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"Forever"
Single by will.i.am and Wolfgang Gartner
from the album Weekend in America
Released	October 9, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Hip house electro house
Length	2:52
Label	Ministry of Sound
Songwriter(s)	will.i.am Wolfgang Gartner
Producer(s)	Wolfgang Gartner
will.i.am singles chronology
"Free" (2011) "Forever" (2011) "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" (2011)
Wolfgang Gartner singles chronology
"Animal Rights" (2010) "Forever" (2011) "Hell Yeah!" (2011)

"Forever" is a hip house song by American rapper will.i.am and DJ/Producer Wolfgang Gartner, released as a single on October 9, 2011. The track was released on Ministry of Sound and is included in Gartner's debut album Weekend in America. The track peaked at number 43 on the UK Singles Chart and number 9 on the UK Dance Chart, on the week ending October 15, 2011. Alternative artwork was released in the UK credited as 'Wolfgang Gartner featuring Will.i.am'.

Music video

The music video for the track premiered on June 1, 2011, via the official Ultra Records, a sub-label of Ministry of Sound, YouTube account. The video begins with a number of people dancing in a club. Two of them are showing entering the club toilets and engaging in sex. The scene cuts to will.i.am as a sperm, and continues by showing milestones up to and after his birth. It continues by detailing events in his childhood, before culminating when he is a full-grown adult. The video is three minutes and forty-nine seconds in length. A shortened version was released in the UK lasting two minutes and fifty-four seconds in length. It was released on August 9, 2011.

Track listing

• US Digital download

1. "Forever" (U.S. Radio Edit) - 3:40
2. "Forever" (Extended Mix) - 5:45

• UK Digital EP

1. "Forever" (UK Radio Edit) - 2:52
2. "Forever" (Extended Mix) - 5:45
3. "Forever" (16 Bit Remix) - 6:13
4. "Forever" (Kutz & Platonium Remix) - 4:15
5. "Forever" (Kutz & Platonium Dub) - 4:36
6. "Forever" (Tom Starr Remix) - 6:16
7. "Forever" (Hook 'N' Sling Remix) - 5:41

• Promotional CD single

1. "Forever" (UK Radio Edit) - 2:52
2. "Forever" (Extended Mix) - 5:45
3. "Forever" (Tom Starr Remix) - 6:16
4. "Forever" (Hook 'N' Sling Remix) - 5:41

Chart positions

References

1. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
2. "Photographic image of record sleeve" (JPG). I1.sndcdn.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Wolfgang Gartner feat. will.i.am - Forever (Official Video)". YouTube.
4. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Wolfgang Gartner ft. Will.I.Am - 'Forever' (Official Video)". YouTube.
5. "Forever (Feat. Will.i.am) - Single by Wolfgang Gartner". iTunes. 20 September 2011.
6. "Forever (feat. will.i.am) [Remixes] by Wolfgang Gartner". 7 October 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2022 – via Apple Music.
7. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

• 2011 singles
• Will.i.am songs
• Songs written by will.i.am
• Hip house songs
• Ministry of Sound singles
• Wolfgang Gartner songs