repetition that is the trademark of the hip-pop band that brought us “My Humps.” Tedder thought the song was “a little cute,” and Dean thought it needed to make a “bigger,” more serious statement.
This former marketing executive’s tune was bright and peppy, but in a dated, Robbie Neville/Matthew Wilder sort of way. However, it took some work for those three winning songs to be album-ready.
Will was like the Oprah of TV talent shows: “ You get a songwriting credit! You get a songwriting credit! And you get a songwriting credit!” This show has much better odds than The Voice or American Idol. And he even doled out a pretty awesome consolation prize to the one songwriter he turned down. And that song will come from one place: Songland! … I’m leaving here with the Black Eye Peas’ next hit song.”Īs it turned out - spoiler alert! - Will left the show with the Black Eyed Peas’ three next hit songs, selecting tunes from all but one of the four contestants. “I'm looking for a song that can connect different walks of life - fathers with daughters, moms with sons, make old people feel young, make young people feel important. “Every single artist like myself that comes on this show has their fingers, toes, and eyes crossed, hoping we hit the lottery, because that's what it's like when you find a hit,” will.i.am declared with tevangelical zeal at the top of the show. But those four contestants had no idea how good a night it would actually be for all involved. Yes, Will had a feeling that tonight was gonna be a good night, indeed. And will.i.am’s enthusiasm level was so Red Bull-level intense, he made the Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” seem like something by Leonard Cohen or Elliott Smith. On the second episode of NBC’s new talent show Songland, aka “ Shark Tank for Songwriters,” four more aspiring songsmiths performed their unreleased compositions for a panel of pros - Ryan Tedder, Ester Dean, and Shane McAnally - and for guest star will.i.am, who was on the hunt for hits for the next Fergie-free Black Eyed Peas album.