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This article is about The Black Eyed Peas song. For the MC Hammer song & album, see Let's Get It Started (album).
"Let's Get It Started"
Song

"Let's Get It Started", originally titled "Let's Get Retarded", appears on The Black Eyed Peas' 2003 album Elephunk. It is the fourth single from the album.

The song was included on the soundtrack for the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy Girl Thing. The song was STAR World's first SID. It gained popularity as the theme song for the 2004 NBA Playoffs on ABC and was performed live at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. It was featured in the film White Chicks. It was used in UK advertisements for the game The Urbz: Sims in the City. This song was remixed for The Black Eyed Peas' fifth studio album The E.N.D. as "Let's Get Re-Started."

"Let's Get it Started" won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2005 Grammy Awards, and was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rap Song.

Lyrical controversy

'Retarded' is a derogatory term used to describe those with developmental disabilities. This made the original version of the song unsuitable for play on most radio stations and at sports games. In 2004 the song's lyrics were edited and the re-released single "Let's Get It Started" found its way onto radio airwaves, movie soundtracks, and video games.

Music video

The music video, directed by Francis Lawrence, takes place in a nighttime setting in an urban area. It features The Black Eyed Peas, particularly will.i.am, performing energetic dances while singing the song, while varying objects in the background (including a grand piano) smash against the ground in real-time, slow and fast motion, and in reverse. The choruses feature the band on stage singing to a large crowd.

The video went to #34 on "MuchMusic's 50 Most Controversial Videos" for its original song title.

Charts

"Let's Get It Started" was the first song to sell 500,000 downloads in the United States meaning that it was once the best selling digital song of all time. That title now belongs to their 2nd single off The E.N.D, I Gotta Feeling which recently was the first song to cross the 6,000,000 paid downloads. Lets Get It Started has so far sold 1,948,000 copies as of April 2009.[1]

Chart Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 18
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 22
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 24
Denmark (Tracklisten)[6] 17
France (SNEP)[7] 7
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 18
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[8] 1
Italy (FIMI)[9] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 6
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 21
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[14] 8
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[15] 4

Track listing

CD Single
  1. "Let's Get It Started"
  2. "Let's Get It Started" (Spike Mix)
  3. "Let's Get It Started" (Party Mix)
  4. "Let's Get Retarded"
The Urbz Edition – EP
  1. "Let's Get It Started" (Spike Mix) – 3:39
  2. "Ga Ra Ta Da" (Simlish Version) – 3:28
  3. "The Sticky" – 4:39
  4. "Friddy Dope" (Simlish Version) – 3:46
UK Single
  1. "Let's Get It Started"
  2. "Let's Get Retarded"
  3. "Bridging The Gaps"
  4. "Way U Make Me Feel"
  5. "Let's Get It Started" (Enhanced music video)

Official Versions

  • "Let's Get It Started" (Original Version)
  • "Let's Get Retarded" (Original Version)
  • "Let's Get It Started" (Party Mix)
  • "Let's Get It Started" (Spike Mix)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/32895/week-ending-april-5-2009-a-prince-beats-a-king-of-pop/
  2. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started". Tracklisten.
  7. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  9. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started". Top Digital Download.
  10. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started". Top 40 Singles.
  12. ^ "Black Eyed Peas: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  13. ^ "Black Eyed Peas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Black Eyed Peas Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Black Eyed Peas Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
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