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Hey Mama (The Black Eyed Peas song)

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Released
  
January 12, 2004

Recorded
  
March 7–8, 2003

Format
  
CD single

Genre
  
Hip hop, dancehall

Length
  
3:35 (Album Version) 4:12 (Single Version) 3:45 (Radio Edit)

Label
  
A&M, will.i.am, Interscope

"Hey Mama" is a song by the American band The Black Eyed Peas. It reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The 2004 single is the third one taken from their 2003 album Elephunk.

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Song information

"Hey Mama" was released as the album's third single in 2004 and was a moderate hit. The single version of the song differs from the album version in that it cuts a verse from the end of the song and replaces it with an entirely new one performed by members Taboo and apl.de.ap (both who didn't perform on the original album version), changes some of the lyrics, and slightly alters the instrumentals.

The song was featured in the original television commercial for the iPod. "Hey Mama" has reached #3 in Switzerland, #4 in Australia, Austria and New Zealand. It has also reached #6 in the UK becoming their third top ten hit. "Hey Mama" also reached #9 in Canada and #23 in the US becoming another success for the group. The song was also featured in 2007 in Konami's Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 on the Xbox gaming system.

The song was used to promote the 2004 film Garfield: The Movie which stars Bill Murray in the titular role. In the film, Garfield has a dance off with Odie to this song. The song is also included on the film's soundtrack and was used in advertisements for the film.

A college band version of the song was in the soundtrack for NCAA March Madness 2005. This song also features uncredited vocals from British reggae singer Tippa Irie.

Music video

The music video features 3 main locations, the first shown being a psychedelic limbo, where the BEP does breakdancing and the main verse of the song is sung. (Hey Mama, this that beat that make you move, mama). The color scheme is mostly yellow, red, brown and off-white. The second is the vertically-black-and-white striped canvas-room. A few parts are sung in here, but the main one is the one featuring Fergie. The third one is the club dance scene, which has lots of background characters dancing.

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Hey Mama"
  2. "Positivity" (Live From House of Blues, Chicago)
  3. "Release" (Live From House of Blues, Chicago)
  4. "Hey Mama" - The Video

References

Hey Mama (The Black Eyed Peas song) Wikipedia
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