Hey Mama (The Black Eyed Peas song)
"Hey Mama" is a song by the American hip hop 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.
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 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.
Personnel
- The Black Eyed Peas
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- Additional musicians
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- Production personnel
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Charts
References
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Danishcharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama". Tracklisten. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Finnishcharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama". Suomen virallinen lista. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 10 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
- ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
- ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Chart Stats – Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
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