2010 single by Far East Movement featuring the Cataracs and Dev
"Like a G6"
Single by Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev
from the album Free Wired
Released
April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)
Recorded
2009
Genre
Electro-hop[1]
Length
3:38
Label
Cherrytree
Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Far East Movement
Dev
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
"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.
Background
"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 has sold 4 million paid downloads in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[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. The music video was produced by Skee.TV (Producers: Satien Mehta, Mike Busalacchi)
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Richard Cheese covered "Like a G6" on his 2011 album A Lounge Supreme.
Connor Anderson made a parody of the song called "Roll a D6".[79][80][81]
American comedian, musician and Internet personality Nice Peter recorded a Harry Potter-themed parody of the song called "Like It's Quidditch".
British comedian Adam Buxton parodied the song in several different incarnations on the Adam and Joe radio show on BBC 6 Music in the United Kingdom.[82]
Russian rapper Big Baby Tape released a remix of the song in December 2022.[83]
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^Goodman, William. ""Roll a D6" is sweet music video for fantasy gamers". CBS. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
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^"The full 'Lizard in a Blizzard' saga". YouTube. July 13, 2011. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
^"Big Baby Tape выпустил трек "Like A G6"". The-Flow.ru (in Russian). Retrieved February 4, 2023.