#I gotta feeling

[7grandmel]

Rip of the week: 12/08/2024

I Gotta Feeling, Sung by EVERYONE!

Season 6 Featured on: Transmission Archive ~ The SiIvaGunner All-Star Nuclear Winter Festival Collection

Ripped by Vincent Mashups, Jp, Grambam36

Requested by Corb, uwustepanne and an anonymous reader! (Request Form)

I worry sometimes that I talk up the atmosphere and feeling of Season 6 a bit too much on here. To me it is still undoubtedly SiIvaGunner's most underrated Season, a period of the channel where even I was beginning to tune it out yet was left enamored once I realized what it was doing - its meaning being something I've covered endlessly in posts like Totally Shaaking Out Right Now, Bramble Blast Collab, The End of HHGregg, and far too many more. The overall picture I've painted is that of a Season with a sort of dour moodiness to it the whole way through, an aura of something that's all about to change, a slow trickle towards the end - yet, like with any SiIvaGunner Season, it's never possible to make such a cut-and-dry assessment of things. That's part of why following the channel is so much fun: There can be a broad idea for what the channel is currently doing, yet so many rippers can put their own spin and interpretations on said idea as to morph it into something far more layered. Because while on the whole Season 6 represents the ideas of letting go of the past and moving on through a sorrowful lens, I Gotta Feeling, Sung by EVERYONE! spins that mood into something worth celebrating - a last hurrah, a final festival, and one big show to send us all off into the apocalypse.

With that context in mind, it really shouldn't have been surprising to me that multiple people wound up requesting this rip for coverage. Indeed, it's also one that I've had sitting in the back of my head for a very long time, as a faint memory of what it was like to follow the channel back toward the final months of Season 6. That feeling of things coming to a close was gradually creeping up on us - or at least, it had begun feeling that way to me - yet for the longest time we didn't quite get WHAT was happening, what terrible fate that we were supposed to be dreading. The Christmas Comeback Crisis? The King for a Day Tournament series? Wood Man? The SiIva AI? The SiIvaGunner channel ITSELF? There was a lot of uncertainty swirling around, yet it was a ride that we couldn't really do much about other than just go along - a feeling that was only emphasized more and more with the start of the Nuclear Winter Festival, or DoomFes.

As the festival went on, we got to see Wood Man and friends meet and pass all sorts of people in the nuclear wasteland, like a slow gathering of stars on the verge of fading - it was becoming more and more clear that the event wasn't just some inconsequential one-off like Season 5's WesternFes, but would be having...SOME sort of impact, a trip down memory lane but with a looming abyss at the road's end. And in the midst of all of those feelings, underneath the atmospheric artwork and writing being done throughout the entire event - I Gotta Feeling, Sung by EVERYONE! drops. A spark of such joy, nine days before Christmas Day, in the middle of the apocalypse. Where did this all come from?

Well, obviously, it came from the brilliant minds of rippers Vincent Mashups, Jp, Grambam36 - all three of which I've covered on the blog before with some of the channel's greatest rips, such as Gate Happy, Bowser is Coming. and SUNGORE. But more to the tune of the channel's lore and the narrative of Doomfes, the retro-YouTube aesthetic and seemingly boundless energy of childlike whimsy and joy always stems from one more of SiIvaGunner's many stars met along the way - Unregistered Hypercam 2 of the King for a Day Tournament fame. And while it's certainly an assumption to say that I Gotta Feeling, Sung by EVERYONE! was specifically made to be a tribute to Hypercam, I could personally think of no better way to represent him for this event, as the glowing spark of internet joy that helps keep the SiIvaGunner channel afloat.

And it's that spark of joy that the rippers captured so excellently within the rip in particular - I Gotta Feeling isn't quite on the level of old-internet anthem as songs like Never Gonna Give You Up or Dreamscape of How 2 Do Anything fame are, yet its still a song I vividly remember hearing tons of back in 2009-2011ish YouTube, a theme bumping with optimism and happiness for the days ahead. It might seem a bit odd to be using it for the context of a Nuclear Apocalypse event at first brush, yet nostalgia is hardly ever a purely joyous thing - for as much joy as I Gotta Feeling brings me, it is at once also a bittersweet joy, with an understated sadness over the fact that things have changed so much since those days 15-plus years ago. It's that bittersweetness, I feel, that I Gotta Feeling, Sung by EVERYONE! runs with.

The rip is built on having the song be performed by voice clips and sentence-mixings of a vast pool of online memes - yet unlike what you may initially expect, it's not kept isolated to just nostalgic early-internet memes. The song title isn't being facetious: Everything from Zelda CDi Ganon, to Gangnam Style, to Friday Night Funkin', to Smosh, to Crash Bandicoot Woah, to even a sprinkle of classic SiIvaGunner memes like We Are Number One. The rip is distinctly different from rips like Corridors of Vine or even most other Hypercam rips, which focus on nostalgia for one specific era of online culture - instead, I Gotta Feeling, Sung by EVERYONE! reaches across the entire internet for one collective, massive embrace, a hug the size of 20-something years worth of online jokes. It's a bit silly to get sentimental over, maybe - but that goes for the entire channel, doesn't it?

It's of course all helped greatly by the rip itself being executed perfectly from that concept. The sources are more than just a greatest-hits of old memes, as they all fit their chosen lines near perfectly, all pitch shifted and sentence-mixed just enough to fit the lyrics yet never to the degree of making them unidentifiable. They're all here in full force, all introduced by the video opening with the most Unregistered of Unregistered Hypercam 2 YouTube editing. It sets the stage for something oh so easy to love, yet to me I Gotta Feeling, Sung by EVERYONE! inspires a feeling so much more complex than love. It was a moment that brought us all together, not crying because it's over, but smiling because it happened.

[frankenzaim]

I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night. Will update on this.

[bonyassfish]

The black eyed peas used “mazel tov” and “lchaim” in one song in like 2008 and every American Jew was like “ok better put this on the b’nai mitzvah playlist for the next 15 years”

[chongoblog]

ah yes my favorite black eyed peas song: "I Simply Have No Other Choice But To Feeling"

[youabandonedthem]

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: June 15, 2009

Lyrics:

I got a feeling

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

A feeling

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

A feeling (woo-hoo)

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

A feeling (woo-hoo)

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

Tonight's the night, let's live it up

I got my money, let's spend it up (a fee-)

Go out and smash it, like, "Oh my God"

Jump out that sofa, let's kick it, off (a fee-)

I know that we'll have a ball

If we get down and go out, and just lose it all

I feel, stressed out, I wanna let it go

Let's go way out, spaced out, and losin' all control

Fill up my cup, mazel tov

Look at her dancin', just take it, off (a fee-)

Let's paint the town, we'll shut it down

Let's burn the roof, and then we'll do it again

Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it

And do it, and do it, let's live it up

And do it, and do it, and do it, do it, do it

Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it

'Cause I gotta feeling (woo-hoo)

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

A feeling (woo-hoo)

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good, good night (a fee-)

Tonight's the night (hey), let's live it up (let's live it up)

I got my money (I'm paid), let's spend it up (let's spend it up)

Go out and smash it (smash it), like, "Oh my God" (like, "Oh my God!")

Jump out that sofa (come on), let's kick it, off (a fee-)

Fill up my cup (drink), mazel tov (l'chaim)

Look at her dancing (move it, move it), just take it, off (a fee-)

Let's paint the town (paint the town), we'll shut it down (shut it down)

Let's burn the roof (ooh-woo), and then we'll do it again

Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it, (let's do it) let's do it

And do it (do it), and do it, let's live it up

And do it (do it), and do it (and do it)

And do it, do it, do it (and do it)

Let's do it (and do it), let's do it (and do it)

Let's do it (hey), do it (hey), do it (hey), do it

Here we come, here we go, we gotta rock

Easy come, easy go, now we on top

Feel the shot, body rock, rock it, don't stop

Round and round, up and down, around the clock

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (do it)

Friday, Saturday, Saturday to Sunday (do it)

Get, get, get, get, get with us, you know what we say (say)

Party every day, p-p-p-party every day

And I'm feeling (woo-hoo)

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

A feeling (woo-hoo)

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

(Woo-hoo)

Songwriter:

Jaime Gomez / Pierre David Guetta / Stacy Ferguson / Frederic Jean Riesterer / Allan Apll Pineda / William (will.i.am) Adams

SongFacts:

"I Gotta Feeling" is a song by American group the Black Eyed Peas from their fifth studio album 'The E.N.D.' (2009). It was written by the group members with the song's producers David Guetta and Frédéric Riesterer. The song was released as the second single from 'The E.N.D.' on June 15, 2009, by Interscope Records.

"I Gotta Feeling" debuted at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, behind the group's previous single "Boom Boom Pow", making the group one of 11 artists who have occupied the top two positions of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. It went on to spend 14 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running number-one single of 2009. The song was ranked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart and at number eight on the all-time chart. Internationally, it peaked atop the charts in over 20 countries, and was the third most successful song of the decade in Australia.

Critically acclaimed, "I Gotta Feeling" was nominated for Record of the Year at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (2010) and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. It was also nominated for Song of the Year at the 2010 World Music Awards. In March 2011, it became the first song in digital history to sell over seven million digital copies in the United States. As of June 2019, it has sold over nine million downloads in the country, and held the record as the most downloaded song on the iTunes Store of all time. This also makes it the highest-selling digital non-charity single in the US ever.

"I Gotta Feeling" was written and composed by all the members of the Black Eyed Peas (credited as William Adams, Allan Pineda, Jaime Gomez, and Stacy Ferguson) together with French producers David Guetta, Frédéric Riesterer (a.k.a. Fred Rister), both of whom produced the song. Adams provided additional synthesizer work to the song. The song was recorded at Square Prod in Paris, France and Metropolis Studios in London, England, United Kingdom. "I Gotta Feeling" is the second single released from The E.N.D (2009). Interscope Records serviced the song to contemporary hit and rhythmic crossover radios on June 23, 2009, in the United States. In an interview with Annie Reuter of Marie Claire, will.i.am stated that "It's dedicated to all the party people out there in the world that want to go out and party. Mostly every song on the Black Eyed Peas record is painting a picture of our party life. It was a conscious decision to make this type of record. Times are really hard for a lot of people and you want to give them escape and you want to make them feel good about life, especially at these low points.

[groovycat18]

I Gotta Feelin' - The Muppets

I was going around YouTube last night and decided to rewatch a Muppet video I liked on a whim, and before I clicked out of the video, I noticed this one recommended on the side.

Curious, I decided to watch it since I’d never seen it before, and needless to say...I was VERY IMPRESSED! I love how this video is edited and how the creator managed to make the clips work with the song!

There aren’t a lot of good Muppet fan music videos (or MMVs as I personally call them), but this is definitely one of the good ones!

Please watch it and give the creator a like and comment if you can!

[scramratz]

Did you know it’s legal in the USA for mattress companies to put fiberglass in their mattresses? They don’t even have to label them! So if you wanna commission me so I can buy a new bed I won’t stop you

[ace-and-ranty]

I gotta say, one of the greatest achievements of my 20s was that I learned (mostly) to differentiate between:

"I truly do not want to go" and

"I'm just feeling the Demand Avoidance, and I will like it once I get there."

[donniipao]

shout out to toxic yaoi or whatever

I saw all the human bill designs arising and an idea sparked in my head

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael Afton and Jeremy Fitzgerald are FNAF besties..

[jeanivere]

arthur morgan tiddies and tummy thats all im gonna say

[zalcolm]

yeah yeah nostalgia's cool and all but can we all agree if this song was a color it would be indigo or midnight blue.

this is one of my childhood memories associating this song with a very dark blue