Rock That Body

"Rock That Body"
Single by The Black Eyed Peas
from the album The E.N.D
B-side	"Imma Be"
Released	January 29, 2010 (See Release history)
Format	CD single, digital download
Genre	House
Length	4:28 (Album/Main North American Version) 3:58 (UK/International Radio Edit)
Label	Interscope
Writer(s)	Adam Walder Allan Pineda David Guetta James Brown Jaime Gomez Jamie Munson Jean Baptiste Mark Knight Robert Ginyard Rodney Bryce Stacy Ferguson Teddy Riley William Adams
Producer(s)	David Guetta will.i.am Mark Knight Funkagenda
The Black Eyed Peas singles chronology
"Imma Be" (2009) "Rock That Body" (2010) "Missing You" (2010)
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"Rock That Body" is a song by The Black Eyed Peas, taken from their multi-platinum selling fifth studio album The E.N.D. The song serves as the fifth international single from the album, and fifth and final in the United States, it was released in Australia on January 29 and was released on March 15 in the UK. The song was officially sent to U.S. radio stations on May 11, 2010.^[1] The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the 5th Top 10 hit from the album. The line "I wanna rock right now", which is repeated several times in the song, is sampled from Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock's 1988 song "It Takes Two."^[2]

Composition

Spin described "Rock That Body" as "trance-y".^[3] Co-produced by French DJ/producer David Guetta, the song heavily samples from Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two", making use of the line "I wanna rock right now" multiple times, as well as the drum break, and part of the "Yeah! Woo!" line.^[4] The Black Eyed Peas use Auto-Tune throughout the song, and Fergie's voice has been notably high-pitched.^[5] The song is most known to critics as a robotic party track on the album.^[6] The song has been compared to be stylistically similar to Flo Rida,^[7] whose song "Club Can't Handle Me" (from the motion picture Step Up 3D) Guetta would later go on to produce.

Critical reception

Fraser McAlpine of the BBC Chart Blog gave "Rock That Body" three out of five stars and called it "a party banger".^[8] "Rock That Body" has been well received critically by Mike Schiller of PopMatters.^[9] Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating: "It's got plenty of pounding beats, synths that sound like they've been filled with Red Bull and more twisted vocal effects than an mp3 of Akon cutting loose in a vocoder factory. It's pretty simple stuff and it will no doubt grate something rotten on the 36th listen..."^[10]

Chart performance

The song has been a success, reaching the top-ten in many countries and top-twenty in a number of others too. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song has, so far, reach #9, making their 5th consecutive top-ten hit.^[11] For airplay, it proved to be their lowest-charting single since 2005's "Gone Going", released to radio stations in early 2006.

Music video

From left to right apl.de.ap, Taboo, Fergie and will.i.am holding stereo-guns in the second half of "Imma Be Rocking That Body".

The video was filmed on January 13, 2010. Directed by Rich Lee, it was shot back to back with the video for "Imma Be", the 4th song on "The E.N.D.^[12] The two songs were mashed up into a medley, which is titled "Imma Be Rocking That Body". The medley length is 8:15 and the music video in total is 10:21. It premiered on Vevo and Dipdive on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.^[13][14] The videos were separated for music channels with the introduction and conclusion removed. The video is described as a futuristic Wizard of Oz.^[15] It is the sequel for the "Imma Be" video and Victoria Cape has not appeared in the video. It begins with The Black Eyed Peas and their good robot arriving at a city, the people in the city are stuck in a glitch. The 4 members of the group shoot them with their stereo-guns to end their loop so they could continue dancing. As things are going well, the bad robot appears and kidnaps Fergie, will.i.am chases after it with his own robot while fergie fights the bad robot and the other two members free the remaining people. After many failed attempts, will.i.am manages to shoot the bad robot, which starts dancing with the good robot. The video ends as the bad robot runs out of energy and faints.

Track listings

UK CD Single^[16]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rock That Body" (Radio Edit)	3:58
2.	"Meet Me Halfway" (will.i.am Meet Me At The Remix)	5:49
Total length:		9:47

Digital Download E.P.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Imma Be" (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)	6:24
2.	"Imma Be" (Danger Olympic Remix)	4:31
3.	"Imma Be" (Poet Name Life & DJ Ammo Remix)	4:42
4.	"Rock That Body" (Skrillex Remix)	5:09
5.	"Rock That Body" (Chris Lake Remix)	5:54
6.	"Rock That Body" (apl.de.ap and DJ Replay Remix)	5:54
Total length:		31:21

Personnel

• Songwriting - will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, Fergie, David Guetta, Mark Knight, Adam Walder, Jean Baptiste, Jamie Munson, Robert Ginyard
• Vocals - will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, Fergie
• Production - David Guetta, will.i.am, Mark Knight, Funkagenda
• Keyboards - Mark Night, Adam Walder, will.i.am
• Additional guitar, additional keyboards, additional vocals — Hal Ritson
• Arrangement - will.i.am

Source:^[17]

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[18] 8 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[19] 7 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[20] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[21] 5 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[22] 41 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[23] 23 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[24] 17 Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[25] 6 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[26] 19 France (SNEP)[27] 7 Germany (Official German Charts)[28] 10 Ireland (IRMA)[29] 9 Israel (Media Forest)[30] 7 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[31] 16 Poland (Dance Top 50)[32] 13 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[33] 11 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[34] 23 Spanish Airplay Chart[35] 18 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 27 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[37] 11 UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[38] 1 US Billboard Hot 100[39] 9 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[40] 5 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[41] 12 US Rhythmic (Billboard)[42] 18

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[43] 25 European Hot 100 Singles[44] 52 Certifications Country Certification Australia Platinum[45] Italy Gold[46] United Kingdom Silver

Radio add dates and release history

Radio add dates Region Date Format United States[47] May 11, 2010 Mainstream

Release history Region Date Format Australia January 29, 2010[48] CD single Brazil March 5, 2010[49] Digital download United Kingdom March 15, 2010[50] CD single Germany March 19, 2010[51] France April 6, 2010[52] United States May 11, 2010[53]

See also

• List of number-one dance hits of 2010 (UK)

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External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics