Shut Up (The Black Eyed Peas song)

"Shut Up"
Single by The Black Eyed Peas
from the album Elephunk
Released	November 4, 2003
Format	CD single
Recorded	December 30, 2001 — February 12, 2002
Genre	Hip hop, pop
Length	4:57 (Album Version) 3:46 (Radio Edit)
Label	A&M, will.i.am, Interscope
Writer(s)	will.i.am, Taboo, J. Curtis, George Pajon, Jr.
Producer(s)	will.i.am, Ron Fair
The Black Eyed Peas singles chronology
"Where Is the Love?" (2003) "Shut Up" (2003) "Hey Mama" (2004)

"Shut Up" is a song by the American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas. The song was released as the second single from their studio album, Elephunk (2003). It is about a disastrous courtship with the chorus consisting of the lines "Shut up, just shut up, shut up".

Background and release

will.i.am needed a female singer for the song, so he brought in Fergie. She helped out in most of the songs in Elephunk and eventually became the fourth member of The Black Eyed Peas in 2003. While will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo were making 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.

The song contains an uncredited sample of Kurtis Blow's "Tough".

"Shut Up" was not released in the U.S. but became an instant success internationally. "Shut Up" was released as the album's second single in late 2003, after "Where Is the Love?".

The official remix of the song is titled "Shut Up (Knee Deep Remix)". This version 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 Knee Deep/E.N.D. 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 claimed that he did not give his permission for the sample and that his signature was forged on the release form.^[1]

Chart performances

The single has become an international success, reaching #1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland. The single also reached #2 in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and also peaked at #3 in Finland. "Shut Up" has become one of The Black Eyed Peas' most successful singles to date and was only slightly weaker than the preceding single. As of August 2014, it was the 47th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 400,000 units sold.^[2]

"Shut Up" was The Black Eyed Peas' first song to chart on the Latin America Top 40 (tied with "Hey Mama" which debuted the same week at #35.); it debuted in the week that the chart was created at #28,^[3] peaking two weeks later at number #24 in its first run,^[4] the single fell off the chart three weeks later, and returned five weeks later at #37 and this time the single peaked at #18.^[5]

In Germany, it is the best-selling single of the band behind "I Gotta Feeling", selling 300,000 copies, reaching Platinum.^[6] It peaked at #1 and stayed there for 5 weeks, the band's longest time on the pole position.^[7]

However, the song never charted in the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States despite being well-charted in other countries. Even though the song didn't chart in the U.S., the radio edit of the song was included on the U.S. Now That's What I Call Music! 15 album.

Music video

The music video 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 have a cameo in it as well.

Track listings

US 12" Vinyl (AMRR-11025-1; Released: 2003) Side A "Shut Up" (LP) - 5:10 "Shut Up" (Radio Edit) - 3:46 "Shut Up" (Instrumental) - 5:09 "Shut Up" (Acapella) - 4:55 Side B "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix) - 4:23 "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix Instrumental) - 4:21 "Shut Up" (Knee Deep Remix Acapella) - 4:20 EUR CD (0602498145012; Released: 2003) "Shut Up" - 5:12 "Tell Your Mama Come" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 2:51 "Karma" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 3:03 EUR CD (0602498145029; Released: 2003) "Shut Up" - 5:12 "Tell Your Mama Come" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 2:51

UK CD (9814501; Released: 2004) "Shut Up" - 5:12 "Tell Your Mama Come" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 2:52 "Karma" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) - 3:03 "Shut Up" (Video) - 4:24 UK 12" Vinyl (9814587; Released: 2004) Side A "Shut Up" Side B "Tell Your Mama Come" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) "Karma" (Live From House Of Blues, Chicago) UK CD Promo (SHUT 01; Released: 2004) "Shut Up" (Radio Edit) "Shut Up" (Instrumental)

Personnel

The Black Eyed Peas will.i.am – vocals, Moog synthesizer, executive production, production Fergie – vocals Taboo – vocals

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 and sales

Weekly charts Chart (2003/04) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[8] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[11] 1 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 1 Denmark (Tracklisten)[13] 2 Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[14] 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 12 France (SNEP)[16] 1 Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 1 Hungary (Single Top 40)[18] 5 Hungary (Dance Top 40)[19] 1 Ireland (IRMA)[20] 1 Italy (FIMI)[21] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22] 2 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23] 1 Norway (VG-lista)[24] 1 Poland (Polish Singles Chart)[25] 1 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[26] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 1 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[29] 2 Decade-end charts (2000–2009) Position German Singles Chart[30] 35

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position Irish Singles Chart[31] 18 Chart (2004) Position Australian Singles Chart[32] 9 Austrian Singles Chart[33] 4 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[34] 19 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[35] 6 Dutch Top 40[36] 25 French Singles Chart[37] 6 German Singles Chart[38] 6 Swiss Singles Chart[39] 2 Certifications Country Certification Date Sales certified Australia[40] 2 x Platinum 2004 140,000 Austria[41] Gold May 4, 2004 15,000 Belgium[42] Platinum February 14, 2004 50,000 France[43] Gold November 17, 2004 250,000 Germany[6] Platinum 2004 300,000 New Zealand[44] Platinum March 21, 2004 15,000 Norway[45] Platinum 2004 10,000 Switzerland[46] Platinum 2004 30,000 UK[47] Silver December 19, 2003 200,000 U.S.[48] Gold May 19, 2005 500,000

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 number-one singles in Romania List of number-one hits (Sweden) Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2004

References

1. Associated Press (2010-12-14). "George Clinton sues Black Eyed Peas for copyright infringement". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
2. "Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millénaire en France, épisode 6 (50-41)". Chartsinfrance. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
3. Shut Up's Debut Position
4. Shut Up's Peak Position (First Run)
5. Shut Up's Peak (2nd Time)
6. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Shut+Up')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
7. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Black+Eyed+Peas/Shut+Up/single
8. "Australian-charts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
9. "Austriancharts.at – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
10. "Ultratop.be – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
11. "Ultratop.be – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up" (in French). Ultratop 50.
12. "Black Eyed Peas – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Black Eyed Peas.
13. "Danishcharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up". Tracklisten.
14. "Black Eyed Peas – Chart history" European Hot 100 for Black Eyed Peas.
15. "The Black Eyed Peas: Shut Up" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
16. "Lescharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up" (in French). Les classement single.
17. "Musicline.de – Black Eyed Peas Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
18. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
19. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
20. "Chart Track: Week 50, 2003". Irish Singles Chart.
21. "Italiancharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up". Top Digital Download.
22. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 6, 2004" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
23. "Charts.org.nz – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up". Top 40 Singles.
24. "Norwegiancharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up". VG-lista.
25. "Nielsen Music Control". Archived from the original on 2008-05-08.
26. Romanian Top 100: Editia 7, saptamina 16.02 - 22.02, 2004
27. "Swedishcharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up". Singles Top 100.
28. "Swisscharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up". Swiss Singles Chart.
29. "Black Eyed Peas: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
30. http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html
31. 2003 Irish Singles Chart Irma.ie (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
32. 2004 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
33. 2004 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
34. 2004 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
35. 2004 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
36. "Single top 100 over 2004" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
37. 2004 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
38. "Single Jahrescharts 2004" (in German). MTV. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
39. 2004 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
40. Australian certifications aria.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
41. Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved Merch 24, 2009)
42. Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved Merch 24, 2009)
43. French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
44. New Zealand certifications See: Chart #1399 - Sunday 21 March 2004 rianz.org (Retrieved Merch 24, 2009)
45. Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
46. Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
47. UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved March 24, 2009)
48. US certifications (Retrieved August 5, 2009)

External links

• Official music video VEVO
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics