During an interview on Apple Music 1, Will.i.am revealed that U2 were the inspiration behind the Black Eyed Peas’ hit song “I Gotta Feeling”. According to Will.i.am, he “approached the chorus” by asking himself, “What would Earth, Wind & Fire do? What would U2 do? What would Talking Heads do all at the same time?” He continued by stating that he wrote the chorus for U2 as he was working on their 2009 album “No Line On The Horizon”. The track debuted at Number Two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, behind the group’s previous song “Boom Boom Pow”, making the group one of 11 artists who have occupied the top two positions of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. “I Gotta Feeling” spent 14 consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running Number One single of 2009.
Will.i.am explained that the beat to “I Gotta Feeling” came from David Guetta’s “Love Is Gone” remix. He recalled, “I approached it like, ‘Ok, if I could approach the chorus what would Earth, Wind & Fire do? What would U2 do? What would Talking Heads do all at the same time?’” The chorus is “an Earth, Wind & Fire type of vibe”, and the ‘woo-hoo’ is “very Bono, U2”.
The song was the second single from Black Eyed Peas’ 2009 album “The E.N.D”. The track was nominated for Record Of The Year at the 2010 Grammy Awards and won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. As of June 2019, the song has sold over nine million downloads in the US and held the record as the most downloaded song on the iTunes Store of all time, making it the highest-selling digital non-charity single in the US ever.
In other news, U2 recently announced that they will be releasing the “Zoo TV – Live In Dublin” EP from 1993
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