I Got It from My Mama

"I Got It from My Mama"
Single by will.i.am
from the album Songs About Girls
Released July 31, 2007 (2007-07-31)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2006/2007
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:03
Label will.i.am Music Group, A&M
Writer(s) will.i.am, Jean-Luc Drion, Dominique Régiacorte
Producer will.i.am
will.i.am singles chronology
"A Dream"
(2007)		 "I Got It from My Mama"
(2007)		 "Baby Love"
(2007)

"I Got It from My Mama" is a hip hop song by American rapper will.i.am. It was released as the lead single from will.i.am's third solo album, Songs About Girls. It is primarily concerned with the inheritance of sexual attractiveness of human females through the maternal genetic line. The song contains samples of "Don Quichotte" by Magazine 60 and "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James; Magazine 60 group members Jean-Luc Drion and Dominique Régiacorte are credited as co-writers on "I Got It from My Mama". The feminine voice of the song is of Katerina Graham. This song was #64 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.[1] will.i.am later released a remix of "I Got It from My Mama", which included a sample from Daft Punk's "Around the World." Daft Punk denied will.i.am use of the sample. However, a music video was produced with the sample included and featuring The Paradiso Girls. The opening scene for all of Daft Punk's Human After All videos is used for the video.[2]

Contents

Music video

The video for "I Got It from My Mama" was announced on The Black Eyed Peas' official website on July 26th, 2007, along with a preview of the video.[3] The official music video, in its entirety, was released on August 2nd, 2007. The video begins with will.i.am opening a magazine of girls and then the camera descends onto will.i.am sitting on a chair on a Brazilian beach. There are girls walking around and flaunting their bodies to the camera. The video then shows will.i.am singing with the girls while they dance all over him and him sitting on a chair singing. In the middle of the video it shows will.i.am on a chair with the girls lying on towels facing him, with an over view on them singing to the camera. At the last verse it shows will.i.am and the same girls at a beach party at night. The video concludes with will.i.am singing at the beach again with the girls and ends with a picture of will.i.am in the magazine saying: "Brazil: Wish You Were Here!" After shooting the video, will.i.am shot the video for "She's a Star" on a Braziliian Beach, at night with special effects reminiscent of Duran Duran's "What Happens Tomorrow". This song was also featured on a Season 1 episode of Gossip Girl and a Season 6 episode of CSI: Miami.

Chart performance

"I Got It from My Mama" debuted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100. The next week, the song climbed 36 places to number 57. Ultimately, the song peaked at number 31. In Canada, it debuted at #41, making it the second-highest new entry on the chart for the week.

Tracklisting

Promotional CD single
  1. "I Got It from My Mama" (Radio Edit) - 3:43
  2. "I Got It from My Mama" (LP Version) - 4:05
  3. "I Got It from My Mama" (Instrumental) - 4:05
UK CD single
  1. "I Got It from My Mama" (Radio Edit) - 3:43
  2. "I Got It from My Mama" (Busta Rhymes Remix) - 4:12
German CD single / Digital Download
  1. "I Got It from My Mama" (LP Version) - 4:05
  2. "I Got It from My Mama" (Instrumental) - 4:05
  3. "I Got It from My Mama" (Busta Rhymes Remix) - 4:12
  4. "I Got It from My Mama" (Video)
Digital Download - Remix
  1. "I Got It from My Mama" (Daft Punk Remix) (Featuring The Paradiso Girls) - 4:43

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
Position
France (SNEP) 49
Finland Top 20 6
Italian Singles Chart 14
Sweden Top 60 18
Canadian Hot 100 18
Australian Top 50[4] 19
Dutch Top 40 26
Czech Chart [5] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 31
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 19
UK Singles Chart 38
German Singles Chart 33

Year-end charts

Charts (2007) Position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 94

References

  1. ^ MTV Asia. "Top 100 Hits List". Retrieved 2007-12-27
  2. ^ Daft Punk to Will.i.am: Not from my Momma The Daily Swarm. Retrieved on September 27, 2007
  3. ^ Will-i-am.com - The Official Will.i.am Website
  4. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - ARIA. Retrieved on December 3, 2007
  5. ^ Čns Ifpi
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2007". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2007.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
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