20 years ago today, Fergie released 'London Bridge.' Fergie stepped out on her own with debut solo single 'London Bridge,' released via A&M, Interscope, and will.i.am Music Group as the opener for her first album, "The Dutchess." She co-wrote it with producer Polow da Don, along with Sean Garrett and Mike Hartnett, recording at Chalice Recording Studios in LA and Hit Factory Criteria in Miami. The song's creation was almost improvisational — when Polow played Fergie the beat and she asked what to write about, he reportedly told her simply to write about "being the shit," a loose, off-the-cuff direction that Fergie says accidentally turned into something great. Built around a sampled horn hook lifted from Tower of Power's 1972 funk cut 'Down to the Nightclub,' the track carries a brash, club-ready pop-rap energy driven by an aggressive, minimalist beat and a repeated, censored expletive chant. Lyrically, the song uses "London Bridge going down" as a suggestive metaphor for romantic an...