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Don't Phunk With My Heart by Black Eyed Peas

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Black Eyed Peas Are An American Hip Hop/pop Group Formed In Los Angeles In 1995. The Group's Current Line-Up Consists Of Will.I.Am Taboo And Apl.De.Ap. Black Eyed Peas Have So-Far Sold An Estimated 56 Million Albums And Singles Worldwide. Black Eyed Peas Went To Centenary State High School And Got Their Start In 1988 When Will.I.Am born 1975 William James Adams Jr. And Apl.De.Ap born 1974 Allan Pineda Began Rapping And Performing Together Around Los Angeles. The Pair Signed To Ruthless Records run By Eazy-E After Catching The Attention Of The Nephew Of Jerry Heller Eazy-E's Manager . Along With Mookie Mook Burning Star Dante Santiago & DJ Motiv8 They Called Their Group A.T.B.A.N. Klann. Their Debut Album 'Grass Roots' Was Not Released Originally Because Ruthless Did Not Consider The Social Themes Reflected In The Group's Music To Be Marketable To Their Audience. A Single "Puddles Of H2O" Was Released In 1994 But No Album Was Released until It Leaked Onto The Internet In The Mid 2000s . After Eazy-E Died Of An AIDS Related Illness In 1995 They Changed Their Name To Black Eyed Peas Will.I.Am Explained On The Front Cover Of The Monkey Business Album That "Black Eyed Peas Are Food For The Soul" Hence The Name. Will.I.Am Has Cited The Red Hot Chili Peppers As An Influence And Said He Named His Band After A Food Like Them. They Replaced Their Original Third Member Mookie With Dante Santiago The Peas Original Singer. Then Taboo born Jaime Gomez Joined The Group. Dante Santiago Took On A Role As A Guest Vocalist In The Band And Featured Frequently On Various Tracks For Their First Four Albums. In 1996 They Produced And Appeared On A Song Entitled "That's Right" For Brian Austin Green's Hip-Hop Album One Stop Carnival. Later They Began Using Kim Hill As A Steady Background Singer. Unlike Many Hip-Hop Acts They Chose To Perform With A Live Band And Adopted A Musical And Clothing Style That Differed Wildly From The "gangsta Rap" Sounds Of Other Los Angeles-Based Hip-Hop Acts At The Time. Through The Mid-'90s They Performed In The Local Club Circuit Alongside Fellow Acts Such As Ozomatli And Jurassic 5. The Group Were Signed To Interscope Records And Released Their Debut "Behind The Front" In 1998. The Album Won The Group and Their Accompanying Live Band The Bucky Jonsons Critical Acclaim. The Album Featured The Single "Joints & Jams" Which Was Included On The Bulworth Soundtrack. Their Second Album "Bridging The Gap" Was Released In 2000 It Featured The Single "Request Line" Featuring Macy Gray. After Replacing Their Female Background Singer With Fergie The Group Released Their Breakout Album "Elephunk" And Their 2005 Album "Monkey Business" Which Featured The Hit Singles "Pump It" "Don't Phunk With My Heart" "Don't Lie" And "My Humps". "The E.N.D. The Energy Never Dies " Their Fifth Album Was Released Worldwide In June 2009 And Has Managed To Sell 5 Million Copies In 8 Months Elephunk 7 Million Monkey Business 10 Million . It Already Spawned 2 Of The Most Downloaded Singles Of All Time "Boom Boom Pow" And "I Gotta Feeling" Both Were Downloaded 5 Million Times Only In The USA. The 3rd Single "Meet Me Halfway" Was Downloaded 2 Million Times And The 4th "Imma Be" Which Was Just Released Already Sold 1 Million. "Rock That Body" Is The 5th Single. Http //

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Don't Phunk with My Heart

"Don't Phunk With My Heart" Titled "Don't Mess With My Heart" On The Radio Edit Is A Song By The Black Eyed Peas From Their Fourth Album Monkey Business. It Was Released As The Lead Single From The Album On May 10 2005. The Melodies Used In The Song Were Taken From Two Indian Songs From Two 1970s Hindi/Indian Movies "Ye Mera Dil Pyaar Ka Diwana" From Don 1978 And "Ae Naujawan Hai Sub" From Apradh 1972 . Both Songs Were Originally Composed By Kalyanji Anandji And Sung By Asha Bhosle. This Song Was Remixed For The Black Eyed Peas' Fifth Studio Album The E.N.D. As "Don't Phunk Around." The Opening Music For The Song Is Sampled From "Yeh Mera Dil Pyar Ka Diwana" An Indian Song From The 1978 Bollywood Movie Don. This Same Sample Can Be Heard Regularly In The MTV Reality Series The Hills When A Segment Ends Before A Commercial Break. The Rest Of The Melody Used In The Song Is Based On "Aye Naujawan Hai Sub Yahan" A Song From The 1972 Bollywood Movie Apradh. Both Songs Were Originally Composed By The Kalyanji Anandji Brothers Sung By Asha Bhosle And Featured The Dancer Helen Richardson. The Black Eyed Peas Acquired The Rights For The Songs From The Music Label Sa Re Ga Ma The Copyright Holders Of Both Songs Though They Never Got In Touch With Anandji Virji Shah The Surviving Member Of The Kalyanji Anandji Duo. The Song Also Uses A Vocal Interpolation Of "I Wonder If I Take You Home" Originally Performed By Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam. In This Exotic But "phunky" Jam Will.I.Am Apl.De.Ap And Taboo Express Their Romantic Interests In How Much They Enjoy Fergie's Company. Fergie However Is Not Convinced Although She Likes Them She Is Feeling Insecure And Wonders If She Takes Them Home If They'll Still Be In Love With Her. The Men Try To Reassure Her That They Do Love Her And That Don't Just Want Sex. Fergie Is Not Buying It And Is Cautious As She Warns Them "No-No-No-No Don't Phunk With My Heart." In Turn "Don't Phunk With My Heart" Was Sampled By T.R. Silambarasan In His Tamil Film Saravana As "Gori Tera" With Jyothika Saravanan In The Single. The B-Side "Bend Your Back" Samples The Song "Hip Hop Vs Rap" By KRS One Which Is Also A B-Side. In 2007 A Mashup Music Video Billed As "The Black Eyed Peace Sic Ft Zdob Şi Zdub—Don't Mess With Inima Mea" Began Appearing On The Internet Mixing "Don't Phunk With My Heart" With Elements From The Song "DJ Vasile" By Moldovan Band Zdob Şi Zdub. The Word "Phunk" Sic "Funk" Was Replaced With "Mess" In The Clean Version Due To Possibly Sounding Too Much Like The Word "Fuck" In The Song. The Video For The Song Is A Parody Of Game Shows Most Notably The Price Is Right The Dating Game And Love Connection. Fergie Is A Beautiful Girl Who Her Bandmates Will.I.Am APL And Taboo Attempt To Win Her Heart By Being Chosen To Go On A Date With Her By Spinning A Wheel To Decide Where They Will Go Then Being Teleported To The Site. Will.I.Am Takes Fergie On A Horse-Ride APL Takes Her Dancing And Taboo Takes Her To A Restaurant But Each Date Ends Badly With Voodoo Thursday Sabotaging The Boys' Attempts. He Makes Will.I.Am's Horse Buck Him Off He Electrically Shocks APL When Fergie Tries To Kiss Him And He Programs Taboo To Grab Another Girl's Butt. In The End Fergie Has To Choose Who To End Up With. Voodoo Then Spins The Wheel It Comes Up "knock Boots". When The Time Comes For Fergie To Choose Voodoo Whispers Something To Fergie And They Are Teleported Away. The Members Of The Black Eyed Peas All Appear In The Video Some In Multiple Roles. Will.I.Am Plays Himself The Host Voodoo Thursday And The Drummer In The Live Band. APL Plays Himself The Guitar Player And The Announcer Fergie Plays Herself And Taboo Plays Himself And The Pianist/keyboardist In The Live Band. A Brief Instrumental Clip Of The Song Can Be Heard On Various Episodes Of The Hills As Their Cue For Possible Drama Coming Up. Released In 2005 The Single Reached Number Three In The United States Due To High Downloads Becoming The Black Eyed Peas' Second Top-Ten Single In The U.S. It Also Reached Three In The United Kingdom. In The Latin America Top 40 The Single Is The Black Eyed Peas's Fourth Entry The Song Debuted At #31 It Reached The Top Ten Becoming Their First Top Ten Three Weeks Later And Peaked At #2 In Its 11th Week And Stayed There For Two Weeks Behind The Mega Latin American Hit La Tortura Which Hold The Top Of The Chart For Twenty Weeks. "Don't Phunk With My Heart" Is The Black Eyed Peas's 2nd Biggest Hit To Date In Latin America The Song Was The 10th Most Played Song In Latin America In 2005. The Black Eyed Peas Were Nominated For Two 2006 Grammy Awards For The Song And Won For "Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group". The Song Also Won The BMI Award Which Was Awarded To The Kalyanji Anandji Brothers For Their Compositions Of "Ye Mera Dil" And "Ae Nujawan" Used As A Basis For The Song. The Award Was Collected By Anandji Virji Shah The Surviving Member Of The Duo.

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