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Wikipedia article
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| cover = Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up - CD cover.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Black Eyed Peas
| album = Elephunk
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| released = September 8, 2003
| recorded = December 30, 2001February 19, 2002
| studio = The Stewchia (Los Feliz, Los Angeles)
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| prev_title = Where Is the Love?
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Hey Mama
| next_year = 2004
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"'Shut Up'" is a song by American hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas. The song was released in September 2003 as the second single from their third studio album, 'Elephunk' (2003). The song is about a disastrous courtship with the chorus consisting of the lines "Shut up, just shut up, shut up". "Shut Up" was not successful in the United States but became a hit internationally, topping the charts of Australia, New Zealand, and 12 European countries. It was Europe's second-most-successful hit of 2004.
Background and release
Group member will.i.am needed a female singer for the song, so he brought in Fergie. She assisted the group on most of the songs on 'Elephunk' and became the group's fourth member in 2003. While will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo were working on the song, their girlfriends' phone calls would interrupt the session. Will said "The vibe was blown" and Taboo said "So we turned the negative into positive", by adding the problems they were having into the song they were making. "Shut Up" was recorded at The Stewchia in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, from December 30, 2001, to February 19, 2002.
The song's "Knee Deep Remix" includes a rerecorded version of will.i.am's verse and the bridge. It also includes a new verse with apl.de.ap. An edited version of this remix appears on the deluxe version of the group's fifth studio album, 'The E.N.D', titled "Shut the Phunk Up". The remix samples the song "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic. In December 2010, Funkadelic leader George Clinton filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against will.i.am, Fergie, and Universal Music. Clinton stated that he did not give his permission for the sample and that his signature was forged on the release form.
Chart performance
"Shut Up" became an international success, reaching number one in Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden, and Switzerland. The single also reached number two in Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom and peaked at number five in Hungary. At the end of 2004, it was ranked as Europe's second-highest-selling single according to the Eurochart Hot 100, on which the song peaked at number one. As of August 2014, it was the 47th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 400,000 units sold.
In Germany, it is the second-best-selling single of the band behind "I Gotta Feeling", selling 300,000 copies to reach platinum status. The song peaked at number one on the German Singles Chart and stayed there for five weeks, becoming the band's longest run at the pole position. In the United States, the song never charted on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 despite appearing at number 30 on the 'Billboard' Mainstream Top 40 in November 2003.
Music video
The music video was directed by The Malloys and features an opera themed around a battle of the sexes. In it, will.i.am and Taboo play Fergie's suitors, and apl.de.ap is the conductor.
The music video has several Andre the Giant Has a Posse-style posters near the stage man. Two posters from the song "Where Is the Love?" are also shown. Kimberly Wyatt and Carmit Bachar from the Pussycat Dolls both make cameos in the video. Travis Barker from Blink 182 and Shifty Shellshock from Crazy Town also have a cameo in the video.
Track listings
'US 12-inch vinyl'
:A1. "Shut Up" (LP) 5:10
:A2. "Shut Up" (radio edit) 3:46
:A3. "Shut Up" (instrumental) 5:09
:A4. "Shut Up" (acapella) 4:55
:B1. "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix) 4:23
:B2. "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix instrumental) 4:21
:B3. "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix acapella) 4:20
'European CD single'
# "Shut Up" 5:12
# "Tell Your Mama Come" (live from House of Blues, Chicago) 2:51
'UK and Australian CD single'
# "Shut Up" 5:12
# "Tell Your Mama Come" (live from the House of Blues, Chicago) 2:52
# "Karma" (live from the House of Blues, Chicago) 3:05
# "Shut Up" (video)
'UK 12-inch single'
:A1. "Shut Up"
:B1. "Tell Your Mama Come" (live from the House of Blues, Chicago)
:B2. "Karma" (live from the House of Blues, Chicago)
Personnel
'The Black Eyed Peas'
* will.i.am vocals, Moog synthesizer, executive production, production
* Fergie vocals
* Taboo vocals
* apl.de.ap vocals (Knee Deep/E.N.D. remix only)
'Additional musicians'
* George Pajon, Jr. guitar
* J. Curtis guitar
* Ray Brady guitar
'Production personnel'
* Ron Fair executive production, additional vocal production
* Dylan Dresdow engineering
* Christine Sirois engineering assistance
* Tony Maserati mixing
* Brian Gardner mastering
* Tal Herzberg additional engineering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2004)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)
|9
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Urban (ARIA)
|3
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (3 Austria Top 40)
|4
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
|19
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)
|2
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Hungary (Rdis Top 40)
|9
|-
!scope="row"|Italy (FIMI)
|5
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
|25
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)
|17
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
|15
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
|28
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
|2
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)
|87
|}
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
* List of number-one singles in Australia in 2003
* List of number-one hits of 2003 (Germany)
* List of European number-one hits of 2003
* List of number-one singles of 2003 (Ireland)
* List of number-one hits of 2003 (Switzerland)
* Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2003
* List of number-one hits of 2004 (Austria)
* List of number-one hits of 2004 (France)
* List of number-one hits of 2004 (Italy)
* List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)
* List of number-one hits in Norway
* List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2000s
* List of number-one hits (Sweden)
* Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2004
References
Category:2003 singles
Category:2003 songs
Category:A&M Records singles
Category:Black Eyed Peas songs
Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
Category:Interscope Records singles
Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Category:Music videos directed by The Malloys
Category:Number-one singles in Australia
Category:Number-one singles in Austria
Category:Number-one singles in the Czech Republic
Category:Number-one singles in Germany
Category:Number-one singles in Italy
Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand
Category:Number-one singles in Norway
Category:Number-one singles in Poland
Category:Number-one singles in Romania
Category:Number-one singles in Sweden
Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland
Category:SNEP Top Singles number-one singles
Category:Song recordings produced by will.i.am
Category:Songs involved in plagiarism controversies
Category:Songs written by Taboo (rapper)
Category:Songs written by will.i.am
Category:Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles
Category:Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles
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