Free Wired Explained

Free Wired
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Far East Movement
Cover:	Fareastmovement freewired.jpg
Released:	October 12, 2010
Recorded:	2009 - 2010
Length:	36:09
Label:	Cherrytree Interscope
Producer:	Stereotypes, The Cataracs, The Smeezingtons, Roger Sanchez, Fernando Garibay, DJ White Shadow, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom
Prev Title:	Animal
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Dirty Bass
Next Year:	2012

Free Wired is the third studio album and major label debut of American group Far East Movement, released on October 12, 2010, by Cherrytree Records and Interscope Records.

The album debuted at number twenty-four on the Billboard 200, with sales of 17,000.^[1] 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.^[2] "Rocketeer" reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

Speaking about the album in March 2011 to 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!"^[3]

Track listing

• All songs were written by Jae Choung, James Roh, Kevin Nishimura and Virman Coquia. Additional writers are noted below.

Samples and interpolations

"So What?"

• Contains elements of "So Whatcha Want" by Beastie Boys

"Don't Look Now"

• Contains additional vocals recorded by Bryan "The Beard" Jones

"Fighting For Air"

• Contains additional recording by Justin "Kanobby" Keitt

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart^[4]	65
Canadian Albums Chart	16
UK Albums Chart^[5]	63
UK R&B Chart^[6]	8
US Billboard 200	24
US Billboard Top Rap Albums^[7]	4

Notes and References

1. News: Lil Wayne's I Am Not A Human Being Tops Billboard. https://web.archive.org/web/20101022070455/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1650416/20101020/lil_wayne.jhtml. dead. October 22, 2010. October 20, 2010. Gil. Kaufman. MTV News. MTV Networks. October 20, 2010.
2. Web site: Rocketeer. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/RcmKbTR--iA . 2021-12-21 . live. .
3. http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/644/far_east_movement/ Far East Movement interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' March 2011
4. Web site: The ARIA Report: Issue 1098 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110530060600/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20110530-1606/Issue1098.pdf . dead . 2011-05-30 . webarchive.nla.gov.au . 2006-08-23 . 2012-02-16.
5. Web site: Official UK Albums Top 100 – 12th March 2011. The Official Charts Company. 2011-03-06.
6. Web site: R&B Albums Top 40 - 18th February 2012 . Official Charts . 2012-02-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110101153102/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/r-and-b-albums-chart/ . 2011-01-01 .
7. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=far east movement|chart=Rap Albums}} Rap Albums ]. Billboard.com . 2012-02-16.