It kind of gave me the ' Forever' feeling so I wanted to do more of a song for my pop audience. 'I heard the track and I was like man this is incredible. īrown said the song was given to him by DJ Frank E while he was in the studio writing songs for other artists and himself. He stated that he wanted to record the song for his pop audience since he had been doing so much urban material. While filming the music video for the song, Brown elaborated on the song's inspiration in an interview with Access Hollywood. However, those plans were changed when 'Yeah 3x' was released instead. 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' (2010). 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. 'Yeah 3x' was written by Brown, DJ Frank E, Kevin McCall, Amber Streeter and Calvin Harris, and was produced by DJ Frank E. It was also included on the set list of his 2011 F.A.M.E.

Brown promoted the song with live performances on televised shows, including Dancing with the Stars, Today and the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. It also features cameo appearances by Teyana Taylor, Kevin McCall, and Future Funk from America's Got Talent. The video features Brown in various dance sequences in a neighborhood of old time storefronts and brownstones. It also peaked within the top 20 of the charts in Canada, Norway, Slovakia, and Sweden.Īn accompanying music video was directed by Colin Tilley and filmed at Universal Studios. Outside of the United States, 'Yeah 3x' peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. 'Yeah 3x' peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and at number seven on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. '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. Brown recorded the song for his pop audience as he had been doing a lot of mixtapes and urban records. It was written by Brown, DJ Frank E, Kevin McCall, Amber Streeter, with Calvin Harris receiving an additional writing credit following his accusation of plagiarism. ' Yeah 3x' (pronounced 'Yeah three times' or 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' sometimes stylized as ' Yeah 3X' ) is a song by American singer Chris Brown, released as the lead single from his fourth studio album F.A.M.E.

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