Have you noticed its popularity increasing and/or decreasing at all over the past 10 years? Has the rise and slow decline of EDM seemed to affect it at all? This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 2009, The Black Eyed Peas Began a Record Six-Month Stay… There have been plenty of songs that became extremely popular that didn’t sound like hits to me at all, and vice versa. Marc Sense, Integral DJs: It’s a popular choice for certain people because the lyrics are super generic and easily relatable.Ĭould you tell it’d be popular from the first time you heard it?Īaron Kannowski, Uptown Sound: It definitely sounded like a hit, but it’s hard to know for sure how popular a song will become. Wedding guests already kind of know that, so this song just propels the thought into the universe.ĭJ Blair, Nashville Party Authority: It feels like a summer evening. Jimmy Harris, DeepBlu Entertainment: It reflects the energy that everyone in the room is already feeling- “Tonight’s gonna be a good night”.
Jeff Christenson, Jay Fox Productions: From the first few notes you know it’s gonna be a fun song… It starts with the promise that, “tonight’s gonna be a good night,” and then sets out to prove it by making sure the room is jumping in unison. Despite all that, “I Gotta Feeling” is a survivor, especially at weddings.īlack Eyed Peas' 'I Gotta Feeling' Breaks Digital Sales Recordīillboard: Why do you think “I Gotta Feeling” is a popular choice for wedding receptions?ĭJ Taiga, The Remixologists: It’s a upbeat song with an infectious melody, celebratory vibe, and it literally talks about having the greatest night of your life! It hits the ‘must play party song’ trifecta.
As is the case with those that actually do go on to dominate airwaves for months on end, the 2009 hit’s haters have probably grown even more entrenched after being unwillingly subjected to it in public, in media, and at social gatherings for the past decade. Guetta’s a master of smoothing things over for pop consumption.Īs with any song that seems divinely predestined for chart success, “I Gotta Feeling” has had its detractors since day one. “I Gotta Feeling” itself was inspired by melodies from U2’s “I’ll Go Crazy if I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” (at least according to Jimmy Iovine, BEP’s label head at the time), but came out more closely resembling a 2006 song by another anthemic Irish rock band. Less than two months prior, Guetta dropped the Kelly Rowland-assisted “When Love Takes Over,” which is based around a piano melody that’s very reminiscent of Coldplay’s “Clocks.” His other contribution to The E.N.D., the BEP album that contains “I Gotta Feeling,” is “Rock That Body,” a song that’ll sound very familiar to fans of the Justice and MSTRKRFT-style bloghaus genre that was just waning at the time. Most of that’s due to Guetta, who in this era of his career had his ear to the ground, taking existing sounds from the indie, alternative, and dance music universes and optimizing them for mass appeal. A collaboration with French house DJ (and eventual pop-dance mainstay) David Guetta, “I Gotta Feeling” gives off the distinct air of a song you’ve heard before, even upon first listen.