I Gotta Feeling
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"I Gotta Feeling" is the second single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from 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...

' 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...

, produced by the French
French people
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 DJ David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...

. The song was released on May 21, 2009 and debuted at number two on the Canadian and Billboard Hot 100 on the week of June 27, 2009, behind the group's "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....

", making the group one of 11 artists who have occupied the top two positions of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. The song later reached number one on the US charts and 20 charts worldwide. The song was nominated for Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959.-History:The honorees through its history have been:*1959-1965: Artist only.*1966-1998: Artist and producer....

 at the 52nd Grammy Awards
52nd Grammy Awards
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Neil Young was honored as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year on January 29, two days prior to the Grammy telecast. Only ten of the 109 awards were received during the broadcast...

 and won the Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. "I Gotta Feeling" was 5th on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. The song was also nominated as Song of the Year at the 2009 World Music Awards. In March 2011, it became the first song in digital history to sell over 7 million digital copies in the United States. This also makes it the highest selling digital,the group's best hit, as well as non-charity single in the US ever.

"I Gotta Feeling" spent fourteen consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, the longest-running number-one single of 2009.

Themes

The song is set in common time
Common Time
"Common Time" is a science fiction short story written by James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros ; in The Penguin Science Fiction...

 and composed in the key of G major
G major
G major is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Its key signature has one sharp, F; in treble-clef key signatures, the sharp-symbol for F is usually placed on the first line from the top, though in some Baroque music it is placed on the first space from the bottom...

 with a moderate tempo of 128 beats per minute. The group's vocal range spans from G3 to A5. The group dedicated the song "to everyone who is getting ready to go out. It's the song to listen to when you drive to the club or party. It's the song to listen to after a long day or week at work. It's the song to that makes me wanna throw my stress away..."

Critical reception

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...

gave the song a positive review, saying "The Black Eyed Peas proved with their massive international chart-topper "Boom Boom Pow" that they're a group still to be reckoned with The official follow-up single "I Gotta Feeling" may be their most mainstream release yet. Over a pop-throbbing beat, courtesy of the famed club hitmaker David Guetta, the Peas trade off on a simple, yet effective melody and message: "Tonight's gonna be a good night." Having already shown what they can do at the peak of a party, now they're out to prove they can get it started even earlier". Bill Lamb of About.com
About.com
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gave the song 4 out of 5 stars, commenting on the feel-good mood and distinct change of pace, finding it as a great choice for summer. Overall, he thinks that "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" deliver contributions that make it obvious The Black Eyed Peas are still a four-person group. David Balls of Digital Spy characterized it thus:
every bit as quirky as its preceptor. Built around a sample from David Guetta's 'Love Is Gone
Love Is Gone
"Love Is Gone" is a song by French house DJ David Guetta and American singer Chris Willis. It is the second single from Guetta's third studio album Pop Life. The single was released in France on June 18, 2007 and in the UK on August 3, 2007. The song reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming his...

', it begins in a relatively restrained fashion before suddenly morphing into a throbbing rave-up... and proceeds to flit between tempos for the rest of its five-minute duration. A bit like Girls Aloud's 'Biology
Biology (song)
"Biology" is a song performed by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their third studio album Chemistry . The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Composed of distinct sections, it avoids the...

', it's a random, rather barmy mish-mash of musical ideas that only really makes sense after a few listens, but there's no doubt the Peas still know how to get us dancing.


However, comedy website Cracked.com
Cracked.com
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 gave the song a rather scathing review, with Hate By Numbers host Gladstone finding the repetition of the chorus "tonight's gonna be a good night" for roughly a minute and a half cumbersome. He felt that "I don't care how many gangly superfluous band members you float in the air, at this point you need to start the song." Gladstone also criticized the use of auto-tune, the lyrics, rhyming the same word with itself ("Up" and "Up"), naming days of the week (which was seen as comparable to "Naming the Alphabet") and Jewish religious phrases being used out of context. In episode 12 of series 24 of music panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...

, Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding is a British artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his roles as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he co-writes with comedy partner Julian Barratt, and as team captain on the music panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.-Stand-up comedy:Noel Fielding performed regularly as a...

 prefaced his performance of the song's introduction in the Intros Round by saying "This is music that makes me want to kill myself", illustrating the subsequent recital with mime of wrist slashing and noose tightening.

Chart performance

"I Gotta Feeling" was the group's highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard 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...

, entering the charts at number two. As of the end of 2009, the song has sold 4,500,000+ copies. "I Gotta Feeling" ended the 12 week run on number one of the band's previous single "Boom Boom Pow", when it reached number one on the Hot 100 during the week of July 11, 2009 making it was their second single to do so. It also makes The Black Eyed Peas the fifth group to replace themselves at number one in the chart's history, following The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

, Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...

, OutKast
OutKast
Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...

, Usher
Usher (entertainer)
Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...

 and T.I.
T.I.
Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....

 and the second to do it in the digital download
Music download
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 era. "I Gotta Feeling" remained number one on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks, extending the band's run at number one on the Hot 100 to 26 consecutive weeks straight and becoming the band's biggest hit to date. The song was knocked off the top of the chart to number 5 on October 17 by "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...

". Being the longest running #1 hit of 2009, the tune is tied with five other songs as the second longest running Hot 100 number one. It is also tied with Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...

's "We Belong Together" as the longest running Hot 100 number one of the 2000s. The song is currently the second longest-charted single on the AT40 Hot AC chart. (14 weeks as of October 23, 2010.) Apart from that, the group holds the record for longest consecutive run at Billboard's Hot 100 number one. The Black Eyed Peas are also the third artist to have multiple songs spend 12 weeks atop the Hot 100. Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...

 and Mariah Carey are the only other artists to have achieved this. I Gotta Feeling is the highest-charting hip-hop song on the adult contemporary chart. The song has become the group's most successful digital single selling 5,179,513 copies as of February 2010. As of July 25, 2010, it has become the best-selling song in digital history with more than 6,000,000 digital units sold in the US. As of August 2011, the song had sold 7.4 million copies in the US.

The song topped the AT40 chart for seven weeks tying with 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 "Poker Face
Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)
"Poker Face" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga from her debut album, The Fame. Produced by RedOne, it was released as the album's second single in late 2008 for some markets and in early 2009 for the rest of the world...

". The song peaked at #1 on the countdown on August 22, 2009, and ended its long-week run at the top on October 3. On the next week, October 10, "I Gotta Feeling" fell to #4, and Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...

 took over the top spot with "You Belong With Me
You Belong with Me
"You Belong with Me" is a country pop song performed by American recording artist Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift's aid. It was released on April 21, 2009, by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's second studio...

". The song is currently the second longest-charted single on the AT40 Hot AC chart. (14 weeks as of October 23, 2010.)

"I Gotta Feeling" has become The Black Eyed Peas' most successful single of their career, topping over 25 charts internationally. It replaced "Boom Boom Pow" at number one on the 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...

 and Australian ARIA Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

. In New Zealand the song debuted at number seven on June 15, 2009, reaching number one two weeks later, making the song their fifth number-one single in New Zealand. The song spent nine consecutive weeks at number one, becoming their longest-running number one single there. It was certified double platinum after 22 weeks on the chart, selling over 30,000 copies.

In Ireland, on its third week on the chart "I Gotta Feeling" jumped from number 18 to two due to strong download sales, outpeaking their last single "Boom Boom Pow", which had reached number three. The next week, it climbed to number one giving them their fourth number-one single there. The song spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the charts in Ireland.

In the United Kingdom the song debuted at number 70 in June 2009 and entered the top 40 of 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 the week ending July 11, 2009. It slowly worked its way up the chart and in its eighth week (August 2, 2009), peaked at number one on downloads alone (with its physical release being August 10). This gave the group their second consecutive number one hit from The E.N.D., their third number one overall and their ninth top ten hit in the country. On the same week it reached the summit of the UK singles chart, "I Gotta Feeling" became the new number one on the UK R&B Chart
UK R&B Chart
The Official UK R&B Chart is a forty-position R&B/Hip-Hop chart compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. Although the chart does not receive any airplay, its compilation is viewed on BBC Radio 1's website and publications such as ChartsPlus and Music Week...

. Although it was knocked off the number one spot of the UK Singles Chart by Tinchy Stryder
Tinchy Stryder
Kwasi Danquah III , better known by his pseudonyms Tinchy Stryder and Star In The Hood, is a Ghanaian British recording artist, music executive, A&R executive, and businessman...

 the following week, it regained its position on August 16 marking The Black Eyed Peas second (and consecutive) song to have had two separate runs at number one, and one of only six songs to have managed the feat in the 21st century (including "I Gotta Feeling" and "Boom Boom Pow"). The song appeared in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart for 17 weeks, and stayed in the top 40 for over half a year, finally dropping to #41 on the first chart of March 2010. It has now spent 76 weeks in the official UK Top 75, making it the 4th longest runner of all time (63 of these are consecutive, which is the all time longest unbroken run), and 105 weeks in the Top 100. "I Gotta Feeling" has sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom, ultimately outselling the biggest selling single of 2009, 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 "Poker Face
Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)
"Poker Face" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga from her debut album, The Fame. Produced by RedOne, it was released as the album's second single in late 2008 for some markets and in early 2009 for the rest of the world...

". It was also announced as the 18th best selling single of the decade. "Boom Boom Pow" was the 7th best selling single of the year with around 600,000 copies sold, and "Meet Me Halfway
Meet Me Halfway
"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...

" was the tenth best selling, with over 500,000 copies. I Gotta Feeling is the first song to be downloaded more than a million times. As of June 26, 2011 the song has sold 1.2 million copies, thus making it eligible to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry
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...

 as double platinum.
As of July 2011, the song spent 109 weeks on 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 ...

.

The song was the third most successful song of the decade in Australia, as announced on January 7, 2010. The decade-end chart also revealed the song to be the most successful song of 2009. As of February 2010, "I Gotta Feeling" holds the record as the most downloaded song on iTunes
ITunes
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 of all time. As of May 3, 2010, "I Gotta Feeling" has spent 47 consecutive weeks in the ARIA top 50 chart, tying with The Living End's "Prisoner of Society/Second Solution" single as the song with the most weeks in the Aria top 50 ever. "I Gotta Feeling" spent over a year (56 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "I Gotta Feeling" spent over a year (76 weeks) on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. "I Gotta Feeling" spent over a year (88 weeks) on the German Singles Chart, making it the 5th longest-running single ever on that chart .

Worldwide it has sold nearly 13 millions units, becoming one of the most successful songs in the history of popular music.

Live performance

On September 8, 2009, the song was performed (with slight modification) by The Black Eyed Peas for the taping of the Kick-off Party for the 24th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....

, with 21,000 fans performing a dance on the "Magnificent Mile
Magnificent Mile
The Magnificent Mile, sometimes referred to as The Mag Mile, is a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, that runs along a portion of Michigan Avenue extending from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side community area. The district is located adjacent to downtown; it is also one block...

" portion of Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue (Chicago)
Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east south of the Chicago River and at 132 East north of the river from 12628 south to 950 north in the Chicago street address system...

 in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. They also performed the song at the 52nd Grammy Awards
52nd Grammy Awards
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Neil Young was honored as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year on January 29, two days prior to the Grammy telecast. Only ten of the 109 awards were received during the broadcast...

 nomination announcement ceremony known as The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night along with David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...

 (a remix edit by David Guetta appears on his album, One Love
One Love (David Guetta album)
One Love received generally favourable reviews from most music critics. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on ten reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews"...

). Moreover, the group performed the song in a commercial for Target stores. The Black Eyed Peas also performed the song during a concert at Mont Kiara
Mont Kiara
Mont Kiara, is an affluent township north of the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The township consists mainly of residential condominiums and office complexes. It is located at the heart of Klang Valley, adjacent to Sri Hartamas. Mont Kiara commercial projects include Plaza Mont Kiara, Seni...

, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
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, Malaysia in 2009. Being the half-time performers for Super Bowl XLV
Super Bowl XLV
Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League champion for the 2010 season. The game was held at Cowboys Stadium in...

, The Black Eyed Peas sang "I Gotta Feeling" in front of more than 100,000 fans at Cowboys Stadium. On April 29, 2011, they performed the song along with others at the "i.am.FIRST" event at the FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...

 World Championships.

Music video

The official final version was released on June 2 on Dipdive and on June 16 on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

. There is both a censored version and an explicit version of the music video and a live performance of the explicit video. The video starts with scenes in Hollywood Blvd. and then showing 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...

 combing his hair and Fergie putting on make-up while wearing lingerie. It also shows 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:...

 checking his messages on Dipdive
Dipdive
Dipdive is a social networking website tagged as "a Lifestyle Engine for Music, Arts, Action & More." It is best known for the original source site of the "Yes We Can" music video. The site allows users to upload images, videos, MP3s, Blogs and create playlists. Videos and MP3s are allowed in the...

 and 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...

 checking his text messages. Then it cuts to the party as the first verse starts. In the uncensored version, there are some scenes featuring gay and lesbian content- Fergie dances suggestively and makes out with another woman, whilst two female partygoers are seen kissing at the two minute mark, Before these secenes, one of two men making out is shown. The video ends with a large sign with human-sized letters that reads "The E.N.D." The video is directed by Mikey Mee of Little Minx and features guest appearances by David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...

, Kid Cudi
Kid Cudi
Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi , better known by his stage name Kid Cudi , sometimes stylized KiD CuDi, is an American rapper, singer and actor. He first gained major attention after the release of his debut mixtape A Kid Named Cudi. In 2009, his single "Day 'n' Nite" reached the top five of the...

, Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...

, Chantal Jones
Chantal Jones
Heather Chantal Jones , is an American fashion model and actress. Jones was the runner-up on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9 in 2007.-America's Next Top Model:...

, members of the Indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Gossip
Gossip (band)
Gossip is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consists of singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control . A follow-up, Music for...

, the designer duo Dean and Dan Caten
Dean and Dan Caten
Dean and Dan Caten are identical twin brother fashion designers and the creators of DSquared2, a high-end fashion label.-Early life and career:...

 of Dsquared2 and a few well-known personalities of the LGBT
LGBT
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 community, including Ongina of RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo. RuPaul plays host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar."...

fame. A video was shown on Disney's Re-Micks featuring Minnie, Mickey and all of their friends.

Track listing

  • Digital download (worldwide version)
  1. "I Gotta Feeling" - 4:49

  • UK CD Single
  1. "I Gotta Feeling" (Radio Edit) – 4:06
  2. "Boom Boom Pow" (David Guetta's Electro Hop Remix) – 4:05

  • German CD Single
  1. "I Gotta Feeling" (Radio Edit) – 4:06
  2. "Boom Boom Guetta" (David Guetta's Electro Hop Remix) – 4:05
  3. "I Gotta Feeling" (Instrunmental Version) – 4:49
  4. "I Gotta Feeling" (Official Video) – 4:52
    • Digital Download E.P.
  5. "I Gotta Feeling" (David Guetta's FMIF Remix) – 6:12
  6. "I Gotta Feeling" (Printz Board vs. Zuper Blahq Remix) – 5:04
  7. "I Gotta Feeling" (Laidback Luke Remix) – 6:28
  8. "I Gotta Feeling" (Zuper Blahq Remix) – 5:48
  9. "I Gotta Feeling" (Taboo's Broken Spanglish Remix) – 4:51

Personnel

  • Songwriting
    Songwriter
    A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

     – William Adams
    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...

    , Allen Pineda, Jaime Gomez, Stacy Ferguson
    Stacy Ferguson
    Stacy 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...

    , David Guetta
    David Guetta
    Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...

    , Frédéric Riesterer
  • Production
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

     – David Guetta & Frédéric Riesterer
  • Synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

    s – will.i.am
  • Mixing
    Audio mixing (recorded music)
    In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...

     – Dylan "3D" Dresdow
  • Assistant mixing – Joe Peluso


Source:

Weekly charts

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Chart (2009) Peak
position
Brazilian Hot 100 Airplay (Billboard Brasil
Billboard Brasil
Billboard Brasil is a monthly Brazilian magazine launched on October 10, 2009, with a print-run of over 40,000 copies. It is distributed nationwide by Brazil's biggest distributor Dinap...

)
1
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) 20
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 Certification
Australia 5× Platinum
Belgium Platinum
Canada Diamond (Digital)
Denmark Platinum
France Platinum
Germany Platinum
Greece Gold
Italy 2× Platinum
Japan (cellphone downloads) Gold
New Zealand 3× Platinum
Spain 3× Platinum
Sweden Platinum
Switzerland 2× Platinum
United Kingdom 2× Platinum
United States 7× Platinum


2009

Chart Position
Australian Singles Chart 1
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...

1
Dutch Singles Chart 1
French Singles Chart 27
German Singles Chart 9
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....

42
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Spanish Singles Chart 5
Swedish Singles Chart 7
Swiss Singles Chart 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
UK Singles Chart 2

2010

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart
!Position
|-
|Australia (ARIA)
|style="text-align:center;"|53
|-
|Austrian Singles Chart
|align="center"|68
|-
|Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)
|align="center"|9
|-
|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|Canadian Hot 100
|align="center"|10
|-
|Dutch Singles Chart
|align="center"|7
|-
|European Hot 100
|align="center"|11
|-
|German Singles Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...


|align="center"|46
|-
|Hungarian Airplay Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|Italian Singles Chart
|align="center"|39
|-
|Spanish Singles Charts
PROMUSICAE
Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...


|align="center"|27
|-
|Swiss Singles Chart
|align="center"|17
|-

Decade-end charts

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!End of decade chart (2000–2009)
!Position
|-
|ARIA Singles Chart (Australia)
|align="center"|3
|-
|United Kingdom Chart
|align="center"|18
|-
|U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard 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...


|align="center"|5
|}

Release history

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Region
!Format
!Date
!Label
|-
|United States
|Airplay
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...


|June 16, 2009
|Interscope Records
|-
|Australia
|rowspan="2"|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...


|rowspan="2"|July 10, 2009
|rowspan="2"|Interscope Records
|-
|Germany
|-
|United Kingdom
|CD single
|August 10, 2009
|Interscope Records
|}

Other cover versions

  • In 2010, the song was performed by Westlife
    Westlife
    Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

     on their Where We Are Tour
    Where We Are Tour
    The Where We Are Tour is a tour by Irish pop band, Westlife in support of their tenth studio album, Where We Are. The band will be touring the United Kingdom and Ireland. Further updates will be announced on a later date for other venues that they will be touring...

    .
  • It was covered on the Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest.
  • A video parody called "I Gotta Filling" was produced by The Madow Brothers and shown during TBSE 2011 at "The Joint" in The Hard Rock Hotel and Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • The Chipmunks
    Alvin and the Chipmunks
    Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual;...

     and The Chipettes
    The Chipettes
    The Chipettes are a fictional group of anthropomorphic chipmunk singers first appearing on the cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1983. In this and related materials, the Chipettes served as female featured characters in their own right, starring in numerous episodes...

     covered the song as a bonus track on their 2009 album Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licensed soundtrack based on the 2009 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel...

    .
  • Jack Black
    Jack Black
    Jack Black , is an American actor and musician, notably of Tenacious D.Jack Black may also refer to:* Jack Black , late 19th - early 20th Century author and hobo* Jack Black , drummer for 1970s UK punk band The Boys...

     did a cover of the song at opening ceremony of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
    Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
    The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs or Kids Choice Awards, is an annual awards show that airs on the Nickelodeon cable channel, which airs live and is usually held and telecast live on a...

     2011.
  • It was one of the most used songs on G-Force (film)
    G-Force (film)
    G-Force is a 2009 spy-fi comedy film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures in Disney Digital 3-D. Written by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, the film is the directorial debut of Hoyt Yeatman, whose earlier work includes contributions in the area of visual effects...

    .
  • A 30-second sample of the song is featured in a McDonalds Happy Meal Toy as part of the 'Music Academy: Class Of 2011' promotion which runs 4 May-14 June 2011.
  • A Mexican band, Calor Norteño (Heat from North), covered the song in a Spanish dubbed and norteño rhythm named "Tengo un Sentimiento"
  • Used in the 2009 Year In Review Music Video of the 2009 Yankee Season on the YES Network.

See also


External links

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