David Guetta & Chris Willis ft. Fergie & LMFAO - Gettin' Over You
OK, now this is getting silly. It's fine for friends to help each other out, and clearly if a pop star is helping another pop star, they're going to want a credit...but FOUR NAMES? In a ROW? That's just a recipe for bad filing.
And have you seen how they're divided into two camps? There's David and Chris on one side: they're clearly the people who MADE this thing, they're the creative geniuses. And then there's Fergie and LMFAO, who just FEATURE on it. They're the hired help.
Oh sure, they're the voices you hear for twelvety-threen percent of the song, but that's because they FEATURE quite HEAVILY. The powerhouse behind the throne, the people who make it all happen, that's yer Guetta/Willis axis, and don't you forget it.
(. Which features some INCREDIBLY BLATANT product placement. See if you can spot it.)
I like this song. It's kinda rowdy and kinda fun, and while it is a smidge cheesy - in much the same way that cheddar trainers would be a smidge cheesy - well, that's how you get the biggest party started. You need something a bit goofy that works like a caffeine jolt to a tired mind. LMFAO bring that goofy, while Fergie sandblasts the rough surfaces even rougher with that power-hose voice of hers, and Chris Willis smiles and plays the happy soul man.
There would be no point in worrying about whether this builds a new cyclepath through music's densely populated urban sprawl, mainly because that's not what anyone is expecting from a David Guetta barnstormer in the first place. But it would be nice to be able to enjoy the blessed thing without constantly dealing with the niggling, geeky voice at the back of my mind that plays 'Spot The Idea That The Black Eyed Peas Did First'.
I meantasay...what's the thinking behind blatantly pinching the best bit from 'Boom Boom Pow' and forcing the lady who sang it to suffer the indignity of doing it again, only less brilliantly? That's not nice!
And the introduction is taken from 'I Gotta Feeling', isn't it? A song which David produced in the first place, so he can hardly claim not to KNOW. Strange eh?
Good chorus though: powerful. I wonder how many megawatts of electricity you could generate, just by getting Fergie to sing at a wind-farm?
Download: Out now
CD Released: May 31st
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(Fraser McAlpine)
"I Gotta Feeling: How David Guetta Will Kill Electronic Music."
"As with any Guetta production, the party can never stay away."
"We're putting money on a Guetta produced Chris Willis album in the next 12 months."
Comment number 1.
At 25th May 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:As much as I originally loved I Gotta Feeling, the song irritated me beyond repair when it got played EVERYWHERE for all of last Summer. I officially HATE the song now and that hate will probably never go away now and I will never return to the time when it was my song of the Summer.
We do not need Part II. I'm sick of David Guetta trying to look hip in all his videos and his bouncy recycled beats. That said, my rant is kind of redundant as I do love Fergie and Chris Willis' parts in this song...in 3 weeks it will annoy the excrement out of me.
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Comment number 2.
At 25th May 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Oh and I forgot about Fergie's lyric: "PEOPLE IN THE PLACE, IF YOU WANT LOVE!" which is like her part in Boom Boom Pow where she sings "PEOPLE IN THE PLACE, IF YOU WANT TO GET DOWN!" but changes the lyric to Love because Guetta's album is called One Love. See he can do subliminal as well as blatant product placement.
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Comment number 3.
At 26th May 2010, U14429597 wrote:Good Song or not, Fergie can belt out a number!
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Comment number 4.
At 26th May 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Sadly a bad one.
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Comment number 5.
At 27th May 2010, Haducon2 wrote:I've got a feeling was like musical torture. Not heard this yet, but seeing as it's Guetta it can't be too bad.
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Comment number 6.
At 27th May 2010, OddOne wrote:I was really expecting something big from this, the first 30 seconds are bareble thanks to Fergie and some other random guy with a decent voice.
Then, all of a sudden the part you expect to be the best (when the beat is introduced) really lack A LOT. Then some other random rappers come and ruin the song.
Most annoying though is that off-beat and VERRRRY annoying squeak you hear over the beats...
2 stars, and that's only because Fergie's doing it all.
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Comment number 7.
At 30th May 2010, thranjax wrote:LM*AO being an acceptable name for a band suggests the end of music as I know it. I sleep now. Also the actual name of this band fails the filter.
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Comment number 8.
At 30th May 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Yeah I think it's ridiculous. For all the filter knows, LM*AO could stand for Laugh My Fat Ass Off!
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Comment number 9.
At 31st May 2010, thranjax wrote:Don't be cruel to yourself Random. I am sure you are very svelte.
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Comment number 10.
At 31st May 2010, spirit wrote:Yeah , I heard Randy works out in the gym with Shane from Westlife every day , whilst Nicky and Kian watch on dumbstruck by Randy's physique . Mark just stares open mouthed .
Also I hear another gym user , Louis Walsh , is very sensitive to Randy's physical needs , and has set up a personal body regime to maintain full , lower body flexibility at all times .
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Comment number 11.
At 31st May 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Hey, I'm proud of my voluptuous ass! But everything Spirit said is completely true. When I'm not writing away on the Internet, I'm working out like a demon! *manly grunt* Louis Walsh is actually originally from Kingshleppy's neck of the woods
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Comment number 12.
At 31st May 2010, kingshleppy wrote:I would like to point out that I have never been in the vicinity of Louis Walsh or Randy's hindquarters, but if you're looking for somewhere to work out guys, I work at a gym!!! WOO!!!
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Comment number 13.
At 31st May 2010, OddOne wrote:*Testosterone levels fly throught the roof*
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Comment number 14.
At 6th Jun 2010, nicoley wrote:best song going at the moment, definitely a summer 2010 number one!
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Comment number 15.
At 6th Jun 2010, SamuraisShadow wrote:Every song you rate bad always does well
He gave Sexy Chick 2 stars and it got to number 1.
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Comment number 16.
At 6th Jun 2010, OddOne wrote:@15
/blogs/chartblog/2009/11/lady_gaga_bad_romance.shtml
Orly?
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Comment number 17.
At 7th Jun 2010, U14429597 wrote:@16 I think he just was saying that badly reviewed songs do well, not well reviewed songs do badly? If you get me :L
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Comment number 18.
At 7th Jun 2010, OddOne wrote:Ohhhhh. Well Fraser criminally reviewed Mika's 'Rain' and gave it 2 stars. It Mika's best song yet! (excluding 'Kick Ass (We Are young)').
Due to lack of radio airplay and video play it peaked at #72. -cries
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Comment number 19.
At 8th Jun 2010, kingshleppy wrote:Mika is awful.
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Comment number 20.
At 8th Jun 2010, OddOne wrote:Yes he is, but that song is not.
As it appears to be annoying you kingshleppy, I promise I shall refrain from talking about him and any of his 'alright' songs.
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Comment number 21.
At 13th Jun 2010, kingshleppy wrote:please, talk about him all you want!! I honestly didn't mean it to sound as if you weren't allowed to express your opinion on Mika, it just would have looked weird if I had have shouted this out in my sitting room at the time!!!
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Comment number 22.
At 13th Jun 2010, OddOne wrote:Aha kingshleppy! Okay then, but Whilst his second album is a HUGE leap forward in my books I understand that he's not everyone's cup of tea.
(Last minute Mika out-burst):
RE-RELEASE 'RAIN'!
^Just my opinion.
-clears throat and re-composes himself
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