Let’s Get It Started by Black Eyed Peas
Released on Mon, June 14, 2004
"Let's Get It Started" is a song by American group Black Eyed Peas|the Black Eyed Peas. It is a clean version of "Let's Get Retarded" from their third studio album, ''Elephunk'' (2003).<ref name="LATimes2004"/><ref name="WSJ2004"/> The album version was originally only reworked for its use in promotion for the 2004 NBA playoffs on American Broadcasting Company|ABC in April 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486187/black-eyed-peas-rework-song-nba-ads.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209150256/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486187/black-eyed-peas-rework-song-nba-ads.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2012|title=For the Record: Quick News on Black Eyed Peas, Xzibit, Nickelback, Nelly Furtado, The Roots, Danger Mouse & More|publisher=MTV|date=April 5, 2004|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> and the clean version was released as the fourth and final single from ''Elephunk'' on June 1, 2004, by A&M Records and Interscope Records, also appearing on a reissue of the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1487022/black-eyed-peas-collaborating-with-darkness.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014064205/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1487022/black-eyed-peas-collaborating-with-darkness.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2013|title=Black Eyed Peas to Make Their Own 'Walk This Way' — With the Darkness|publisher=MTV|date=May 14, 2004|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref>