Peak
17
Weeks
16
Score
1,831
Chart Year
2013
On March 21, will.i.am tweeted about how exhausting rehearsals for the video were.[9][10] On March 25, Capital FM reported that will.i.am was seen taking part in the production of parts of the video for the song in Los Angeles.[11] The official video premiered on April 19, 2013.[12] An alternate "second screen" music video is available through an unlisted YouTube link when the song is tagged via Shazam. The alternate video does not contain audio and is meant to be viewed alongside the original music video in order to spot the differences between the two. A special version was shot with National Basketball Association (NBA) players, including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh, to be used as the opening theme introduction for the 2013 NBA Playoffs television broadcasts on ABC and ESPN.[13] The video is also used at various commercial breaks throughout the broadcasts.
Will.i.am teamed up with Justin Bieber for this Dance cut about overcoming adversity. The Black Eyed Peas founding member told London-based radio station Capital FM that the song was recorded during the BRIT Awards in February 2013. "So actually we went shopping first," he explained, "and we were like 'hey, let's just have a chilled day' and we went shopping for shoes, then after that we went to the studio, watched the BRITs, recorded that and then trucked off to see Justin Timberlake perform. So that was a pretty full day." The futuristic video features a Justin Bieber hologram and myriad will.i.am clones dancing in formation. "This is the best video I've ever been a part of," gushed Will during an interview on BBC Radio 1. "I don't like choreography. For me, I don't like having to practise it all the time. The Black Eyed Peas, we learnt from our mistakes with dancing, so for this video, we had a new choreographer from Japan who had these amazing, freaking synchronised, movements. It's very cinematic. We had crazy sound effects and cinematology. What you'll see is next-level effects." Will.i.am admitted to Entertainment Tonight that it was a challenge to get Justin Bieber to appear in the music video because of the singer's busy touring and personal appearance schedule."[Justin's] on tour. It was tough to get this video [done]," he recalled. "I had to fly to Barcelona to shoot Justin Bieber then flew to Japan to work with Rio and the boys on the choreography for it. So it was a lot of trekking." The other-worldly vehicle that features in the video was part of Will.i.am's project to get inner city kids inspired in math and science. "I made the vehicle because I want to teach kids in my neighborhood-science, technology, engineering and mathematics," he told Entertainment Tonight. "To go to an inner city and say to a kid you should be a scientist and not give them anything tangible that represents their education, that's a hoop dream. "So I decided to invest in a vehicle so that people who help me build that vehicle -- the chassis, the body, the interior, the shocks -- all that it took to make that you need to know some type of science, engineering and math to make a vehicle. It's a dream of mine, I'm not saying it's executed yet but I would like to put that as a tangible means of education in my neighborhood."
And on, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive And on, I can fly, I can fly, I can fly And on, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive And I'm loving every second Minute, hour, bigger, better, stronger, power I got that power I got that power I got that power, power power power They call me Willay Stay so cool, I'm chillay I done made that millay On my way to that billay Used to have a piggy bank, but now I got that bigger bank Who who cares what the haters think They hate on me 'cause we doing what they can't I stay on that hustle, I flex that little muscle Hate to bust your bubble I'm on that other level I'ma take it higher and high and high and higher I stay in fly attire Keeping burning like that fire And on, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive And on, I can fly, I can fly, I can fly And on, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive And I'm loving every second minute, hour, bigger, better, stronger, power I got that power I got that power I got that power, power, power, power Y-y-yes y'all feeling funky fresh y'all Work to be the best y'all Work good under pressure Been through all that stress y'all Get-get this off my chest y'all Made it out them projects with this project that's progress y'all I did it for my mama I told her when I was younger That I'ma be that number When you thought I be that number one I take it higher and high and high and higher I stay in fly attire Keeping burning like that fire Whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger So I'ma get stronger Comin' like a bataram, bataram I'm knockin' knockin' down that door again (door again) Comin' like a bataram, bataram I'm knockin' knockin' down that door again (door again) And on, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive And on, I can fly, I can fly, I can fly And on, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive And I'm loving every second, minute, hour, bigger, better, stronger, power I got that power I got that power I got that power, power, power, power And I'm loving every second, minute, hour, bigger, better, stronger, power And I'm loving every second, minute, hour, bigger, better, stronger, power
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 6, 2013 | 42 | 84 |
| 2 | Apr 13, 2013 | 60 | 66 |
| 3 | Apr 20, 2013 | 65 | 61 |
| 4 | Apr 27, 2013 | 60 | 66 |
| 5 | May 4, 2013 | 43 | 83 |
| 6 | May 11, 2013 | 17 | 109 |
| 7 | May 18, 2013 | 19 | 107 |
| 8 | May 25, 2013 | 20 | 106 |
| 9 | Jun 1, 2013 | 19 | 107 |
| 10 | Jun 8, 2013 | 19 | 107 |
| 11 | Jun 15, 2013 | 21 | 105 |
| 12 | Jun 22, 2013 | 33 | 93 |
| 13 | Jun 29, 2013 | 54 | 72 |
| 14 | Jul 6, 2013 | 61 | 65 |
| 15 | Jul 13, 2013 | 71 | 55 |
| 16 | Jul 20, 2013 | 85 | 41 |