Podcasts · 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling”
· 1 h 36 min
Episode Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling”
Are bad lyrics good lyrics? That’s the question Rob posits as he tackles the Black Eyed Peas, who may have mastered the art of good-bad songwriting. He looks back on how the Peas jumped from hip-hop to pop after they added Fergie to their crew, until they ultimately hit dance music in 2009—but they maintained their goofy sensibility the whole way. Later, Rob’s joined by columnist Leslie Gray Streeter to discuss the merits of “My Humps” and why “I Gotta Feeling” has come to represent the Obamacore era.
(00:00) Intro: Lyrics so bad that ... maybe they're good?
(21:12) This week’s song: “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas
(24:57) BEP’s early hip-hop days
(39:05) Shifting to pop and recruiting Fergie
(51:54) The wonderfully dumb ‘The E.N.D.’ and “I Gotta Feeling”
(01:00:24) Interview with Leslie Gray Streeter
(01:32:58) Outro
Host: Rob Harvilla
Guest: Leslie Gray Streeter
Producers: Julianna Ress, Chris Sutton, Justin Sayles, and Olivia Crerie
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