The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

I worked in a bar between the ages of 18 and 21. I didn't hate it, but I didn't call it "good." More than half of the staff went to college like me, and one of the common questions in bar interviews is "Who do you want to eat with?" So the atmosphere seemed fun and casual. Until the day comes when you don't sell enough alcohol. So it was no longer fun or casual.

Either way, as anyone who's had to work a second shift serving cocktails to sports science students knows, working in a place like this drains a part of your soul. You get that distinctive “damn my life” feeling, a little bit of dread creeps in before you even walk into the bar and stays there for the next 14 hours until you get home and pull the Sambuca out of your tennis cloth.

Consider your impact for a moment. "I Gotta Feeling" sounds like Brian Pringle's late-'90s song "Take A Dive," which no one heard until he sued The Black Eyed Peas for copyright infringement. This song is proudly inspired by one of the best rock bands without a doubt, U2. And the line "woohoo," perhaps a lyrical compliment, is taken from The Police's "Every Breath You Take."

As everyone knows, it's a plaintive soft rock track about an obsessive stalker that sounds like a love song. The Police drummer Stuart Copeland recalled the band's biggest hit, saying, "The best Sting with the worst arrangement, in my opinion." Sting herself said, "The song itself is generic and lumps together a few other songs, but the lyrics are interesting." So keep in mind that the Black Eyed Peas chose "woohoo" as their inspiration track.