Like a G6

2010 single by Far East Movement featuring the Cataracs and Dev From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Like a G6

"Like a G6" is a song by American music group Far East Movement featuring fellow American musicians Dev and the Cataracs, released as the lead single from Far East Movement's third studio album Free Wired. The song was initially posted on November 4, 2009 on Far East Movement's YouTube page.[2] "Like a G6" peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for three non-consecutive weeks, becoming the first single by Asian-American artists to do so and the first by any artists of East Asian origin since Kyu Sakamoto's 1963 single "Sukiyaki". Outside of the United States, "Like a G6" topped the chart in New Zealand, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in numerous countries, including Australia, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom.

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"Like a G6"
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Single by Far East Movement featuring the Cataracs and Dev
from the album Free Wired
ReleasedApril 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)
Recorded2009
GenreElectro-hop[1]
Length3:38
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Cataracs
Far East Movement singles chronology
"Girls on the Dancefloor"
(2010)
"Like a G6"
(2010)
"Rocketeer"
(2010)
The Cataracs singles chronology
"Club Love"
(2010)
"Like a G6"
(2010)
"Bass Down Low"
(2010)
Dev singles chronology
"Like a G6"
(2010)
"Bass Down Low"
(2010)
Music video
"Like a G6" on YouTube
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"Like a G6" samples Dev's "Booty Bounce", and as such she is credited as a featured artist.

Dev's vocals in "Like a G6" are sampled from her previous song "Booty Bounce", another song written and produced by the Cataracs.[3] The "G6" in the song came about when the Cataracs were looking for a rhyme for the line "Sippin' sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6", a reference to the 2000 song "Sippin' on Some Syrup" by rap group Three 6 Mafia.[4] They settled on "G6", meant to be a reference to the private airplane model Gulfstream IV, referred to as a "G4". The G4 had been name-checked in songs such as Drake's 2009 "Forever". A G6, they decided, was "flyer than a G4", according to Far East Movement member Kev Nish.[5] The song has been incorrectly speculated to be about other things, including the Pontiac G6[6][7] and the Suunto G6 watch. When the song came out, the Gulfstream G650 model already existed, although the song's writers were not aware of this at the time.[4] Since then, the Gulfstream G600 has also been announced.

Reception

The song sold 4 million paid downloads in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan in 2011.[8]

Gulfstream Aerospace has stated that they were "thrilled" about the product reference.[6]

Music video

The music video, which was directed by Matt Alonzo premiered on YouTube and Vevo on June 3, 2010. The line "sippin' sizzurp" and the word "slizzered" are censored on some channels. It follows a woman in a red dress (Erica Ocampo) picking up a friend from a restaurant and going to a liquor store, presumably in preparation for a party. A later scene shows the woman and her friends at the party, Colette Carr also make a cameo, Dev, the Cataracs and the members of Far East Movement can also be seen in this party scene. The final scene shows the members of Far East Movement getting on a Gulfstream IV the next morning.

Charts

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Certifications

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[65] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Belgium (BEA)[66] Gold 15,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[67] 2× Platinum 120,000
Canada (Music Canada)[68] 4× Platinum 320,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[69] Gold 45,000
Germany (BVMI)[70] Platinum 300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[71] Platinum 15,000*
Sweden (GLF)[72] Gold 20,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[73] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[74] 2× Platinum 1,200,000
United States (RIAA)[75] 4× Platinum 4,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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Release history

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Region Date Format Label
United States April 13, 2010 Digital download
United Kingdom November 14, 2010[76]
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Covers and parodies

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