Released October 12, 2010 Length 36:09 Release date 12 October 2010 | Recorded 2009-10 Animal(2009) Free Wired(2010) Label Cherrytree Records | |
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Producer Stereotypes, The Cataracs, The Smeezingtons, Roger Sanchez, Fernando Garibay, DJ White Shadow, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom, Genres Hip hop music, Electro Hop, Dance music, Pop-rap, Synth-pop, Electropop House music albums The Night the Sun Came Up, Party Rock, Sorry for Party Rocking, Nothing but the Beat, One Love | ||
Free Wired is the third studio album and major label debut of Asian-American group Far East Movement, released on October 12, 2010 by Cherrytree Records and Interscope Records.
Contents
- Far east movement free wired episode 1 downtown la is home
- Background
- Track listing
- Samples and interpolations
- Songs
- References
The album debuted at number twenty-four on the Billboard 200, with sales of 17,000. The album has sold 168,000 copies in the US as of January 2012.
The first single "Like a G6" was released on April 13, 2010. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The second official single is "Rocketeer", which features Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. The music video for the song premiered on VEVO and YouTube on October 29, 2010. "Rocketeer" reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song "Girls on the Dance Floor" was originally included on the 2009 album Animal.
Far east movement free wired episode 1 downtown la is home
Background
Speaking about the album in March 2011 to noted UK urban writer Pete Lewis—Assistant Editor of Blues & Soul—Kev Nish of Far East Movement stated: "'Free Wired' was basically a slang-word we came up with back in the day, that we'd use whenever we'd do something that was outside the box, that was original, that was fresh, and that mashed-up things that maybe SHOULDN'T have been mashed-up! Which is why, when it came to titling this album, it made so much SENSE! Because it really represented our lifestyle, represented what we listen to... You know, we'd basically go in the studio and take hip hop-style drums, electronic synths, alternative-style hooks and just - as I say - mash it all UP!... So yeah, with 'Free Wired' you definitely get exactly what it says in the TITLE!"
Track listing
Samples and interpolations
"So What?"
"Don't Look Now"
"Fighting For Air"
Songs
1Girls on the Dance FloorThe Stereotypes3:54
2Like a G6DEV - The Cataracs3:38
3RocketeerRyan Tedder3:31