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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 ".
[1] [8] After her song went viral, she quit her job and started working to promote her music career. [1] [4] She signed a label deal with Capitol/Polydor/Virgin Germany. [5] [13] On May 17, 2024, Boni and songwriting duo Billen Ted released the single "Man in Finance (G6 Trust Fund)" on Spotify and other streaming services. [8]
On May 2, user @rubythepookie uploaded one the first collaborations taking Boni’s 13 words, adding the beat from Far East Movement’s “Like a G6” and spinning it into dance floor gold with ...
The first single "Like a G6" was released on April 13, 2010. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second official single was "Rocketeer", which featured Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. The music video for the song premiered on VEVO and YouTube on October 29, 2010. [6] "Rocketeer" reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The two songs were made in the same summer, at the time where Dev and the Cataracs "were grinding it out in the studio pretty tough together," making a couple of "simplistic random tracks." [5] "Like a G6", which features Far East Movement and Dev, was released in April 2010, and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. [7]
Despite such accomplishments, the Cataracs have had their most mainstream success with the song "Like a G6" which was written by Singer-Vine/Dhar and produced by Dhar, [7] and also went on to peak at #1 on the Billboard charts. [8] The chorus for the song is sampled from lyrics in the song "Booty Bounce" by Dev, which they also produced.
"Rocketeer" is a song by American hip hop and electronic music group Far East Movement from their third studio album, Free Wired (2010). The song features vocals by American singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic. It was released in the United States as the second single from the album on October 9, 2010, by Cherrytree and Interscope ...
Their next music video, Insomnia, was released on February 3, 2012, just after the single became the #3 Breakout Song on the Billboard Dance/Club Charts. [6] The video was directed by Matt Alonzo ( Far East Movement "Like A G6").