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{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = 6 Words
| name = 6 Words
| Cover = Wretch 32 6 Words.jpg
| cover = Wretch 32 6 Words.jpg
| Artist = [[Wretch 32]]
| alt =
| Album = Growing Over Life
| type = single
| Released = 16 November 2014
| artist = [[Wretch 32]]
| Format = {{flat list|
| album = [[Growing Over Life]]
| released = 16 November 2014
*[[Music download|Digital download]]
| recorded =
*[[CD single]]
⚫
| studio =
}}
| Recorded =
| venue =
| Genre = [[Drum and bass]]<ref name="kiss">{{cite web|url=http://www.kissfmuk.com/2014/09/12/wretch-32-returns-with-6-words/|title=Wretch 32 returns with '6 Words'|work=[[Kiss (UK radio station)|Kiss FM]]|date=12 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="ds"/>
| genre = [[Drum and bass]]<ref name="kiss">{{cite web|url=http://www.kissfmuk.com/2014/09/12/wretch-32-returns-with-6-words/|title=Wretch 32 returns with '6 Words'|work=[[Kiss (UK radio station)|Kiss FM]]|date=12 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="ds"/>
| Length = 3:33
| length = 3:33
| Label = {{flat list|
| label = {{hlist|[[Ministry of Sound]]|Levels}}
⚫
| writer = {{hlist|[[Wretch 32|Jermaine Scott]]|Varren Wade}}
*[[Ministry of Sound]]
⚫
| producer = {{hlist|Mikey Muzik|Mo-Samuels|[[Wilkinson (musician)|Wilkinson]] <small>(add.)</small>}}
*Levels
⚫
| chronology = [[Wretch 32]]
}}
| prev_title = [[Doing OK]]
| Writer = {{flat list|
| prev_year = 2013
⚫
* [[Wretch 32|Jermaine Scott]]
| next_title = [[Alright with Me (song)|Alright with Me]]
* Varren Wade
| next_year = 2015
}}
| Producer = {{flat list|
* Mikey Muzik
* Mo-Samuels
⚫
* [[Wilkinson (musician)|Wilkinson]] <small>(add.)</small>
}}
⚫
| Chronology = [[Wretch 32]] singles
| Last single = "[[Doing OK]]"<br/>(2013)
| This single = "'''6 Words'''"<br/>(2014)
| Next single =
⚫
| Misc =
}}
}}


"'''6 Words'''" is a song by [[British people|British]] rapper [[Wretch 32]]. It was released on 16 November 2014 as the third single from his upcoming third studio album ''Growing Over Life''.<ref name="ds"/> The song was produced by Mikey Muzik and Mo-Samuels from the Sons of Sonics Music Group, with additional production and engineering by [[Wilkinson (musician)|Wilkinson]].<ref name="kiss"/><ref name="ds">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a603319/premiere-wretch-32-unveils-new-single-6-words-music-video.html|title=Premiere: Wretch 32 unveils new single '6 Words' music video|author=Corner, Lewis|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=14 October 2014}}</ref> It peaked at number 8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], making it Wretch's fifth top ten single in the UK.
"'''6 Words'''" is a song by [[British people|English]] rapper [[Wretch 32]]. It was released on 16 November 2014 as the lead single from his third studio album ''[[Growing Over Life]]''.<ref name="ds"/> The song was produced by Mikey Muzik and Mo-Samuels from the Sons of Sonix Music Group, with additional production and engineering by [[Wilkinson (musician)|Wilkinson]].<ref name="kiss"/><ref name="ds">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a603319/premiere-wretch-32-unveils-new-single-6-words-music-video.html|title=Premiere: Wretch 32 unveils new single '6 Words' music video|author=Corner, Lewis|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=14 October 2014}}</ref> It peaked at number 8 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], making it Wretch's fifth top ten single in the UK.


==Musical influences and styles==
==Musical influences and styles==
Wretch received mixed feedback following the release of the song, due to the fact that he wasn't rapping on it. He told [[MistaJam]] "I'm still adamant that it's gliding, I'm gliding in key".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v25q7|title=MistaJam's Christmas Party|work=[[BBC Radio 1Xtra]]|date=17 December 2014}}</ref> Speaking to [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex UK'']] about this, he said:<ref name="complex">{{cite web|url=http://uk.complex.com/music/2014/11/soundtrack-to-my-life-wretch-32-interview/wretch-32-6-words|title=Wretch 32 — "6 Words" - Soundtrack To My Life: Wretch 32|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex UK]]|date=20 November 2014}}</ref>
Wretch received mixed feedback following the release of the song, due to the fact that he wasn't rapping on it. He told [[MistaJam]] "I'm still adamant that it's gliding, I'm gliding in key".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v25q7|title=MistaJam's Christmas Party|work=[[BBC Radio 1Xtra]]|date=17 December 2014}}</ref> Speaking to [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex UK'']] about this, he said:<ref name="complex">{{cite web|url=http://uk.complex.com/music/2014/11/soundtrack-to-my-life-wretch-32-interview/wretch-32-6-words|title=Wretch 32 — "6 Words" - Soundtrack To My Life: Wretch 32|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex UK]]|date=20 November 2014|access-date=20 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200020/http://uk.complex.com/music/2014/11/soundtrack-to-my-life-wretch-32-interview/wretch-32-6-words|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


<blockquote>"Listening to Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and all those guys when I was growing up, I heard them guys rapping and singing and they can't really sing, but it still sounds good because it's in-tune. I wouldn't class them as singers. like I would Whitney Houston or someone, but they have the ability to do that because it's in their range and I knew it was in my ability because I can sing along with them, but I can't sing. I always had in my head, 'I'm gonna make a record where there are no rap verses.' And that's what '6 Words' is. It's not like everyday rap and I'd say that Gary Barlow and Chris Martin inspired it because, in the studio, all I was thinking was that I needed to write a better song than what they would write."</blockquote>
<blockquote>"Listening to Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and all those guys when I was growing up, I heard them guys rapping and singing and they can't really sing, but it still sounds good because it's in-tune. I wouldn't class them as singers. like I would Whitney Houston or someone, but they have the ability to do that because it's in their range and I knew it was in my ability because I can sing along with them, but I can't sing. I always had in my head, 'I'm gonna make a record where there are no rap verses.' And that's what '6 Words' is. It's not like everyday rap and I'd say that Gary Barlow and Chris Martin inspired it because, in the studio, all I was thinking was that I needed to write a better song than what they would write."</blockquote>
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{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download – EP
| headline = Digital download – EP
| lyrics_credits =
| music_credits =
| extra_column =
| title1 = 6 Words
| title1 = 6 Words
| note1 = [[DJ Friction (UK)|Friction]] Remix
| note1 = [[DJ Friction (UK)|Friction]] Remix
| length1 = 4:29
| length1 = 4:29
| writer1 =
| extra1 =
| title2 = 6 Words
| title2 = 6 Words
| note2 = Mike Mago Remix
| note2 = Mike Mago Remix
| length2 = 4:36
| length2 = 4:36
| writer2 =
| extra2 =
| title3 = 6 Words
| title3 = 6 Words
| note3 = Nora En Pure Remix
| note3 = [[Nora En Pure]] Remix
| length3 = 5:53
| length3 = 5:53
| writer3 =
| extra3 =
| title4 = 6 Words
| title4 = 6 Words
| note4 = Nathan C Remix
| note4 = Nathan C Remix
| length4 = 5:42
| length4 = 5:42
| writer4 =
| extra4 =
| title5 = 6 Words
| title5 = 6 Words
| note5 = Fabian Baroud Remix
| note5 = Fabian Baroud Remix
| length5 = 5:31
| length5 = 5:31
| total_length =
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* Vocals - [[Wretch 32]]
* Vocals - [[Wretch 32]]
* Backing vocals - Teni Tinks, Vicky Tola
* Backing vocals - Teni Tinks, Vicky Tola, Ben Williams
* Guitar - Andy Shaw
* [[Songwriter|Songwriting]] - [[Wretch 32|Jermaine Scott]], Varren Wade
* [[Songwriter|Songwriting]] - [[Wretch 32|Jermaine Scott]], Varren Wade
* [[Record producer|Production]] - Mikey Muzik, Mo-Samuels
* [[Record producer|Production]] - Mikey Muzik, Mo-Samuels
* Mixing, additional production - [[Wilkinson (musician)|Wilkinson]]
* Mixing, additional production - [[Wilkinson (musician)|Wilkinson]]


==Charts==
==Chart performance==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}


===Weekly charts===
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
|-
! Chart (2014)
! Chart (2014–15)
! Peak<br />position
! Peak<br />position
|-
|-
| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles/3295|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=13 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213091404/http://ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles/3295|archive-date=2015-02-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
⚫
{{singlechart|Scotland|12|date=2014-11-29}}
| align="center"| 25
|-
|-
{{singlechart|UKindie|1|date=2014-11-29}}
{{singlechart|Scotland|12|song=6 Words|date=2014-11-29}}
|-
|-
{{singlechart|UK|8|date=2014-11-29}}
{{singlechart|UKindie|1|song=6 Words|date=2014-11-29}}
|-
⚫
{{singlechart|UK|8|song=6 Words|date=2014-11-29}}
|-
|-
|}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Wretch 32|title=6 Words|relyear=2014|certyear=2022|id=13482-2759-1|access-date=25 November 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
{{col-end}}


==Release history==
==Release history==
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| 16 November 2014
| 16 November 2014
| [[Music download|Digital download]], [[CD single]]
| [[Music download|Digital download]], [[CD single]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Ministry of Sound]] / Levels
| rowspan="2"| [[Ministry of Sound]] / Levels
|-
|-
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist|30em}}


{{Wretch 32}}
{{Wretch 32}}

{{authority control}}


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[[Category:2014 songs]]
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[[Category:Wretch 32 songs]]
[[Category:Wretch 32 songs]]
[[Category:Ministry of Sound singles]]
[[Category:Ministry of Sound singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Wretch 32]]

Latest revision as of 20:00, 25 November 2022

"6 Words"
Single by Wretch 32
from the album Growing Over Life
Released16 November 2014
GenreDrum and bass[1][2]
Length3:33
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Wretch 32 singles chronology
"Doing OK"
(2013) 		"6 Words"
(2014) 		"Alright with Me"
(2015)

"6 Words" is a song by English rapper Wretch 32. It was released on 16 November 2014 as the lead single from his third studio album Growing Over Life.[2] The song was produced by Mikey Muzik and Mo-Samuels from the Sons of Sonix Music Group, with additional production and engineering by Wilkinson.[1][2] It peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Wretch's fifth top ten single in the UK.

Musical influences and styles

[edit]

Wretch received mixed feedback following the release of the song, due to the fact that he wasn't rapping on it. He told MistaJam "I'm still adamant that it's gliding, I'm gliding in key".[3] Speaking to Complex UK about this, he said:[4]

"Listening to Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and all those guys when I was growing up, I heard them guys rapping and singing and they can't really sing, but it still sounds good because it's in-tune. I wouldn't class them as singers. like I would Whitney Houston or someone, but they have the ability to do that because it's in their range and I knew it was in my ability because I can sing along with them, but I can't sing. I always had in my head, 'I'm gonna make a record where there are no rap verses.' And that's what '6 Words' is. It's not like everyday rap and I'd say that Gary Barlow and Chris Martin inspired it because, in the studio, all I was thinking was that I needed to write a better song than what they would write."

Music video

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A music video to accompany the release of "6 Words" was first released onto YouTube on 14 October 2014.[5] The video features imagery such as loudspeakers placed in a field.

Track listing

[edit]
Digital download – single
No.TitleLength
1."6 Words"3:33
Digital download – EP
No.TitleLength
1."6 Words" (Friction Remix)4:29
2."6 Words" (Mike Mago Remix)4:36
3."6 Words" (Nora En Pure Remix)5:53
4."6 Words" (Nathan C Remix)5:42
5."6 Words" (Fabian Baroud Remix)5:31

Personnel

[edit]

Charts

[edit]

Release history

[edit]
Country Release date Format Label
United Kingdom 16 November 2014 Digital download, CD single Ministry of Sound / Levels

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Wretch 32 returns with '6 Words'". Kiss FM. 12 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Corner, Lewis (14 October 2014). "Premiere: Wretch 32 unveils new single '6 Words' music video". Digital Spy.
  3. ^ "MistaJam's Christmas Party". BBC Radio 1Xtra. 17 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Wretch 32 — "6 Words" - Soundtrack To My Life: Wretch 32". Complex UK. 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ^ Wretch 32 '6 Words' (Official Video) (Out Now) on YouTube
  6. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "British single certifications – Wretch 32 – 6 Words". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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