Elephunk

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Elephunk is the third album by the Black Eyed Peas, released in 2003. It was their first commercially-successful album, selling over 4,040,000 copies worldwide, 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 It Started". Many of its songs became popular through being featured in advertisements; "Let's Get Retarded" was redone and renamed "Let's Get It Started" for the commercials for the 2004 NBA Playoffs; the song "Hands Up" was featured in the films Rebound and Taxi, while "Hey Mama" became something of a plot point within Garfield: The Movie. "The Boogie That Be" was also featured in several iPod commercials, as well as being featured in the film The Rundown (starring The Rock). The song "Anxiety" was featured on WWE WrestleMania 21 for the Xbox and MX vs. ATV Unleashed for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PSP.

The album title, Elephunk, is a portmanteau of elephant and funk.

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" – 3:34
   (featuring Tippa Irie)
5. "Shut Up" – 4:56
6. "Smells Like Funk" – 5:04
7. "Latin Girls" – 6:17
   (featuring Debi Nova & Dante Santiago)
8. "Sexy" – 4:43
   (featuring Sérgio Mendes)
9. "Fly Away" – 3:35
10. "The Boogie That Be" – 5:12
11. "The Apl Song" – 2:54
    (produced by apl.de.ap)
12. "Anxiety" – 3:38
    (featuring Papa Roach)
13. "Where Is the Love?" – 4:32
    (featuring Justin Timberlake) (produced by Ron Fair)

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 S***"
  (UK version)
• "What's Goin' Down"
  (UK version)
• "The Elephunk Theme"
  (German version)
• "La Paga"
  (Juanes featuring Will.I.Am & Taboo) (Latin version)

Singles

1. "Where Is the Love?"
2. "Shut Up"
3. "Hey Mama"
4. "Let's Get It Started"
5. "The Apl Song" (video only)
6. "The Elephunk Theme" (German radio only)

Charts

Chart (2005/2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	1
Austrian Albums Chart	3
Canada Top 50	2
Danish Albums Chart	3
Dutch Albums Chart	5
Germany Top 100	6
Finnish Albums Chart	3
French Top 150	2
Italian Top 75	6
Mexican Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart	2
Norwegian Albums Chart	2
Spain Albums Chart	55
Swedish Albums Chart	5
Swiss Albums Chart	1
U.S Billboard 200	14
UK Top 75	4

Sales and certifications

Countries	Certification	Sales
Argentina	Gold	50,000
Australia	4x Platinum	280,000
Brasil	Diamond	500,000
Finland	Gold	15,000+
France	4x Platinum	413,000
Germany	Platinum	200,000
Indonesia	Gold	45,000
Canada	7x Platinum	700,000
Europe	2x Platinum	2,000,000
Mexico	Platinum	100,000
Switzerland	Platinum	40,000
Sweden	Gold	30,000
U.S. Billboard 200	2x Platinum	2,300,000
U.K.	4x Platinum	1,200,000

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	Hot Rap Singles	Rhythmic Top 40
2003	"Where Is the Love?"	#2	#82	#19	#9
	"Shut Up"	-	-	-	-
2004	"Hey Mama"	#23	-	-	#27
	"Let's Get It Started"	#21	-	-	#36

Trivia

• The melody of The Apl Song is actually based on the "Balita" (which means "news") song by the Filipino folk rock group Asin which gained popularity in the 1970s and presumably one of Apl's favorite band. In fact, the opening verse "Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo, Ako'y may dala-dalang balita galing sa bayan ko..." is the original opening verse of the folk rock song. The parallelism of the content between "Balita" and "The Apl Song" is very strong. "Balita" is a song about torn-out Mindanao, the homeland of all the band members of Asin while "The Apl Song" is about the life story and hardships of Apl in his "homeland", Pampanga, Philippines. Thus, "The Apl Song" stayed true to the original and expanded the concept of tracing, remembering, and paying homage to your homeland.

• 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, thus marking the beginning of the BEP foray into Indian music which continued with "Don't Phunk With My Heart".

• "Anxiety" was the theme song for Xbox game WWE WrestleMania 21.

• "Labor Day (Its A Holiday)" samples The JB's "The Grunt" and uncredied sample of De La Soul's "Ego Trippin' (Part 2)"