London Bridge

Written by -Alex-93- on August 5, 2007

"London Bridge" is a pop rap song co-written and performed by American singer Fergie for her debut album, The Dutchess (2006). It was released as the lead single from the album on July 18, 2006 and was Fergie's first single as a solo artist.

Fergie collaborated with her fellow member of the Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, on the clip's concept to make it more distinctive. She describes the concept as follows: "We're doing this androgynous-type thing where [my girls and I] go into a gentlemen's club and pull them into a bathroom and come back out in their clothes. They're going to be dressed up really dapper and looking really handsome."[2]

For the video, which was filmed at the Woolwich Army Barracks in London, she brought in backup dancers who double as bodyguards, dressed like cholas — tough Mexican girls known for wearing dark lipstick and big hair — to make the clip "have a bit more edge, be very distinct, be very mixed."[2]

Fergie based one of her outfits for the video on her family's crest and tartan, with some changes as she wanted it to be modernized.[2] She also wears a tiara cocked to the side of her head to play off the royal name of her album, as well as the similarity between her real name (Stacy Ferguson) and that of the Duchess of York (Sarah Ferguson).[2]