London Bridge (Fergie song)

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"London Bridge"
Single by Fergie
from the album The Dutchess
Released	July 18, 2006 (US) September 11, 2006 (UK)
Format	CD single
Recorded	2006
Genre	Pop Rap
Length	3:29
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Stacy Ferguson, Sean Garrett, Jamal Jones, Mike Hartnett
Producer(s)	Polow Da Don
Chart positions
#1 (United States, New Zealand, Lithuania & Brazil) #2 (United World Chart) #3 (Ibero-America, UK, Australia & Germany) #4 (Italy) #5 (Latin America) #6 (Japan) #7 (Argentina, Czech, Poland) #8 (Ireland) #9 (Finland) #16 (Canada,Romania) #17 (Mexico) #27 (France) #35 (Russia)
Fergie singles chronology
	"London Bridge" (2006)	"Fergalicious" (2006)
Alternate cover
Original Single Cover

"London Bridge" is a Pop / Rap song co-written and performed by American singer Fergie for her debut album, The Dutchess (2006). It was released as the first single from the album, on July 18, 2006.

Contents 1 Song information 2 Tracklisting and formats 3 Music video 4 Charts 5 Chart Record 6 Trivia 7 References

[edit] Song information

The song was produced by Polow Da Don, with lyrics by Sean Garrett. Fergie describes the song as being "kind of like a punch in the face to let people know I'm coming out.. I've been getting way too into myself nowadays and I just wanna have fun with as many men as I can possible." The song is a club track that lightly touches on personal lyrics about fame and celebrity ("It's like every time I get up on a dude/Paparazzi put my business in the news").

There are many possible interpretations for just what Fergie's "London Bridge" refers to, but she could be using the phrase "London Bridge" as a sexual entendre for her attire – "every time" the unnamed person to whom she is singing "comes around" her "London London Bridge wanna go down like London London London", meaning that she wishes to remove her pants and have a sexual encounter with him.^{[citation needed]} It could more simply refer to the fact that she seems to be "falling" for this guy every time he comes by. The collapsing bridge is a metaphor for her inability to resist his charms.^[1]

The song was released to radio on July 13, 2006, however it was leaked on Internet June 29, 2006. The music video premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on July 18, 2006 and peaked on TRLs countdown at number five. The song was released on iTunes on July 25, 2006. After only five days on iTunes it reached number one on the countdown.

It is amusing to note that the bridge featured on the alternative cover of the single is not in fact London Bridge, but Tower Bridge. This is presumably because the actual current London Bridge is of no particular architectural significance, and consequently many people confuse the two. This mistake is also made in the ending of the video for the song (British audiences have noted this after her video debuted in the UK.^[2]) The use of this bridge has been said to be intentional many times by Fergie herself as well as people who worked on the video.

On most stations, a radio edit changes the subtitle (normally "Oh S**t!" to "Oh Snap!", to prevent bleeping or blanking). This edit was also used in the music video.

Fergie performed the song at the beginning of 2006 MTV Video Music Awards's Pre-Show On The Rock. It was also performed during the second season finale of So You Think You Can Dance. Also, on the same show, a dance set to "London Bridge" was choreographed by Shane Sparks, and performed on July 19 by Travis Wall and Donyelle Jones.

[edit] Tracklisting and formats

• UK Single

1. "London Bridge" (LP Version) 3:28
2. "London Bridge" (Instrumental) 3:25

• UK Version 12"

1. "London Bridge" (Dirty Version) 3:28
2. "London Bridge" (A Capella) 3:15
3. "London Bridge" (Radio Edition) 3:28
4. "London Bridge" (Instrumental) 3:25

• Australian Single

1. "London Bridge" (Normal Dirty Version) 3:28
2. "London Bridge" (Instrumental) 3:25
3. "London Bridge" (A Capella) 3:15
4. "London Bridge" (VIDEO Closed Caption "Oh Snap")

[edit] Music video

Fergie collaborated with her fellow member of Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, on the clip's concept to make it more distinctive. She describes the concept as follows: "We're doing this androgynous-type thing where [my girls and I] go into a gentlemen's club and pull them into a bathroom and come back out in their clothes. They're going to be dressed up really dapper and looking really handsome." ^{[cite this quote]}

For the video, which was filmed at the Woolwich Army Barracks in London, she brought in backup dancers who double as bodyguards, dressed like cholas — tough Mexican girls known for wearing dark lipstick and big hair — to make the clip "have a bit more edge, be very distinct, be very mixed." Fergie swears she used to want to be a chola growing up.^{[cite this quote]}

Fergie designed one of her outfits for the video from her family's crest and tartan but not exactly, though. She wanted it to be modernized. She also wears a tiara cocked to the side of her head to play off the royal name of her album, as well as the similarity between her real name (Stacy Ferguson) and that of the Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson).

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	69
Argentina Top 40 Singles [1]	7
Ibero-America Top 100[3]	3
Top Latino (Latin America Top 40 Airplay)[4]	5
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
Australia ARIA Top 50 Singles[5]	3
Hot100Brasil Singles[6]	1
Dutch Top 40	31
Chile Top 100 Singles	8
Belgium Top 50 Singles	14
Euro 200 Singles Chart[7]	6
Finland Top 20 Singles	9
Romanian Top 100 Singles	16
France Top 100	27
German Top 100	3
Ireland Top 50 Singles	8
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	16
Canadian Dance Chart	4
Lithuania	1
Mexico Top 100 Airplay[8]	28
Polish National Top 50 Singles[9]	7
Swedish Chart	13
U.K. Top 75 Singles	3
United World Chart	2
Japan Oricon Singles Chart	6
Czech IFPI Chart	7

Fergies real name is Stacy Fergusen but her nickname is Fergie from her last name Fergesion

[edit] Chart Record

"London Bridge" debuted at #84 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during the charting week of August 5, 2006, and made a 79-point jump to #5 the following week. This has since become the third highest jump in Billboard Hot 100 history. In its third week, August 19, 2006, "London Bridge" advanced to #1, where it remained for three consecutive weeks.

[edit] Trivia

• The band Bowling for Soup covered this song for Yahoo Pepsi Smash.
• 50 Cent also covered this song.
• Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap, and Taboo all made a cameo in the video.
• The Album Version (4:01) is the normal version, with two British people talking in the end.

[edit] References

Preceded by "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single August 19, 2006- September 2, 2006	Succeeded by "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
Preceded by "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake	RIANZ (New Zealand) number one single October 2, 2006- October 9, 2006	Succeeded by "You Really Got Me" by Boyband