Black Eyed Peas

"Meet Me Halfway" (Stream)

Black Eyed Peas' latest E.N.D. single is "Meet Me Halfway," a ballad that could serve as a message to non-fans who complain about the Peas' lack of talent (boom!). That said, this is way less offensive than their downright abysmal "Boom Boom Pow," but it kind of sounds like it was written with the end of a Jerry Bruckheimer production in mind. Michael Bay is already on the phone to have this close Transformers 2: The Reckoning, and it's not even out yet. I'm more impressed that the Peas were able to go an entire song without repeating some nonsensical hook a billion times. Really impressed. To stream the track, go here

 

The E.N.D. is due out on June 9. [via Idolator]

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May 28, 2009 at 11:59 a.m.

where's the repeating nonsensical hook???

May 28, 2009 at 12:04 p.m.

Lulz. It got retarded and boom boom powed out of the song.

May 28, 2009 at 11:55 p.m.

If you're going to be jealous of the Black Eyed Peas, you don't have to rant on them...

June 11, 2009 at 10:36 p.m.

Sounds so freakin familiar, like an old eighties song, someone help me out. I can't be the only one.

July 27, 2009 at 11:05 a.m.

It totally sounds like an 80s song I can't place. It was a great song. I would really like to know what this song is. I remember really enjoying it. And I'm trying to find it. When I came across the post.

August 6, 2009 at 2:07 p.m.

fergie said her hook was inspired by "borderline" by madonna. That could be the 80's song you are thinking of.

September 13, 2009 at 9:05 p.m.

is the sample that everyone is dreaming of from the baz luman movie "STRICTLY BALLROOM"???? 'time after time' maybe???.... it is somewhere in the movie... enjoy!

October 1, 2009 at 9:16 a.m.

not sure if this helps, but it reminds me of "tell it to my heart" by taylor dayne, circa 1980s.

October 5, 2009 at 10:53 a.m.

I'm pretty sure the song you're thinking of is "Time after Time" it's a guitar melody between the first chorus and second verse.

October 8, 2009 at 2:48 a.m.

I too am trying to figure out what the melodic hook is, but I'd like to add that they use a sample of Yeah Yeah Yeah's guitar from "Maps".

October 14, 2009 at 1:19 a.m.

fergie is trying to make her voice sound like madonna
and they're totally ripping off music from the killers "when you were young" + yeah yeah yeah's "maps"

i mean, if you're not gonna be original at least give credit to those who deserve it.

October 23, 2009 at 10:08 a.m.

Yes it (the chorus) sounds like an 80's song! A man sings it, he sounds sad in it! Please help cos Im goin nuts trying to remember!!

October 27, 2009 at 1:12 a.m.

Rick Astley

October 28, 2009 at 1:28 p.m.

OMG i cant believe im not the only one that noticed this, its fergies bit, sounds like something oldschool its on the tip of my tounge but i just cant place it, i dont think ts any of the songs you have said! but i do like the song! and the video!

October 28, 2009 at 2:25 p.m.

i know exactly what you guys mean. i've searched all over the web for information on it, but it seems no one can quite remember where fergie's part's from.

November 2, 2009 at 11:56 a.m.

The part in the chorus when Fergie says "i'll be lookin out night n'day" the night n'day bit sounds like the "yeah yeah" in an old 90's maybe 80's song that I grew up with. More likely to be 90's! but I can't place my finger on it. It was probably an old disco type song! It's been bugging me for days!

November 2, 2009 at 2:41 p.m.

totally sounds like an 80's song! ive been thinking that too...wonder who she is trying to recreate?

November 5, 2009 at 10:35 a.m.

It's Tell it To My Heart!!! Shamelessly stolen from Taylor Dayne

November 6, 2009 at 8:34 p.m.

I keep thinking it is similar to a New Order song?

November 7, 2009 at 12:49 p.m.

It's not an 80s song. I know what all of you mean. I would hear the song from my shower radio and it would KILL ME trying to figure out why that hook is so familiar! I got it though!... It's COLDPLAY!!! It's from Viva La Vida by Coldplay. If you have the CD, somewhere around the 3:00 mark of Viva La Vida you'll hear why it sounds so familiar.

November 7, 2009 at 12:49 p.m.

it does sound like tell it to my heart and it does sound like cindy lauper and a little like stevie nicks even, but the song im thinking of says something like i dont wanna be i dont wanna know or something like that, if i work it out ill post it!

November 8, 2009 at 1:08 p.m.

I got the song i was thinking of, it was Madonna, please dont say your sorry, this song sure sounds like a lot of others!

November 10, 2009 at 11:08 a.m.

I've also been pondering what the sampled song is. I definitely had the same 80's hunch and the one that comes to mind is...

depeche mode-enjoy the silence

Listen to it on youtube or something, let me know if you think that's where the sample originated from.

November 10, 2009 at 4:44 p.m.

the 'night and day' part in the chorus totally sounds like it's lifted from a 90s dance song... the closest i can come is "Rhythm of the Night" by Corona - where she sings 'this is the rhythm of the night... my night" the last bit sounds kind of like where fergie sings 'night and day'. but I feel like that 'night and day' is taken right from something else....

November 12, 2009 at 4:41 p.m.

that's it! thanks avs and rolocolo!
it has something from Rhythm of the Night by Corona AND Tell It To My Heart by Taylor Dayne!

November 15, 2009 at 3:34 p.m.

I thought I was going nuts. I thought I was the only one who was thinking there was a 80's or 90's song in there somehwere, Everyone's suggestions were great but there's still something missing. the hook I keep hearing in my head but can't place is where Fergie sings "I want you so bad it's my only wish", especially as that melody fades out towards the end. Anyone else hearing that?

November 17, 2009 at 10:40 a.m.

THANK YOU CJ!!!!
That was driving me insane! It is definitely Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (just that small two beat part behind Fergie singing).

November 18, 2009 at 12:41 a.m.

Okay, I swear the part that goes "I can't go on much Further than this, I want you so bad it's my only wish..." was a quote from an eighties song. but maybe not?? PLEASE help. i've been racking my brain

November 18, 2009 at 1:04 p.m.

Im so glad its not only me looking for this sample! it driving me mad!! gonna listern to madonna's please dont say your sorry and depeche mode see if thats it x

November 20, 2009 at 11:16 a.m.

so its not madonna "borderline", or depeche mode "enjoy the silence", or cindi lauper "time after time", or corona "rhythm of the night"...fergies part has the same melody as taylor dayne "tell it to me". but the lyrics are way different. i swear she lifted the lyrics, especially the part the goes "i'll be lookin out, night n' day". It's driving me crazy!!

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