Shut Up (The-Black-Eyed-Peas-Lied)
"Shut Up" is a song by the American hip hop band The Black Eyed Peas. The 2003 single is the second one taken from their 2003 album Elephunk. It is about a disastrous courtship with the chorus consisting of the lines "shut up, just shut up shut up".
Background and release
will.i.am needed a female singer for the song, so he brought in Fergie. She helped out in most of the songs in "Elephunk" and eventually became the fourth member of The Black Eyed Peas in 2003. While Will, apl.de.ap, and Taboo were making the song, their girlfriends' phone calls would interrupt the session. Will said "The vibe was blown" and Taboo said "So we turned the negative into positive", by adding the problems they were having into the song they were making.
The song contains an uncredited sample of Kurtis Blow's "Tough."
"Shut Up" was not released in the U.S. but became an instant success internationally. "Shut Up" was released as the album's second single in late 2003, after "Where Is the Love?".
There is a remix version on the deluxe version of the fifth studio album, The E.N.D., titled "Shut the Phunk Up"
The Knee Deep/E.N.D. Remix samples the song Knee Deep by Funkadelic. In December 2010, Funkadelic leader George Clinton filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against will.i.am, Fergie and Universal Music. Clinton claimed that he did not give his permission for the sample and that his signature was forged on the release form.[1]
Chart performances
The single has become an international success reaching #1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland. The single also reached #2 in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and also peaked at #3 in Finland. "Shut Up" has become one of The Black Eyed Peas' most successful singles to date and was only slightly weaker than the preceding single.
"Shut Up" was The Black Eyed Peas' first song to chart on the Latin America Top 40 (tied with "Hey Mama" which debuted the same week at #35.); it debuted in the week that the chart was created at #28[2], peaking two weeks later at number #24 in its first run[3], the single fell off the chart three weeks later, and returned five weeks later at #37 and this time the single peaked at #18.[4]
In Germany, it's the best-selling single of the band just behind I Gotta Feeling, selling 300,000 copies, reaching Platinum.[5] It peaked at #1 and stayed there for 5 weeks, the band's longest time on the pole position [6].
Music video
The music video features an opera themed around a battle of the sexes. In it, will.i.am and Taboo play Fergie's suitors, and apl.de.ap is the conductor.
The music video has several Andre the Giant Has a Posse-style posters near the stage man. Two posters from the song Where Is The Love? are also shown... Kimberly Wyatt from the Pussycat Dolls was featured in the video. Carmit Bachar, also of the Pussycat Dolls was featured as a backup dancer.
Track listings
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US 12" Vinyl
(AMRR-11025-1; Released: 2003)
Side A
- "Shut Up" (LP) - 5:10
- "Shut Up" (Radio Edit) - 3:46
- "Shut Up" (Instrumental) - 5:09
- "Shut Up" (Acapella) - 4:55
Side B
- "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix) - 4:23
- "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix Instrumental) - 4:21
- "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix Acapella) - 4:20
EUR CD
(0602498145012; Released: 2003)
- "Shut Up" - 5:12
- "Tell Your Mama Come" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 2:51
- "Karma" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 3:03
EUR CD
(0602498145029; Released: 2003)
- "Shut Up" - 5:12
- "Tell Your Mama Come" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 2:51
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UK CD
(9814501; Released: 2004)
- "Shut Up" - 5:12
- "Tell Your Mama Come" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 2:52
- "Karma" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 3:03
- "Shut Up" (Video) - 4:24
UK 12" Vinyl
(9814587; Released: 2004)
Side A
- "Shut Up"
Side B
- "Tell Your Mama Come" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago)
- "Karma" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago)
UK CD Promo
(SHUT 01; Released: 2004)
- "Shut Up" (Radio Edit)
- "Shut Up" (Instrumental)
Personnel
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- The Black Eyed Peas
- will.i.am – vocals, Moog synthesizer, executive production, production
- apl.de.ap – vocals
- Fergie – vocals
- Taboo – vocals
- Additional musicians
- Production personnel
- Ron Fair – executive production, additional vocal production
- Dylan Dresdow – engineering
- Christine Sirois – engineering assistance
- Tony Maserati – mixing
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Tal Herzberg – additional engineering
Charts and sales
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Peak positions
Chart (2003/04) | Peak position |
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Decade-end charts
(2000–2009) | Position |
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German Singles Chart[7] | 35 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2003) | Position |
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Irish Singles Chart[8] | 18 |
Chart (2004) | Position |
Australian Singles Chart[9] | 9 |
Austrian Singles Chart[10] | 4 |
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[11] | 19 |
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[12] | 6 |
Dutch Top 40[13] | 25 |
French Singles Chart[14] | 6 |
German Singles Chart[15] | 6 |
Swiss Singles Chart[16] | 2 |
Certifications
Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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Australia[17] | 2 x Platinum | 2004 | 140,000 |
Austria[18] | Gold | May 4, 2004 | 15,000 |
Belgium[19] | Platinum | February 14, 2004 | 50,000 |
France[20] | Gold | November 17, 2004 | 250,000 |
Germany[5] | Platinum | 2004 | 300,000 |
New Zealand[21] | Platinum | March 21, 2004 | 15,000 |
Norway[22] | Platinum | 2004 | 10,000 |
Switzerland[23] | Platinum | 2004 | 30,000 |
UK[24] | Silver | December 19, 2003 | 200,000 |
U.S.[25] | Gold | May 19, 2005 | 500,000 |
See also
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- List of number-one singles in Australia in 2003
- List of number-one hits of 2003 (Germany)
- List of European number-one hits of 2003
- List of number-one singles of 2003 (Ireland)
- List of number-one hits of 2003 (Switzerland)
- Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2003
- List of number-one hits of 2004 (Austria)
- List of number-one hits of 2004 (Italy)
- List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)
- List of number-one hits in Norway
- List of number-one singles in Romania
- List of number-one hits (Sweden)
- Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2004
References
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- ↑ Associated Press: George Clinton sues Black Eyed Peas over 'Shut Up'. Yahoo!, 14. Dezember 2010, abgerufen am 14. Dezember 2010.
- ↑ Shut Up's Debut Position
- ↑ Shut Up's Peak Position (First Run)
- ↑ Shut Up's Peak (2nd Time)
- ↑ a b Vorlage:Cite gold platin
- ↑ http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Black+Eyed+Peas/Shut+Up/single
- ↑ http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html
- ↑ 2003 Irish Singles Chart Irma.ie (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ 2004 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ 2004 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ 2004 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ 2004 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ Single top 100 over 2004. (pdf) Top40, abgerufen am 5. Mai 2010 (niederländisch).
- ↑ 2004 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ Single Jahrescharts 2004. MTV, abgerufen am 16. Januar 2010 (deutsch).
- ↑ 2004 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ Australian certifications aria.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved Merch 24, 2009)
- ↑ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved Merch 24, 2009)
- ↑ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ New Zealand certifications See: Chart #1399 - Sunday 21 March 2004 rianz.org (Retrieved Merch 24, 2009)
- ↑ Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
- ↑ US certifications [1] (Retrieved August 5, 2009)
- 2003 singles
- Hip hop songs
- Number-one singles in Australia
- Number-one singles in Austria
- Ultratop 50 Singles number-one singles
- Ultratop 40 Singles number-one singles
- European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
- Number-one singles in France
- Number-one singles in Germany
- Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Italy
- Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
- Number-one singles in New Zealand
- Number-one singles in Norway
- Number-one singles in Romania
- Number-one singles in Sweden
- Number-one singles in Switzerland
- Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Songs written by will.i.am
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