 " The Girl Is Mine 2008 " received mostly unfavourable reviews from music critics . Journalist Christopher Rees stated that will.i.am had " done a fantastic job of murdering a classic song " . Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone noted that will.i.am 's production was " dumb @-@ thug bluster " and criticized him for trying to hide the " goofy ' doggone ' hook " — " the whole point of the song " . Music journalist Aidin Vaziri criticized the song , stating , " [ the ] Black Eyed Peas rapper completely erases Paul McCartney 's vocal track from the original duet to make room for himself spouting nonsense such as , ' I call her mommy and she call me papa / I 'm sorry Mike , but she loves the way I rock @-@ a . ' " Stephen Erlewine of Allmusic claimed that will.i.am had turned " The Girl Is Mine " into a " hapless dance number " . Kelefa Sanneh of Blender noted that " will.i.am contributes beats ( why ? ) and rhymes ( why , oh , why ? ) to " The Girl Is Mine 2008 " " . IGN 's Todd Gilchrist stated that will.i.am 's " The Girl Is Mine " remix was an offense . The offense was made even more " egregious " by the insertion of his own " atonal vocal presence " in place of McCartney 's . 
