About Bebot

"Bebot" is a song from The Black Eyed Peas' fourth studio album, Monkey Business. The single was released in the Philippines, Asia and Australia on August 4, 2006. The title of the song is derived from a Filipino slang word analogous to "babe", playing the English slang term for "hot chick". Two music videos for the song were broadcast in 2006. They performed the song along with "The APL Song" at the closing ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.

In a similar fashion to "The Apl Song", which appeared on the group's 2003 album Elephunk, the song is rapped solo by apl.de.ap as a tribute to his childhood upbringing in the Philippines. However, in contrast to the first song's somber tone, "Bebot" is an uptempo song designed to be played at parties and clubs. The term "Bebot" is Filipino slang for "pretty woman", "hot chick", "hottie", "baby" or "babe". The music video for "Bebot" features primarily Filipinos, and Filipino Americans. In 2006, Patricio Ginelsa (Kid Heroes Productions) and AJ Calomay (Xylophone Films), who also produced and directed the video for "The Apl Song", as well as the Filipino American action comedy movie Lumpia, were enlisted to make a music video for "Bebot". A bonus track on the group's 2009 album, The E.N.D, uses a similar format to "Bebot"; the song "Mare" also features prominent sections of lyrics sung in Tagalog. "Bebot" also contains samples from a song by Filipino folk band Asin; the acoustic part in the beginning of "Bebot" is sampled from the song "Ang Bayan Kong Sinilangan".