Simply the Best (song)

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"Simply the Best"
Single by Black Eyed Peas, Anitta and El Alfa
from the album Elevation
ReleasedOctober 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)
Length3:56
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Black Eyed Peas singles chronology
"Don't You Worry"
(2022) 		"Simply the Best"
(2022) 		"Double D'Z"
(2022)
Anitta singles chronology
"Lobby"
(2022) 		"Simply the Best"
(2022) 		"Ai Papai"
(2022)
El Alfa singles chronology
"Gogo Dance"
(2022) 		"Simply the Best"
(2022) 		"Plebada"
(2023)
Music video
"Simply the Best" on YouTube

"Simply the Best" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, Brazilian singer Anitta and Dominican rapper El Alfa. It was written by William Adams, Damien Leroy, Emmanuel Herrera Batista, Allan Pineda and Jimmy Luis Gomez. Denis Zet, Jacqueline Hucke and Jerry Ropero are also listed as songwriters as the song features samples from their 2005 song "Coraçao".

Live performances[edit]

The group performed the song live at the 2023 Sanremo Festival.[1]

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart performance for "Simply the Best"
Chart (2022–2024) Peak
position
Argentina Anglo (Monitor Latino)[2] 7
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[3] 47
Chile Anglo (Monitor Latino)[4] 7
Colombia Anglo (Monitor Latino)[5] 13
France Airplay (SNEP)[6] 50
France Club 40 (SNEP)[7] 9
Honduras Anglo (Monitor Latino)[8] 16
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[9] 13
Italy (FIMI)[10] 95
Suriname (Nationale Top 40)[11] 25
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[12] 30
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[13] 31
Venezuela Anglo (Monitor Latino)[14] 3

Year-end charts[edit]

2023 year-end chart performance for "Simply the Best"
Chart (2023) Position
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[15] 47

Certifications[edit]

Certifications for "Simply the Best"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[16] Gold 50,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Release dates and formats for "Simply the Best"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various October 28, 2022
Epic [17]
Italy November 3, 2022 Radio airplay Sony [18]
France November 7, 2022
Polydor [citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Black Eyed Peas: il gruppo da 6 Grammy sul palco di Sanremo 2023". Radio Italia.
  2. ^ "Top 20 Argentina Anglo Del 5 al 11 de Diciembre, 2022" (in Spanish). Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Top 20 Chile Anglo Del 5 al 11 de Diciembre, 2022" (in Spanish). Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "Top 20 Colombia Anglo Del 5 al 11 de Diciembre, 2022" (in Spanish). Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "Classement Radio (Week 50, 2022)". SNEP. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  7. ^ "CLASSEMENT GÉNÉRAL [WEEK END 02]". Club 40. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Top 20 Honduras Anglo Del 5 al 11 de Diciembre, 2022" (in Spanish). Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  10. ^ "BLACK EYED PEAS / ANITTA + EL ALFA - SIMPLY THE BEST". Italiancharts.com. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  11. ^ "Nationale Top 40 Suriname - De Top 40 Lijst Voor 12 – 19 Jan 2023" [The Top 40 List For 12 – Jan 19, 2023]. Nationale Top 40 Suriname. January 12, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  12. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  13. ^ "The Black Eyed Peas Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  14. ^ "Top 20 Venezuela Anglo Del 5 al 11 de Diciembre, 2022" (in Spanish). Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  15. ^ "Dance Top 100 – a hazai DJ-k játszásai alapján – 2023" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  16. ^ "Italian single certifications – Black Eyed Peas, Anitta & El Alfa – Simply the Best" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  17. ^ Furdyk, Brent (October 28, 2022). "Black Eyed Peas Unveil New Single, Announce New Album 'Elevation'". ET Canada. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022.
  18. ^ "BLACK EYED PEAS-Simply The Best". Radiodate.it.
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