Elephunk

Elephunk
Elephunk
Studio album by the Black Eyed Peas
Released	June 24, 2003
Recorded	August 23, 2001–May 11, 2003
Studio	Glenwood Place (Burbank)[lower-alpha 1]; Record Plant[lower-alpha 2]; The Stewchia (Los Angeles)[lower-alpha 3]; Velvet Tone (Sacramento)[lower-alpha 4]; Unnamed location (Bodega Bay)[lower-alpha 5];
Genre	Hip hop; funk; R&B;
Length	59:30
Label	A&M; Interscope; will.i.am;
Producer	will.i.am; apl.de.ap; Ron Fair; Poet Named Life;
the Black Eyed Peas chronology
Singles from Elephunk
	"Where Is the Love?"; Released: May 12, 2003; "Shut Up"; Released: September 8, 2003; "Hey Mama"; Released: January 12, 2004; "Let's Get It Started"; Released: June 1, 2004;

Elephunk is the third studio album by American hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on June 24, 2003, by the will.i.am Music Group and A&M Records. Although the album is the group's third album it is also the groups first in many ways; it was the first album to feature R&B singer Fergie and was the first album of the group to be billed as "the Black Eyed Peas".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(66/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press
The A.V. Club	(positive)[3]
Blender
Drowned in Sound	(9/10)
Entertainment Weekly	C[4]
Mojo
PopMatters	[5]
Robert Christgau	A-[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

Track listings

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hands Up"	Will Adams Allan Pineda Jaime Gomez George Pajon, Jr. Michael Fratantuno Jean Baptiste Billy May	will.i.am	3:35
2.	"Labor Day (It's a Holiday)"	Adams Pineda Thomas van Musser James Brown Phelps Catfish Collins Williams Earl Collins John Griggs Clayton Gunnells Darrel Jamiso Robert McCullough Clyde Stubblefield Frank Clifford Waddy	will.i.am	3:58
3.	"Let's Get Retarded"	Adams Pineda Gomez Terence Yoshiaki Fratantuno George Pajon, Jr.	will.i.am	3:35
4.	"Hey Mama"	Adams Anthony Henry	will.i.am	3:34
5.	"Shut Up"	Adams Gomez J. Curtis George Pajon, Jr.	will.i.am Ron Fair (vocal)	4:56
6.	"Smells Like Funk"	Adams Pineda Fratantuno George Pajon, Jr.	will.i.am	5:04
7.	"Latin Girls"	Adams Pineda Gomez Curtis George Pajon, Jr. Debi Nova	will.i.am	6:17
8.	"Sexy"	Adams Antonio Carlos Jobim Vinicius de Moraes	will.i.am	4:43
9.	"Fly Away"	Stacy Ferguson Adams Ray Brady	will.i.am	3:35
10.	"The Boogie That Be"	Adams John Stephens van Musser	will.i.am	5:12
11.	"The Apl Song"	Adams Pineda	apl.de.ap will.i.am	2:54
12.	"Anxiety" (with Papa Roach)	Adams Pineda Papa Roach	will.i.am	3:38
13.	"Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justin Timberlake) (includes hidden track "Third Eye")	Adams Timberlake Gomez Pineda Printz Board Fratantuno George Pajon, Jr. Curtis	will.i.am Fair	8:29

2004 reissue bonus track[8]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justin Timberlake)	Adams Timberlake Gomez Pineda Board Fratantuno Pajon, Jr. Curtis	will.i.am Fair	4:32
14.	"Let's Get It Started" (includes hidden track "Third Eye")	Adams Pineda Gomez Yoshiaki Fratantuno George Pajon, Jr.	will.i.am	7:33

UK bonus tracks[9]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justin Timberlake)	Adams Timberlake Gomez Pineda Board Fratantuno Pajon, Jr. Curtis	will.i.am Fair	4:32
14.	"Third Eye"	Adams	will.i.am	3:44
15.	"Rock My Shit"	Adams Jamie Munson Board	will.i.am Poet Named Life	3:52
16.	"What's Goin' Down"	Adams	will.i.am	2:41

Asian special edition (Bonus AVCD)[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Where Is the Love?" (video)
2.	"Shut Up" (video)
3.	"Where Is the Love?" (instrumental)
4.	"Shut Up" (instrumental)
5.	"Sumthin for That Ass" (non-LP version)
6.	"Tell Your Mama Come" (live)

France bonus tracks[11]
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Hands Up" (Live from the House of Blues, Chicago)	5:07
16.	"Fly Away" (Live from the House of Blues, Chicago)	3:09

German bonus track
No.	Title	Length
15.	"The Elephunk Theme"	5:05

Personnel

The Black Eyed Peas

will.i.am – vocals on all tracks except 11; backing vocals on track 11; Moog synthesizers on tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13; drum programming on tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; clavinet on tracks 12 and 13; drums and piano on track 2; Wurlitzer electric piano on track 4; synthesizer on track 10; executive production; production; engineering on tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12 and 14; mixing on tracks 10 and 14
apl.de.ap – vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13; drum programming and production on track 11
Fergie – vocals on all tracks except 6, 7 and 12
Taboo – vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 13; guitar

Main session musicians

George Pajon, Jr. – guitar on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13 and 15
J. Curtis – guitar on tracks 5, 7, 11 and 13
Mike Fratantuno – bass on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 14 and 15; guitarrón on track 7; double bass and acoustic guitar on track 13
Dante Santiago – backing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 and 10; vocals on track 7

Other contributors

Printz Board – horns on track 2; trumpet on track 7; Moog synthesizer and clavinet on track 13
Tim Orindgreff – horns on track 2; saxophone and flute on track 7
Terence Yoshiaki – drums on tracks 3 and 7
Noelle Scaggs – backing vocals on tracks 3 and 6
Tippa Irie – vocals on track 4

Ray Brady – guitar on tracks 5 and 9
Terry Dexter – backing vocals on track 6
Travis Barker - drums on track 15
Davey Chegwidden – percussion on track 7
Chuck Prada – percussion on tracks 7 and 14
Debi Nova – vocals on track 7
Sérgio Mendes – piano on track 8

John Legend – vocals on track 10
Jacoby Shaddix – vocals on track 12
Tobin Esperance – bass on track 12
Jerry Horton – guitar on track 12
David Buckner – drums on track 12
Justin Timberlake – vocals on track 13

Main production personnel

Ron Fair – executive production; production on track 13; additional vocal production on track 5; piano on track 7
Dylan Dresdow – engineering on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 15; additional vocal engineering on track 3
Christine Sirois – engineering assistance on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 13
Tony Maserati – mixing on all tracks except 10 and 12
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering

Additional production personnel

Tal Herzberg – additional engineering on tracks 5 and 13
Jun Ishizeki – engineering on track 10
Jason Villaroman – engineering on track 11
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing on track 12

The album is considered a victim of the Loudness war, with the worst possible ranking in the Hall of CD Clipping Shame, as 1 minute 19 seconds of the CD's audio has been destroyed by clipping.[12]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]	3
Canadian Albums (Jam!)[15]	2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16]	3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18]	3
French Albums (SNEP)[19]	2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15]	6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20]	6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21]	2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22]	2
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[23]	41
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[24]	3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[25]	10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26]	5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27]	1
UK Albums (OCC)[28]	3
US Billboard 200[29]	14

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[15]	47

Certifications

Countries	Certification	Sales
Argentina	Gold[30]	50,000
Australia	4× Platinum[31]	280,000
Brazil	Diamond[15]	500,000
Canada	7× Platinum[32]	700,000
Finland	Gold[33]	23,541
France	4× Platinum[34]	413,000
Germany	Platinum[35]	200,000
Indonesia	Gold[36]	45,000
Japan	Gold[37]	100,000
Canada	7× Platinum[38]	700,000
Europe	2× Platinum[15]	2,000,000
Mexico	Platinum[39]	100,000
Spain	Platinum[40]	100,000
Switzerland	Platinum[41]	40,000
Sweden	Gold[42]	30,000
UK	5× Platinum[43]	1,500,000
US	2× Platinum[44]	3,190,000[45]

Release history

Country	Date	Edition	Label
Canada[46]	June 24, 2003	Standard	Universal
Germany[47]	July 1, 2003		Universal
United Kingdom[9]	August 7, 2003		Polydor
United States[8]	May 26, 2004	Re-issue	A&M

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Notes

Tracks 1, 5–7, 13
Tracks 2, 10, 11
Tracks 1, 3–5, 7–10, 13
Track 12
Track 6

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[Allmusic-7] Bush, John. "Elephunk - Black Eyed Peas". AllMusic.

[8] Rabin, Nathan (July 14, 2003). "Black Eyed Peas: Elephunk". The A.V. Club.

[EW-9] Serpick, Evan (June 27, 2003). "Elephunk Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[10] Sawyer, Terry (July 18, 2003). "Black Eyed Peas: Elephunk". PopMatters.

[Christgau-11] Christgau, Robert (January 27, 2004). "Parts of the Elephunk". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2016-08-28.

[12] Hardy, Ernest (June 18, 2003). "Elephunk". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

[amazon.com-13] "Elephunk: Music". Amazon. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[amazon.co.uk-14] The Black Eyed Peas. "Elephunk [Explicit Lyrics]: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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[16] Black Eyed Peas. "Elephunk: Black Eyed Peas: Amazon.fr: Musique". Amazon.fr. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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[ac_Austria_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-19] "Austriancharts.at – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[Mariah_charts-20] "Chart Data: Black Eyed Peas". Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_Denmark_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-21] "Danishcharts.dk – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_Netherlands_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-22] "Dutchcharts.nl – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_Finland_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-23] "The Black Eyed Peas: Elephunk" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_France_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-24] "Lescharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_Italy_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-25] "Italiancharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_New_Zealand_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-26] "Charts.nz – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_Norway_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-27] "Norwegiancharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_Poland_-28] "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.

[ac_Portugal_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-29] "Portuguesecharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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[ac_Sweden_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-31] "Swedishcharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[ac_Switzerland_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-32] "Swisscharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[ac_UK_The_Black_Eyed_Peas-33] "The Black Eyed Peas | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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[38] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2016-08-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[41] "Indonesian Sales and Certification". Indonesianalbum.blog.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[42] Japanese Sales and Certification(in Japanese)

[43] "Canadian Sales and Certification". Cria.ca. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[44] "Mexican Sales and Certification". Amprofon.com.mx. August 14, 2003. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[45] PROMUSICAE. "Spanish 2004 Sales" (PDF). PROMUSICAE. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[46] Steffen Hung. "Swiss Sales and Certification". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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[1] Tracks 1, 5–7, 13

[2] Tracks 2, 10, 11

[3] Tracks 1, 3–5, 7–10, 13

[4] Track 12

[5] Track 6

Black Eyed Peas
will.i.am apl.de.ap Taboo J. Rey Soul Fergie Kim Hill
Studio albums	Behind the Front Bridging the Gap Elephunk Monkey Business The E.N.D. The Beginning Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 Translation
Compilations	Renegotiations: The Remixes The E.N.D. Summer 2010 Canadian Invasion Tour: Remix Collection
Video albums	Behind the Bridge to Elephunk Live from Sydney to Vegas
Singles	"Joints & Jam" "Karma" "BEP Empire/Get Original "Weekends" "Request + Line" "Where Is the Love?" "Shut Up" "Hey Mama" "Let's Get It Started" "Don't Phunk with My Heart" "Don't Lie" "My Humps" "Pump It" "Boom Boom Pow" "I Gotta Feeling" "Meet Me Halfway" "Imma Be" "Rock That Body" "Missing You" "The Time (Dirty Bit)" "Just Can't Get Enough" "Don't Stop the Party" "Where's the Love" "Be Nice" "Ritmo" "Mamacita" "Feel the Beat" "Vida Loca" "Girl Like Me" "Don't You Worry" "Simply the Best"
Promotional singles	"Alive" "Yesterday"
Featured singles	"Mas que Nada"
Concert tours	The Monkey Business Tour Honda Civic Tour The E.N.D. World Tour The Beginning Massive Stadium Tour
Related articles	Accolades Discography Atban Klann The Black Eyed Peas Experience Masters of the Sun (comic) Super Bowl XLV halftime show
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