Monkey Business (Album)

Monkey business
Studio album by The Black Eyed Peas
Publication (s)	May 27, 2005
admission	2004
Label (s)	Universal Music
Format (s)	CD, download, LP
Genre (s)	Alternative hip-hop , funk
Title (number)	16
running time	66:03
chronology Elephunk (2003) Monkey business The END (2009)

Monkey Business is the fourth album by the US hip-hop band The Black Eyed Peas . It was released in 2005. The German translation of the album title is crooked tour or lazy magic . On the cover you can see the four members of the band and a monkey (a monkey ).

Album title

The album title “Monkey Business” means something like “crooked tour” or “lazy magic”.

In the accompanying booklet of the album, the following two explanations are available for choosing the title:

"Definition 1: With success, people treat you differently. They can go from viewing you like a person to viewing you like a product. And that's one definition of Monkey Business. "

- Black Eyed Peas

To German: When you are successful, people treat you differently. They can look at you as a person or as a product. And that's a definition of monkey business .

"Definition 2: Elephants have nothing to do with PHUNK and Monkey have nothing to do with Business ... or do they? Our business is PHUNKIN MUSIC. "

- Black Eyed Peas

in German: elephants have nothing to do with phunk and monkeys have nothing to do with business, right? Our business is phunkin music .

Commercial win

Monkey Business is the Black Eyed Peas' best-selling album to date. Over 10.2 million copies were sold worldwide. In Germany it received platinum for over 200,000 units sold.

In the USA it was awarded triple platinum for over three million units sold, in Canada and Australia it was awarded 6 × platinum, which means that it has sold over 600,000 and 420,000 times respectively. Furthermore, more than two million units were sold in Europe, including over a million records in Great Britain alone.

Tracklist

Standard Edition

No.	title	Producer and Songwriter	length
1.	Pump It	William Adams, Allen Pineda, Thomas Van Musser, Stacy Ferguson, Nicholas Roubanis	3:33
2.	Don't Phunk with My Heart	W. Adams, S. Ferguson, Printz Board , George Pajon, Jr., Full Force, Kalyanji-Anandji , Indeewar	4:00
3.	My Style (feat. Justin Timberlake )	W. Adams, A. Pineda, S. Ferguson, T. Van Musser, J. Timberlake, T. Mosley , Danja	4:28
4th	Don't lie	W. Adams, Jaime Gomez, A. Pineda, S. Ferguson, Chris Peters, Drew Peters, Ricky Walters	3:39
5.	My humps contains hidden track "So Real"	W. Adams, David Payton	5:27
6th	Like That ( feat.Q-Tip , Talib Kweli , Cee-Lo Green & John Legend )	W. Adams, A. Pineda, J. Gomez, K. Fareed, T. Kweli Greene, A. Newley, L. Bricusse	4:35
7th	Dum Diddly (feat. Dante Santiago )	W. Adams, A. Pineda, Ray Brady, P. Board, George Bennett, Benjamin Brown, Lloyd Ferguson, Robert Lyn, Donat Mittoo, Leroy Sibblis, Fitzroy Simpson	4:19
8th.	Feel It	W. Adams, A Pineda, S. Ferguson, P. Board	4:19
9.	Gone Going (feat. Jack Johnson )	W. Adams, J. Johnson	3:14
10.	They Don't Want Music (feat. James Brown )	W. Adams, yes. Brown, S. Ferguson, P. Board, Timothy Orindgreff, Greg Mays, Darryl Barnes	6:47
11.	Disco club	W. Adams, A. Pineda, Jean Baptiste, Melvin J. Lewis, Michael Matthews, Anthony Tidd, Noize Trip	3:48
12.	Bid	W. Adams, A. Pineda	3:30
13.	Ba bump	W. Adams, P. Board, Larry Blackmon, Thomas Jenkins	3:57
14th	Audio Delite at Low Fidelity contains hidden track "Change"	W. Adams, A. Pineda, Keith Harris, Rick James	5:29
15th	Union (feat. Sting )	W. Adams, Sting, S. Ferguson, G. Pajon, Jr.	5:04
16.	Do What You Want		4:02

Bonus tracks

17.If U Want Love - 4:56 (UK, Ireland & Japan bonus track)

18. Make Them Hear You - 3:19 (Japan bonus track)

Asia Special Edition

In addition to the standard edition, there was also an Asia Special Edition, which contained the following bonus tracks and a DVD.

17. Pump It (Travis Barker Remix) - 3:37

18. Dum Duddly (Noisetrip Remix) - 4:04

DVD

1. Pump It (video)

2. My Humps (video)

3. Don't Lie (video)

4. Don't Phunk with My Heart (Video)

5. Like That (video)

B sides

• Bend Your Beck - 3:43 (on Don't Phunk with My Heart)
• Shake Your Monkey - 3:55 (on Don't Lie)
• So Real - 2:55 (on My Humps)

Music videos

year	song	Directors
2005	"Don't Phunk with My Heart"	The Malloys
	"Don't Lie"	The Saline Project
	"My Humps"	Fatima Robinson & Malik Sayeed
	"Like That"	Syndromes, Nabil Elderkin
2006	"Pump It"	Francis Lawrence
	"Bid"	Patricio Ginelsa
	"Union"

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	40,000
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	(100,000)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	(200,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	(200,000)
Greece (IFPI)	gold	(10,000)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Ireland (IRMA)	2 × platinum	(30,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	6 × platinum	600,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	3 × gold	90,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	4 × platinum	60,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(15,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	(20,000)
Portugal (AFP)	2 × platinum	(40,000)
Russia (NFPF)	4 × platinum	(80,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(30,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(60,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(80,000)
Hungary (MAHASZ)	gold	(10,000)
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	(900,000)
All in all	8 × gold 44 × platinum	6,480,000

Main article: The Black Eyed Peas / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Biography of the Black Eyed Peas. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: blackeyedpeas.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012 
3. ↑ Awards for music sales in Germany. On: musikindustrie.de. Retrieved May 30, 2012
4. ↑ Awards for Music Sales in the United States. On: riaa.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
5. ↑ Awards for Music Sales in Canada.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: musiccanada.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012  
6. ↑ Awards for Music Sales in Australia. At: aria.com.au (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
7. ↑ Awards for Music Sales in Great Britain. On: bpi.co.uk (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
8. ↑ Awards for music sales in Europe. On: ifpi.org (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
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