Hey Mama (Black Eyed Peas song)

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"Hey Mama"
Single by Black Eyed Peas
from the album Elephunk
Released	2004
Format	CD
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3 min 34 s
Label	A&M
Chart positions
#3 (Switzerland) #4 (Australia, Austria, New Zealand) #5 (Germany, Ireland, Netherlands) #6 (Belgium, Norway, U.K.) #9 (Canada) #17 (Finland) #18 (France, Latvia) #23 (U.S.)
Black Eyed Peas singles chronology
"Shut Up" (2003)	"Hey Mama" (2004)	"Let's Get It Started" (2004)

"Hey Mama" is a song by the American hip hop band 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.

• Played in the original television commercial for the iPod.
• Played in the 2004 films Along Came Polly and Garfield: The Movie.
• Played in a 2004 episode of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.

[edit] Song information

"Hey Mama" was released as the album's third single in 2004 and was a moderate hit. The single was played in the original television commercial for the iPod, and was also played in the movie Garfield : The movie. "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 beocming another success for the group. The song was also featured in 2005 in Konami's Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 on the Xbox gaming system.

[edit] 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 creamish-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. The music video features the edited version of the song. ("We drop bombs like we in the middle east" has been excluded)