Will.i.Am On Making Hot 100 History

In the video above, Will.i.am spoke to Billboard at his California home yesterday about the "crazy" past two years, cruising clubs and the making of the two chart history-making hits. He didn't think 12-week No. 1 "Boom Boom Pow" was going to be a radio song. If he had, he said, "I would have made it different... There's no such thing as a radio song now." And eight week No. 1 "I Gotta Feeling" had an even more interesting start. A friend invited him to party called, "F*** Me, I'm Famous," where he ended up rapping in the DJ's booth. The DJ -- "Feeling's" producer David Guetta -- later lent him some beats and pretty soon he realized it would be "dope to put 'Mazel Tov!' right in the middle of the song! We ain't even Jewish, man!" he laughs.

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