The Black Eyed Peas’ ‘My Humps’ Bounces to 1 Billion Views on YouTube
The Black Eyed Peas' 2005 hit "My Humps" has passed one billion views on YouTube, becoming the third music video by the group to reach the milestone, following "Where Is the Love?" and "RITMO". The achievement cements the song's status as a commercial success, despite it having been notoriously divisive with critics upon release.
Taken from the group's fourth album, Monkey Business, the track was written by will.i.am and samples Sexual Harassment's 1983 song "I Need a Freak", with Fergie and will.i.am as lead vocalists. It became the band's second single to reach number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals, as well as best hip-hop video at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, despite widely panned lyrics. The milestone follows the Black Eyed Peas' first public reunion with Fergie since her 2018 departure, at May's American Music Awards.
- "My Humps" hits one billion YouTube views, the group's third video to do so
- Song was commercially huge in 2005-06 despite harsh critical reception
- Comes months after Fergie's first public reunion with the group since 2018