Elephunk

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Elephunk
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Studio album by The Black Eyed Peas
Released	June 24 2003 (U.S.) August 11 2003 (UK)
Recorded	December 20 2001–May 11 2003
Genre	Hip-hop, R&B
Length	66:10 (bonus track UK)
Label	A&M (U.S.)
Producer	will.i.am, Ron Fair, apl.de.ap
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Image:4 stars.svg link Robert Christgau (A-) link RapReviews.com Image:Stars10080.svg link Rolling Stone Image:2 stars.svg link
The Black Eyed Peas chronology
Bridging the Gap (2000) Elephunk (2003) Monkey Business (2005)

Elephunk is the third album by The Black Eyed Peas, first released in 2003. It was their first commercially successful album and their first album to feature their new female vocalist, Stacy Ferguson (a.k.a. Fergie). Singles released from Elephunk included "Where Is the Love?", "Shut Up", "Hey Mama" and "Let's Get Retarded". Many of its songs became popular through being featured in advertisements; "Let's Get Retarded" was re-done and renamed "Let's Get It Started" for the commercials for the 2004 NBA Playoffs and "The Boogie That Be" was featured in several iPod commercials, as well as being featured in the movie Walking Tall (staring The Rock and Johnny Knoxville).

The album title, Elephunk, is a portmanteau of elephant and funk. Their song "Anxiety" was featured on WWE WrestleMania 21 for the Xbox.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Charts 4 Sales and Certifications 5 Trivia 6 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Hands Up" – 3:35
2. "Labor Day (It's a Holiday)" – 3:58
3. "Let's Get Retarded" – 3:35
4. "Hey Mama" (ft. Tippa Irie) – 3:34
5. "Shut Up" – 4:56
6. "Smells Like Funk" – 5:04
7. "Latin Girls" (ft. Debi Nova and Dante Santiago)– 6:17
8. "Sexy" (ft. Sérgio Mendes) – 4:43
9. "Fly Away" – 3:35
10. "The Boogie That Be" – 5:12
11. "The Apl Song" (produced by apl.de.ap) – 2:54
12. "Anxiety" (ft. Papa Roach) – 3:38
13. "Where Is the Love?" (ft. Justin Timberlake) (produced by Ron Fair) – 4:32

Bonus Tracks:

• "Let's Get It Started" - 3:39 (U.S. version)
• "Third Eye" – 3:43 (UK version [hidden track on all other versions])
• "Rock My Shit" (UK version)
• "What's Going Down" (UK version)
• "The Elephunk Theme" (German version)
• "La Paga" ft. Juanes (Latin version)

[edit] Singles

1. "Where Is the Love?"
2. "Shut Up"
3. "Hey Mama"
4. "Let's Get It Started"
5. "The Apl Song"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005/2006) Peak position Australian Albums Chart 1[1] Austrian Albums Chart 3[2] Brasil Top 50 4[3] Canada Top 50 2[3] Danish Albums Chart 3[4] Dutch Albums Chart 5[5] Germany Top 100 6[3] Finnish Albums Chart 3[6] French Top 150 2[7] Italian Top 75 6[3] Mexican Albums Chart 1[8] New Zealand Albums Chart 2[9] Norwegian Albums Chart 2[10] Spain Albums Chart 5[3] Swedish Albums Chart 5[11] Swiss Albums Chart 1[12] U.S Billboard 200 14[13] UK Top 75 4[3] United World Chart 3[14]

[edit] Sales and Certifications

Countries	Certification	Sales
Argentina	Gold[15]	50,000
Australia	2x Platinum[16]	140,000
Brasil	Diamond[3]	500,000
France	4x Platinum[17]	413,000
Germany	Platinum[18]	200,000
Indonesia	Gold[19]	45,000
Canada	7x Platinum[20]	700,000
Europe	2x Platinum[3]	2,000,000
Mexico	Platinum[21]	100,000
Switzerland	Platinum[22]	40,000
Sweden	Gold[23]	30,000
U.S. Billboard 200	2x Platinum[24]	2,300,000
U.K.	4x Platinum[3]	1,200,000
United World Chart	3x Platinum[25]	6,707,000

[edit] Trivia

• The video for "The Apl Song" (which reached number one in the Philippines), featured cameo appearances by fellow Filipino Americans Dante Basco, Chad Hugo and Abe Pagtama and is a tribute to the Filipinos who fought for the U.S. in World War II.

• "The Elephunk Theme" also features a sample of Ilaiyaraaja's Unakkum Enakkum Aanandham - a Tamil song from the movie Sri Raghavendra, starring Rajinikanth,^[26] thus marking the beginning of the BEP foray into Indian music which continued with "Don't Phunk With My Heart".

[edit] References

v • d • e Black Eyed Peas
will.i.am · apl.de.ap · Taboo · Fergie Dante Santiago · Kim Hill
Studio albums	Behind the Front · Bridging the Gap · Elephunk · Monkey Business · The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)
Other albums	Renegotiations: The Remixes
Singles	"Fallin' Up" · "Joints & Jams" · "Karma" · "What It Is" · "¿Que Dices?" · "Head Bobs" · "BEP Empire" · "Weekends" · "Get Original" · "Request Line" · "Where Is the Love?" · "Shut Up" · "Hey Mama" · "Let's Get It Started" · "The Apl Song" · "Don't Phunk with My Heart" · "Don't Lie" · "My Humps" · "Pump It" · "Gone Going" · "Like That" · "Mas Que Nada" · "Bebot" · "More"
Tours	Elephunk Tour · Monkey Business Tour · Honda Civic Tour · Black Blue & You Tour
Related articles	Discography

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