Yeah 3x
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"Yeah 3x" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown. It was written by Brown, Justin Franks
, Kevin McCall
, Amber Streeter
, and Richard Adam Wiles
, and produced by DJ Frank E. The song was released as the lead single
from Brown's fourth studio album F.A.M.E.
on October 25, 2010. Brown recorded the song for his pop
audience as he had been doing a lot of mixtapes and urban
records.
Musically, "Yeah 3X" is an uptempo
dance-pop
, Europop
, and electro-house song; it uses a video game-type beat and features a thick bassline
and big synth chords
. Critical reception towards the song was positive, with critics praising its production and lyrics. Other critics noted its similarities to Brown's 2008 single "Forever
". However, its comparisons to Calvin Harris' 2009 single "I'm Not Alone" led to controversy. The song charted in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, where it all attained top-ten positions. "Yeah 3X" was also a top-twenty hit in the United States, Canada, Norway, Slovakia, and Sweden. As of February 2011, the song has sold over one million digital copies in the United States.
An accompanying music video was directed by Colin Tilley
and filmed at Universal Studios
. The video features Brown in various dance sequences in a neighborhood of old time storefronts and brownstones. It also features appearances from Teyana Taylor, Kevin McCall
, and Future Funk from America's Got Talent
. The song has been performed on the American version of Dancing with the Stars, The Today Show, and on Brown's Australian F.A.M.E. Tour.
, Kevin McCall
, Amber Streeter
and Richard Adam Wiles
, and was produced by DJ Frank E. It was recorded at The Record Plant
—a studio in Los Angeles
, California
—and Serban Ghenea
mixed
the track at Mixstar Studios—a studio in Virginia Beach, Virginia
. On September 2, 2010, Brown tweeted
that the Polow da Don
-produced song titled "Calypso" would be released soon as the follow-up single to "Deuces
". However, those plans were changed when "Yeah 3x" was released instead. While filming the music video
for the song, Brown elaborated on the song's inspiration in an interview with Access Hollywood
. He stated that he wanted to record the song for his pop
audience since he had been doing so much urban
material.
Brown said the song was given to him by DJ Frank E while he was in the studio writing songs for other artists and himself. "I heard the track and I was like man this is incredible. It kind of gave me the 'Forever
' feeling so I wanted to do more of a song for my pop audience. I’ve been doing a lot of mix-tape stuff, a lot of urban records ... the pop audience didn’t really have anything to gauge from so I really wanted to give them this and I feel like Yeah 3x is something different, something new and it’s just [a] positive record. It’s not anything too over the top; it’s just right where it needs to be." During a chat with fans on Ustream.tv on September 27, 2010, Brown said that the song was written in 15 minutes; "We actually got the beat and we did it in no time. It was effortless. It was fun. It was sort of like when we wrote 'Forever', so I hope you guys like that record. It's more of a pop record, in the club record."
dance-pop
, Europop
, and electro house song. Over a video game-type beat, Brown opens the song by proclaiming, "In the moment, can't believe / You're so beautiful / Feels like I'm in a dream." Throughout the song, it features a thick bassline
. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
, the song is set in common time
with a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. It is composed in the key
of D major
with Brown's vocal range spanning from the note of A4 to the note of B5. The song samples a portion of "I'm Not Alone" by Calvin Harris
. According to Robbie Daw from Idolator
, "Yeah 3x" is a mixture of "Forever
" and La Roux
's "Bulletproof" (2009), while Sean Michaels from The Guardian
commented that the song seems to be inspired by David Guetta
's eurodance
sound. Nick Levine of Digital Spy
compared the song's production to the sounds of Usher
, Taio Cruz
, Jay Sean, The Black Eyed Peas
and Calvin Harris
.
called the song "dance-friendly", and wrote "with its electro-vibe and frenetic pulse, "Yeah 3X" sounds like the perfect club banging anthem to get any night off to a raucous start." Ed Easton Jr. from WXRK wrote that the song sounds like Brown's single "Forever
" (2008), writing that "it has that fun and simple lyrical flow and puts more emphasis on the intoxicating beat." He also called the song "a beat banging dance track" that would keep Brown rising back to the top. Megan Vick from Billboard
magazine added that "Brown's career has had its share of twists and turns, but "Yeah 3X" proves he can still turn out a speaker-bumping track." Bri LaPelusa from UR Chicago
called it a "true party anthem" due to the chorus: "You love to drink / So do we / Get my bottles / Bring 'em to me / Hold your glasses up / People everywhere." Tom Howard from Yahoo! Music
called it a "clubby summer tune." Hannah Ash from The Harber Herald wrote that "it's a great song, full of party-riffic electronic beats made for dancing."
producer Calvin Harris
claimed that "Yeah 3X" plagiarised his 2009 single "I'm Not Alone". Harris tweeted
, "Choked on my cornflakes when I heard [the] new Chris Brown single this morning. Do you know what I mean?". After receiving many abusive messages from Brown's fans after posting the comment, he later tweeted "I don't care that you call me a nobody. Stealing is still stealing, doesn't matter who you are! ... Because Chris Brown is an international celebrity doesn't make it OK to rip off a guy from [the] UK not many people have heard of." When asked in an interview with Australia's Herald Sun
if Brown knew him, Harris replied "Well, he's never heard of me, that's the funniest thing. But the producer he's worked with, DJ Frank E
, has definitely heard of me. He's a respected producer, he's worked with Tiësto
on a few tracks, perhaps that's where the link is. It's all a bit of fun." Brown later spoke with Harris and upon hearing the similarities between the two songs, had Harris' name added to the songwriting credits.
. After weeks of ascending and descending the Hot 100, "Yeah 3X" peaked at number fifteen on the issue dated January 29, 2011, and spent 20 weeks on the chart. The song charted successfully on the Pop Songs
chart, where it peaked at number seven. "Yeah 3X" failed to chart on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart, instead reaching number twenty-two on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which lists the twenty-five songs below the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs' number 100 position that have not yet charted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In Canada, "Yeah 3x" debuted at number forty-two on the Canadian Hot 100
and peaked at number twelve. As of February 6, 2011, the song has sold over 1,000,000 digital copies in the United States.
Internationally, "Yeah 3X" reached the top-ten in nine countries. On the Australian Singles Chart
, "Yeah 3X" debuted at number seven on November 29, 2010, and peaked at number four on December 27, 2010. Eventually, the song was certified five times Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA), for shipments of 350,000 units. In Belgium, "Yeah 3X" peaked at number eight on the Flanders Ultratop 50
, where it remained in the top-ten for four non-consecutive weeks. In Denmark, the song debuted at number six on the Danish Singles Chart
, giving Brown his second top-ten single there following "No Air
" (2008), a duet with Jordin Sparks
. The song also attained top-ten positions on the German Singles Chart
and the Netherlands' Dutch Top 40
at numbers seven and ten, respectively. The Bundesverband Musikindustrie
(BVMI) in Germany, certified "Yeah 3X" Gold for shipping 150,000 copies. In New Zealand, "Yeah 3X" reached number one on January 10, 2011, where it remained for one week, and became Brown's sixth number-one in the country. The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
(RIANZ), certified "Yeah 3x" Platinum for shipping 15,000 copies. In Switzerland, the song debuted at number fifty-one on the Swiss Singles Chart
on February 13, 2011, and peaked at number seven on April 10, 2011. It certified Gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), for shipping 15,000 copies. In Ireland, "Yeah 3X" peaked at number eight on the Irish Singles Chart
and spent twenty-two weeks on the chart. In the United Kingdom, "Yeah 3X" made its chart debut on the UK Singles Chart
at number ten on February 5, 2011. It peaked at number six in its third week on the chart, and remained in the top-ten for six consecutive weeks. Overall, "Yeah 3X" is Brown's fourth top-ten UK hit as a lead artist.
for "Yeah 3X" was directed by Colin Tilley
and filmed at the Universal Studios
. It features appearances from Teyana Taylor, Kevin McCall
, and Future Funk from America's Got Talent
. The video premiered on MTV
on October 21, 2010.
The video opens with Brown walking down a deserted street wearing a navy sweatshirt, dark blue denim, and white sneakers. It then cuts to another scene where Brown makes an acrobatic entrance onto the top of a truck in a neighborhood of old-timey storefronts and brownstones. Wearing a black vest, trousers and a red skinny tie, Brown then leads a mob of kids, teens and older residents down the street. As the first chorus nears, Brown begins his first dance sequence with two male dancers. Together, they pull off high mid-air twirls, each seemingly jumping several feet above the ground. Brown then follows a woman down the street, and runs into four female dancers wearing tank tops and suspenders. Together, they perform arm movements, and work in a few hip thrusts. The next scene, Brown is seen at a storefront labeled "Popin Pete's" and continues more dancing with Pete. During the bridge, Brown can be seen wearing a hot pink/salmon-colored blazer, gold chain and, in one shot, carrying a massive shiny boombox. Brown then rallies the crowd from a fire escape just before someone opens a fire hydrant and unleashes a spray of water onto the crowd. In the final scene, Brown is wearing a peach blazer while baring his chest, and performs the last bit of choreography with male and female dancers. The video ends as Brown spins, stops and looks off into the distance.
wrote that "it's genuinely a fun clip, absent of any overdone, sexed up R&B corniness." Robbie Daw from Idolator
compared the video to Michael Jackson
's "The Way You Make Me Feel
", and Janet Jackson
's "Alright
", concluding that "sure, the "Yeah 3x" clip is derivative. But at least Brown is making a serious effort to polish up his commercial appeal once again with both a feel-good, sing-along song and an equally sunny video." Mariel Concepcion from Billboard
simply called it a "kid-friendly clip".
" and "Forever
" was shown on the American version of Dancing with the Stars on March 29, 2011. For the performance, Brown wore a tomato red tuxedo and a black shirt and bow tie. The performance started off with a young boy doing break dancing moves and announcing, 'Here is Chris Brown'. Brown then appeared doing flips and somersaults, as he lip-synced most of the song. The performance earned him a standing ovation from the judges and members of the crowd. Prior to the performance, some of the show's cast were unhappy that Brown was going to perform because of the domestic violence
assault that occurred with his then-girlfriend Rihanna
in 2009. Brown was sentenced to five years of probation
, ordered to complete more than 1,400 hours of community service
and was given a restraining order
which required him to stay away from Rihanna. Professional dancer Cheryl Burke
told Extra
, "As a victim of domestic violence, I don't agree with him coming on the show, but it's out of my control", while host Tom Bergeron
told the On Air with Ryan Seacrest
radio show that, "I did tell the producers it may be to their advantage to not have me interview him, because my natural tendency would be to say something. So don't put me in a position where you are asking me to not say something, because I really won't do that."
In April 2011, Brown embarked on his F.A.M.E. Tour in Australia, where he performed "Yeah 3X" as part of the concert's setlist. On July 15, 2011, Brown performed the song infront of 18,000 fans at the Rockefeller Plaza
in New York City
for The Today Show concert series. For the performance, Brown wore a white shirt and black pants, and was accompanied by male dancers wearing black jumpsuits and red sneakers.
Source:
DJ Frank E
Justin Franks, also known as DJ Frank E, is an American DJ and record producer from Denver, Colorado. He began mixing records and later progressed to producing remixes in 2003....
, Kevin McCall
Kevin McCall
Kevin Lamar McCall, Jr. , better known as Kevin McCall or K-Mac, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and rapper signed to Universal Music Group and CBE . He wrote on "Last Train to Paris", and was nominated with Chris Brown for Deuces on the 2011 Grammys.- Mixtapes :*Un-invited Guest Kevin...
, Amber Streeter
RichGirl
RichGirl was an American R&B girl group consisting of four members, Audra, Brave, Lyndriette and SeVen. The group was formed with the help of record producer Rich Harrison, and is managed by Tina Davis...
, and Richard Adam Wiles
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
, and produced by DJ Frank E. The song was released as the lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from Brown's fourth studio album F.A.M.E.
F.A.M.E. (album)
F.A.M.E. is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Chris Brown, first released on March 18, 2011 by Jive Records. Brown worked with several record producers and songwriters for the album, including Kevin McCall, Jean Baptiste, Brian Kennedy, DJ Frank E, The Underdogs and The...
on October 25, 2010. Brown recorded the song for his pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
audience as he had been doing a lot of mixtapes and urban
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
records.
Musically, "Yeah 3X" is an uptempo
Tempo
In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
dance-pop
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
, Europop
Europop
Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and ’90s...
, and electro-house song; it uses a video game-type beat and features a thick bassline
Bassline
A bassline is the term used in many styles of popular music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic music for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, tuba or keyboard...
and big synth chords
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
. Critical reception towards the song was positive, with critics praising its production and lyrics. Other critics noted its similarities to Brown's 2008 single "Forever
Forever (Chris Brown song)
"Forever" is a song by American R&B singer Chris Brown. It is produced by Polow da Don. It is the first single from the repackaged Exclusive: Forever Edition, and is the fifth overall single by Brown from his second studio album, Exclusive with uncredited backing vocals from Keri Hilson...
". However, its comparisons to Calvin Harris' 2009 single "I'm Not Alone" led to controversy. The song charted in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, where it all attained top-ten positions. "Yeah 3X" was also a top-twenty hit in the United States, Canada, Norway, Slovakia, and Sweden. As of February 2011, the song has sold over one million digital copies in the United States.
An accompanying music video was directed by Colin Tilley
Colin Tilley
Colin Tilley is an award winning music video director for Riveting Entertainment who has written and directed music videos for artists including Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Diddy, Usher, Melanie Fiona, Keri Hilson, Wiz Khalifa and U.K. rapper Chipmunk among others. His most...
and filmed at Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
. The video features Brown in various dance sequences in a neighborhood of old time storefronts and brownstones. It also features appearances from Teyana Taylor, Kevin McCall
Kevin McCall
Kevin Lamar McCall, Jr. , better known as Kevin McCall or K-Mac, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and rapper signed to Universal Music Group and CBE . He wrote on "Last Train to Paris", and was nominated with Chris Brown for Deuces on the 2011 Grammys.- Mixtapes :*Un-invited Guest Kevin...
, and Future Funk from America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
. The song has been performed on the American version of Dancing with the Stars, The Today Show, and on Brown's Australian F.A.M.E. Tour.
Background and recording
"Yeah 3X" was written by Chris Brown, Justin "DJ Frank E" FranksDJ Frank E
Justin Franks, also known as DJ Frank E, is an American DJ and record producer from Denver, Colorado. He began mixing records and later progressed to producing remixes in 2003....
, Kevin McCall
Kevin McCall
Kevin Lamar McCall, Jr. , better known as Kevin McCall or K-Mac, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and rapper signed to Universal Music Group and CBE . He wrote on "Last Train to Paris", and was nominated with Chris Brown for Deuces on the 2011 Grammys.- Mixtapes :*Un-invited Guest Kevin...
, Amber Streeter
RichGirl
RichGirl was an American R&B girl group consisting of four members, Audra, Brave, Lyndriette and SeVen. The group was formed with the help of record producer Rich Harrison, and is managed by Tina Davis...
and Richard Adam Wiles
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
, and was produced by DJ Frank E. It was recorded at The Record Plant
Record Plant Studios
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—a studio in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
—and Serban Ghenea
Serban Ghenea
Serban Ghenea is a four-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award-winning mixer. He has mixed songs for such artists as Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Jewel, Santana, Ozomatli, Shakira, Jill Scott, R. Kelly, Rod Stewart, and Dave Matthews Band...
mixed
Audio mixing (recorded music)
In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
the track at Mixstar Studios—a studio in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
. On September 2, 2010, Brown tweeted
Twitter
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that the Polow da Don
Polow Da Don
Polow-Freache Jamal Fincher Jones , better known by known by professional name Polow da Don or Awesome Jones, is an American record producer, songwriter, rapper, and singer. His cousin is Atlanta singer Monica. He has produced for a variety of artists including Usher, Nelly, Christina Aguilera, T.I...
-produced song titled "Calypso" would be released soon as the follow-up single to "Deuces
Deuces (song)
"Deuces" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown, taken from his mixtape Fan of a Fan . It was written by Brown, Tyga, and Kevin McCall, with the latter also producing the song. The R&B ballad also features guest vocal performances from Tyga and McCall. Lyrically, the song is about...
". However, those plans were changed when "Yeah 3x" was released instead. While filming the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song, Brown elaborated on the song's inspiration in an interview with Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
. He stated that he wanted to record the song for his pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
audience since he had been doing so much urban
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
material.
Brown said the song was given to him by DJ Frank E while he was in the studio writing songs for other artists and himself. "I heard the track and I was like man this is incredible. It kind of gave me the 'Forever
Forever (Chris Brown song)
"Forever" is a song by American R&B singer Chris Brown. It is produced by Polow da Don. It is the first single from the repackaged Exclusive: Forever Edition, and is the fifth overall single by Brown from his second studio album, Exclusive with uncredited backing vocals from Keri Hilson...
' feeling so I wanted to do more of a song for my pop audience. I’ve been doing a lot of mix-tape stuff, a lot of urban records ... the pop audience didn’t really have anything to gauge from so I really wanted to give them this and I feel like Yeah 3x is something different, something new and it’s just [a] positive record. It’s not anything too over the top; it’s just right where it needs to be." During a chat with fans on Ustream.tv on September 27, 2010, Brown said that the song was written in 15 minutes; "We actually got the beat and we did it in no time. It was effortless. It was fun. It was sort of like when we wrote 'Forever', so I hope you guys like that record. It's more of a pop record, in the club record."
Composition
"Yeah 3x" is an uptempoTempo
In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
dance-pop
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
, Europop
Europop
Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and ’90s...
, and electro house song. Over a video game-type beat, Brown opens the song by proclaiming, "In the moment, can't believe / You're so beautiful / Feels like I'm in a dream." Throughout the song, it features a thick bassline
Bassline
A bassline is the term used in many styles of popular music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic music for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, tuba or keyboard...
. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a music publishing company co-owned by The Michael Jackson Family Trust and Sony. The organisation was originally founded as Associated TeleVision in 1955 by Lew Grade. In 1957, ATV acquired Pye Records as a wholly owned subsidiary...
, the song is set in common time
Common Time
"Common Time" is a science fiction short story written by James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros ; in The Penguin Science Fiction...
with a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. It is composed in the key
Key (music)
In music theory, the term key is used in many different and sometimes contradictory ways. A common use is to speak of music as being "in" a specific key, such as in the key of C major or in the key of F-sharp. Sometimes the terms "major" or "minor" are appended, as in the key of A minor or in the...
of D major
D major
D major is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature consists of two sharps. Its relative minor is B minor and its parallel minor is D minor....
with Brown's vocal range spanning from the note of A4 to the note of B5. The song samples a portion of "I'm Not Alone" by Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
. According to Robbie Daw from Idolator
Idolator (website)
Idolator is a music blog. Created by the blog network Gawker Media in August 2006, Idolator was later sold to rival blog network Buzz Media, which also owns music blog Stereogum. From the 2007 departure of original head writer Brian Raftery until November 2009, the blog's head writer was Maura...
, "Yeah 3x" is a mixture of "Forever
Forever (Chris Brown song)
"Forever" is a song by American R&B singer Chris Brown. It is produced by Polow da Don. It is the first single from the repackaged Exclusive: Forever Edition, and is the fifth overall single by Brown from his second studio album, Exclusive with uncredited backing vocals from Keri Hilson...
" and La Roux
La Roux
La Roux are an English electropop duo made up of singer, keyboardist, co-writer and co-producer Eleanor Kate Jackson, and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid. Jackson describes their relationship as "very much a half and half sharing situation... not like a singer producer outfit", but also...
's "Bulletproof" (2009), while Sean Michaels from The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
commented that the song seems to be inspired by David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...
's eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
sound. Nick Levine of Digital Spy
Digital Spy
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compared the song's production to the sounds of Usher
Usher (entertainer)
Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...
, Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...
, Jay Sean, The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
and Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
.
Critical reception
Amar Toor from AOL RadioAOL Radio
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called the song "dance-friendly", and wrote "with its electro-vibe and frenetic pulse, "Yeah 3X" sounds like the perfect club banging anthem to get any night off to a raucous start." Ed Easton Jr. from WXRK wrote that the song sounds like Brown's single "Forever
Forever (Chris Brown song)
"Forever" is a song by American R&B singer Chris Brown. It is produced by Polow da Don. It is the first single from the repackaged Exclusive: Forever Edition, and is the fifth overall single by Brown from his second studio album, Exclusive with uncredited backing vocals from Keri Hilson...
" (2008), writing that "it has that fun and simple lyrical flow and puts more emphasis on the intoxicating beat." He also called the song "a beat banging dance track" that would keep Brown rising back to the top. Megan Vick from Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine added that "Brown's career has had its share of twists and turns, but "Yeah 3X" proves he can still turn out a speaker-bumping track." Bri LaPelusa from UR Chicago
UR Chicago
UR Chicago is a free, independent, monthly magazine covering regional and national lifestyles and entertainment. The magazine focuses on nightlife, music, theater, art, film, dining, and fashion mainly in the Chicago area. The magazine also offers in-depth feature reporting...
called it a "true party anthem" due to the chorus: "You love to drink / So do we / Get my bottles / Bring 'em to me / Hold your glasses up / People everywhere." Tom Howard from Yahoo! Music
Yahoo! Music
Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming...
called it a "clubby summer tune." Hannah Ash from The Harber Herald wrote that "it's a great song, full of party-riffic electronic beats made for dancing."
Calvin Harris controversy
ScottishScotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
producer Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
claimed that "Yeah 3X" plagiarised his 2009 single "I'm Not Alone". Harris tweeted
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
, "Choked on my cornflakes when I heard [the] new Chris Brown single this morning. Do you know what I mean?". After receiving many abusive messages from Brown's fans after posting the comment, he later tweeted "I don't care that you call me a nobody. Stealing is still stealing, doesn't matter who you are! ... Because Chris Brown is an international celebrity doesn't make it OK to rip off a guy from [the] UK not many people have heard of." When asked in an interview with Australia's Herald Sun
Herald Sun
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
if Brown knew him, Harris replied "Well, he's never heard of me, that's the funniest thing. But the producer he's worked with, DJ Frank E
DJ Frank E
Justin Franks, also known as DJ Frank E, is an American DJ and record producer from Denver, Colorado. He began mixing records and later progressed to producing remixes in 2003....
, has definitely heard of me. He's a respected producer, he's worked with Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
on a few tracks, perhaps that's where the link is. It's all a bit of fun." Brown later spoke with Harris and upon hearing the similarities between the two songs, had Harris' name added to the songwriting credits.
Chart performance
On the issue dated November 13, 2010, "Yeah 3X" debuted at number thirty-three on the United States Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. After weeks of ascending and descending the Hot 100, "Yeah 3X" peaked at number fifteen on the issue dated January 29, 2011, and spent 20 weeks on the chart. The song charted successfully on the Pop Songs
Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)
The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...
chart, where it peaked at number seven. "Yeah 3X" failed to chart on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart, instead reaching number twenty-two on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which lists the twenty-five songs below the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs' number 100 position that have not yet charted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In Canada, "Yeah 3x" debuted at number forty-two on the Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
and peaked at number twelve. As of February 6, 2011, the song has sold over 1,000,000 digital copies in the United States.
Internationally, "Yeah 3X" reached the top-ten in nine countries. On the Australian Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
, "Yeah 3X" debuted at number seven on November 29, 2010, and peaked at number four on December 27, 2010. Eventually, the song was certified five times Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA), for shipments of 350,000 units. In Belgium, "Yeah 3X" peaked at number eight on the Flanders Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...
, where it remained in the top-ten for four non-consecutive weeks. In Denmark, the song debuted at number six on the Danish Singles Chart
Tracklisten
Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...
, giving Brown his second top-ten single there following "No Air
No Air
"No Air" is a song by American recording artist Jordin Sparks featuring American R&B singer Chris Brown. The song was written by James Fauntleroy II, Eric Griggs, Michael Scala, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas and Steve Russell...
" (2008), a duet with Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...
. The song also attained top-ten positions on the German Singles Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
and the Netherlands' Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
at numbers seven and ten, respectively. The Bundesverband Musikindustrie
Bundesverband Musikindustrie
The Bundesverband Musikindustrie or simply BVMI represents the music industry in Germany. The association represents the interests of nearly 350 labels and music industry related enterprises....
(BVMI) in Germany, certified "Yeah 3X" Gold for shipping 150,000 copies. In New Zealand, "Yeah 3X" reached number one on January 10, 2011, where it remained for one week, and became Brown's sixth number-one in the country. The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
(RIANZ), certified "Yeah 3x" Platinum for shipping 15,000 copies. In Switzerland, the song debuted at number fifty-one on the Swiss Singles Chart
Swiss Music Charts
The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...
on February 13, 2011, and peaked at number seven on April 10, 2011. It certified Gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), for shipping 15,000 copies. In Ireland, "Yeah 3X" peaked at number eight on the Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
and spent twenty-two weeks on the chart. In the United Kingdom, "Yeah 3X" made its chart debut on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
at number ten on February 5, 2011. It peaked at number six in its third week on the chart, and remained in the top-ten for six consecutive weeks. Overall, "Yeah 3X" is Brown's fourth top-ten UK hit as a lead artist.
Music video
Music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Yeah 3X" was directed by Colin Tilley
Colin Tilley
Colin Tilley is an award winning music video director for Riveting Entertainment who has written and directed music videos for artists including Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Diddy, Usher, Melanie Fiona, Keri Hilson, Wiz Khalifa and U.K. rapper Chipmunk among others. His most...
and filmed at the Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
. It features appearances from Teyana Taylor, Kevin McCall
Kevin McCall
Kevin Lamar McCall, Jr. , better known as Kevin McCall or K-Mac, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and rapper signed to Universal Music Group and CBE . He wrote on "Last Train to Paris", and was nominated with Chris Brown for Deuces on the 2011 Grammys.- Mixtapes :*Un-invited Guest Kevin...
, and Future Funk from America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
. The video premiered on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
on October 21, 2010.
The video opens with Brown walking down a deserted street wearing a navy sweatshirt, dark blue denim, and white sneakers. It then cuts to another scene where Brown makes an acrobatic entrance onto the top of a truck in a neighborhood of old-timey storefronts and brownstones. Wearing a black vest, trousers and a red skinny tie, Brown then leads a mob of kids, teens and older residents down the street. As the first chorus nears, Brown begins his first dance sequence with two male dancers. Together, they pull off high mid-air twirls, each seemingly jumping several feet above the ground. Brown then follows a woman down the street, and runs into four female dancers wearing tank tops and suspenders. Together, they perform arm movements, and work in a few hip thrusts. The next scene, Brown is seen at a storefront labeled "Popin Pete's" and continues more dancing with Pete. During the bridge, Brown can be seen wearing a hot pink/salmon-colored blazer, gold chain and, in one shot, carrying a massive shiny boombox. Brown then rallies the crowd from a fire escape just before someone opens a fire hydrant and unleashes a spray of water onto the crowd. In the final scene, Brown is wearing a peach blazer while baring his chest, and performs the last bit of choreography with male and female dancers. The video ends as Brown spins, stops and looks off into the distance.
Reception
Ed Easton Jr. from WXRK gave the video a rating of seven out of ten, writing that "there is plenty of choreographed dancing as Breezy shows us he still got it, getting everyone in the neighborhood to dance with him. The video is good for the most part, especially if you are a fan of dancing." Brad Wete from Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
wrote that "it's genuinely a fun clip, absent of any overdone, sexed up R&B corniness." Robbie Daw from Idolator
Idolator (website)
Idolator is a music blog. Created by the blog network Gawker Media in August 2006, Idolator was later sold to rival blog network Buzz Media, which also owns music blog Stereogum. From the 2007 departure of original head writer Brian Raftery until November 2009, the blog's head writer was Maura...
compared the video to Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's "The Way You Make Me Feel
The Way You Make Me Feel
"The Way You Make Me Feel" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released by Epic Records in November 1987, it was the third single from Jackson's seventh studio album Bad. Written and composed by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones , the song is credited as being a pop and R&B...
", and Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
's "Alright
Alright (Janet Jackson song)
"Alright" is the fourth single from American R&B and pop singer Janet Jackson's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 .-Song information:...
", concluding that "sure, the "Yeah 3x" clip is derivative. But at least Brown is making a serious effort to polish up his commercial appeal once again with both a feel-good, sing-along song and an equally sunny video." Mariel Concepcion from Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
simply called it a "kid-friendly clip".
Live performances
A pre-taped performance of Brown performing "Yeah 3X" and a medley of "Beautiful PeopleBeautiful People (Chris Brown song)
"Beautiful People" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown featuring Italian DJ Benny Benassi. It was written by Brown, with Jean Baptiste, Marco Benassi and Allessandro Benassi, with the latter two also handling its production. The song was released as the third single from Brown's...
" and "Forever
Forever (Chris Brown song)
"Forever" is a song by American R&B singer Chris Brown. It is produced by Polow da Don. It is the first single from the repackaged Exclusive: Forever Edition, and is the fifth overall single by Brown from his second studio album, Exclusive with uncredited backing vocals from Keri Hilson...
" was shown on the American version of Dancing with the Stars on March 29, 2011. For the performance, Brown wore a tomato red tuxedo and a black shirt and bow tie. The performance started off with a young boy doing break dancing moves and announcing, 'Here is Chris Brown'. Brown then appeared doing flips and somersaults, as he lip-synced most of the song. The performance earned him a standing ovation from the judges and members of the crowd. Prior to the performance, some of the show's cast were unhappy that Brown was going to perform because of the domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...
assault that occurred with his then-girlfriend Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
in 2009. Brown was sentenced to five years of probation
Probation
Probation literally means testing of behaviour or abilities. In a legal sense, an offender on probation is ordered to follow certain conditions set forth by the court, often under the supervision of a probation officer...
, ordered to complete more than 1,400 hours of community service
Community service
Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....
and was given a restraining order
Restraining order
A restraining order or order of protection is a form of legal injunction that requires a party to do, or to refrain from doing, certain acts. A party that refuses to comply with an order faces criminal or civil penalties and may have to pay damages or accept sanctions...
which required him to stay away from Rihanna. Professional dancer Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Stephanie Burke is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first woman to win the show and the first person to win twice ....
told Extra
Extra (TV series)
Extra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution...
, "As a victim of domestic violence, I don't agree with him coming on the show, but it's out of my control", while host Tom Bergeron
Tom Bergeron
Tom Bergeron is an American television personality and game show host, best known as the host of the ABC reality series Dancing with the Stars and host of America's Funniest Home Videos . He was also host of Hollywood Squares and a fill-in host for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire...
told the On Air with Ryan Seacrest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest (radio)
On Air with Ryan Seacrest is the name of an American syndicated radio program hosted by Ryan Seacrest. As of 2010, the daily morning radio show airs on Los Angeles top 40 station KIIS-FM and was launched at the same time as the television show with the same name, although Seacrest had hosted a...
radio show that, "I did tell the producers it may be to their advantage to not have me interview him, because my natural tendency would be to say something. So don't put me in a position where you are asking me to not say something, because I really won't do that."
In April 2011, Brown embarked on his F.A.M.E. Tour in Australia, where he performed "Yeah 3X" as part of the concert's setlist. On July 15, 2011, Brown performed the song infront of 18,000 fans at the Rockefeller Plaza
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. It was declared a National...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
for The Today Show concert series. For the performance, Brown wore a white shirt and black pants, and was accompanied by male dancers wearing black jumpsuits and red sneakers.
Track listing
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- Digital download
- "Yeah 3x" – 4:01
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- Germany CD single
- "Yeah 3x" – 4:01
- "DeucesDeuces (song)"Deuces" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown, taken from his mixtape Fan of a Fan . It was written by Brown, Tyga, and Kevin McCall, with the latter also producing the song. The R&B ballad also features guest vocal performances from Tyga and McCall. Lyrically, the song is about...
" featuring DrakeDrake (entertainer)Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....
& Kanye WestKanye WestKanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
(Remix) – 4:34
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- Australia and New Zealand Digital EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
- Australia and New Zealand Digital EP
- "Yeah 3x" – 4:01
- "Deuces" featuring Drake, T.I.T.I.Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....
, Kanye West, FabolousFabolousJohn David Jackson , better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper of African American and Dominican descent. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Part of his early popularity arose from his hit single "Can't Deny It" in 2001, from his debut...
, Rick RossRick Ross (rapper)William Leonard Roberts II , better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection...
& André 3000André 3000André Lauren Benjamin , better known by his stage name André 3000 is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor, best known for being part of American hip-hop duo OutKast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi...
(Remix) – 6:43 - "Deuces" featuring Drake & Kanye West (Remix) – 4:34
Credits and personnel
- Chris Brown – songwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, lead vocals - Justin "DJ Frank E" FranksDJ Frank EJustin Franks, also known as DJ Frank E, is an American DJ and record producer from Denver, Colorado. He began mixing records and later progressed to producing remixes in 2003....
– songwriter, producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Kevin McCallKevin McCallKevin Lamar McCall, Jr. , better known as Kevin McCall or K-Mac, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and rapper signed to Universal Music Group and CBE . He wrote on "Last Train to Paris", and was nominated with Chris Brown for Deuces on the 2011 Grammys.- Mixtapes :*Un-invited Guest Kevin...
– songwriter - Amber StreeterRichGirlRichGirl was an American R&B girl group consisting of four members, Audra, Brave, Lyndriette and SeVen. The group was formed with the help of record producer Rich Harrison, and is managed by Tina Davis...
– songwriter - Calvin HarrisCalvin HarrisCalvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
– songwriter - Serban GheneaSerban GheneaSerban Ghenea is a four-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award-winning mixer. He has mixed songs for such artists as Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Jewel, Santana, Ozomatli, Shakira, Jill Scott, R. Kelly, Rod Stewart, and Dave Matthews Band...
– audio mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may... - John Hanes – engineeringAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
- Tim Roberts – assistant engineering
Source:
Charts and certifications
| Chart (2010–11) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
22 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) | 55 |
Certifications
| Country | Provider | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
5× Platinum |
| Denmark | IFPI | Gold |
| Germany | BVMI Bundesverband Musikindustrie The Bundesverband Musikindustrie or simply BVMI represents the music industry in Germany. The association represents the interests of nearly 350 labels and music industry related enterprises.... |
Gold |
| New Zealand | RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
Platinum |
| Switzerland | IFPI | Gold |
Radio and release history
| Country | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| United States | October 25, 2010 | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
| Canada | ||
| Finland | ||
| France | ||
| Norway | ||
| Sweden | ||
| United States | October 26, 2010 | Rhythmic contemporary Rhythmic Contemporary Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary rarely uses rock music or country music in its airplay, but it may... radio |
| Australia | November 15, 2010 | Digital download |
| New Zealand | ||
| Australia | December 17, 2010 | Digital remix extended play Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... |
| New Zealand | ||
| Belgium | January 10, 2011 | Digital download |
| Netherlands | ||
| Ireland | January 21, 2011 | |
| United Kingdom | January 23, 2011 | |
| Switzerland | January 28, 2011 | |
| Austria | February 25, 2011 | |
| Germany | March 4, 2011 | CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s... |
See also
- List of number-one singles from the 2010s (New Zealand)
- List of top 10 singles in 2010 (Australia)