Like Money (song)

"Like Money" is a single by the South Korean girl group Wonder Girls. The song features Senegalese-American singer Akon. The song and music video were released July 10, 2012. The song was sent to mainstream top 40 stations on September 17, 2012.^[3] The song was the last English language release by Wonder Girls.

"Like Money"
Top: Akon Bottom: Yeeun, Yubin, Sohee, Sunye, Lim
Single by Wonder Girls featuring Akon
Released	July 10, 2012 (U.S.)
Recorded	2011–2012
Genre	Dance-pop synthpop
Label	JYP Entertainment
Songwriter(s)	Teriy Keys, Cri$tyle,[1] Lukas Hilbert[2]
Producer(s)	Rainstone, Lukas Hilbert, Teriy Keys
Wonder Girls singles chronology
"Like This" (2012) "Like Money" (2012) "I Feel You" (2015)
Akon singles chronology
"Chop My Money" (2012) "Like Money" (2012) "Play Hard" (2013)
Music video
"Like Money" on YouTube

Background

Prior to its release, the song was featured on their TV movie, The Wonder Girls, which aired on TeenNick.

The song was written by Cri$tyle, and Lukas Hilbert and produced by Woo S. Rhee " RAINSTONE" and Hilbert, with music by Aleksander Kronlund, Woo S. Rhee " RAINSTONE " and Lukas Hilbert with additional executive production by Teriy Keys.^[4] The choreography was created by Jonte' Moaning, who previously created the choreography for "The DJ is Mine" and "Be My Baby".

Release and promotion

On July 4, 2012 the first teaser for the music video of "Like Money" was released, showcasing a "space" concept.

JYPE revealed that a special artist would be collaborating with the girls on the song who had amassed over 40 million likes on Facebook. A teaser released on July 6 confirmed the featuring artist to be Akon. In addition, Johnny Wujek was revealed as the stylist for the video.^[1]

The first live performances of the song took place at the Green Groove Festival 2012 on July 21 and at Chungcheongnam-do’s Boryeung seaside on July 22.^[5]

Critical reception

Han Dong-yoon of IZM gave "Like Money" a negative review, feeling that the song was generic and "followed a mediocre framework of electropop".^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Like Money (featuring Akon)"	Cri$tyle, Lukas Hilbert, Tery Keys	Lukas Hilbert, Woo S. Rhee " RAINSTONE"	3:30

Charts

In its first week of release the song debuted at number 11 in South Korea with 161,542 downloads. By the end of August 2012 the song was downloaded 583,737 times in South Korea alone, making the song one of the best-selling English-language songs of the year in Korea.

Charts	Peak position
Gaon Single Chart (South Korea)	11
K-Pop Billboard Hot 100	14[7]

References

1. Greenwald, David. Wonder Girls Debut 'Like Money' Single, Video Featuring Akon. Billboard. July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
2. "BMI Artist Registry". BMI. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
3. Hicap, Jonathan M. Wonder Girls, Akon collaborate on 'Like Money'. Manila Bulletin. July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
4. "Like Money Listed Single Credits". Retrieved 11 November 2012.
5. Wonder Girls and Akon to Perform Collaboration Single ‘Like Money’ For First Time. enewsWorld. July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
6. Han, Dong-yoon (July 2012). "Like Money Single Review". IZM (in Korean). Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. K-Pop Hot 100: 2NE1 and T-ara Overthrow SISTAR. Billboard. July 15, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.