679 (song)

"679"
Single by Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz
from the album Fetty Wap
Released June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)
Format Digital download
Length
  • 3:11 (single version)
  • 3:06 (album version)
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Brian "Peoples" Garcia
Fetty Wap singles chronology
"Save Dat Money"
(2015)		 "679"
(2015)		 "My Way"
(2015)
Remy Boyz singles chronology
"679"
(2015)		 "My Way"
(2015)

"679" is the second single by American rapper Fetty Wap from his self-titled debut album. The song features Remy Boyz member Monty & former Remy Boyz member P-Dice. "679" peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming his second highest-charting single after "Trap Queen". The album version of the song omits P-Dice's verse, only featuring Monty.

Background and release

Fetty Wap (real name: Willie Maxwell), a Paterson, N.J. native and member of the Remy Boyz 1738 rap troupe, originally uploaded "Trap Queen" to SoundCloud in March 2014. After being revised into a radio version, the RGF track was out for six months prior to 300's involvement. Moscowitz credits WQHT New York DJ Funkmaster Flex for first championing the single in December. Soon, thanks to a boost from YouTube's INDMusic, the video began to take off. Says Moscowitz, "The minute we got it on radio, TV and blogs, the record did the rest of the work."[1]

The name ''679" comes from Wap's birthday, which is June 7, 1991 (6/7/1991). Wap stated that he considers "679" to be his best song so far.[2]

Composition

"679" was written by Fetty Wap and Remy Boyz. The song was produced by Brian "Peoples" Garcia.[3] Each song concluded with trademark "1738" and "yeah baby!" sounds. Once again, this furthered the fact that his crew was more like a family, and that Wap's success was not his alone.[4]

Music video

The video for "679" was released to the WorldStarHipHop official YouTube channel in May 2015. It was later uploaded to Fetty Wap's YouTube channel in July 2015 and has over 100 million views as of December.[5][6]

In the music video, Wap and Monty danced all around the stage while singing and jumping. They constantly laughed with one another, reassuring the fact that the night had already been a success.[7]

Commercial performance

"679" was the highest-ranking debut on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated July 18, 2015, entering the chart at number 34.[8] Its chart debut was fueled by first-week digital download sales of 86,000 copies as well as 3.4 million domestic streams.[9] The following week, it jumped to number 19, earning the biggest gain in streams on the chart.[10] "679" became Wap's third top 10 hit in the United States during the year of 2015 when it reached number eight on the chart dated September 5, 2015,[11] and has since reached number four.[12] As of February 2016, "679" has sold 1,830,064 copies domestically.[13]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 19
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[15] 70
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[16] 15
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[17] 50
France (SNEP)[18] 122
Ireland (IRMA)[19] 41
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 67
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 13
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 52
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 65
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 20
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[25] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[26] 4
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[27] 3
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[28] 2
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[29] 33
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[30] 19
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[31] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[32] 66
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33] 82
US Billboard Hot 100[34] 21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[35] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[36] Gold 35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[37] Platinum 15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[38] Gold 400,000
United States (RIAA)[39] 1,830,064[13]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "CAS – Central Authentication Service". search.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  2. ↑ "679 Fetty Wap ft Remy Boyz Title". Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ "'"679"'s Compositions". Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ "CAS – Central Authentication Service". search.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Fetty Wap "679" Music Video". WorldStarHipHop. May 14, 2015. Retrieved Sep 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Fetty Wap "679"". harlem fetty. July 8, 2015. Retrieved Sep 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "CAS – Central Authentication Service". search.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  8. ↑ "The Hot 100: The Week of July 18, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  9. ↑ Mendizabal, Amaya (July 9, 2015). "Miguel's 'Wildheart' Debuts at No. 1 on R&B Albums Chart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Hot 100: The Week of July 25, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Hot 100: The Week of September 5, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Fetty Wap - Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Mansell, Henry (February 20, 2016). "Hip Hop Single Sales: Rihanna, G-Eazy & Future". HipHopDX. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Fetty Wap feat. Remy Boyz – 679". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Fetty Wap feat. Remy Boyz – 679" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Fetty Wap – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Fetty Wap. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  17. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201533 into search.
  18. ↑ http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/
  19. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 39, 2015". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Fetty Wap feat. Remy Boyz – 679" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  21. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Fetty Wap Feat. Remy Boyz – 679". Singles Top 100.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Fetty Wap Feat. Remy Boyz – 679". Swiss Singles Chart.
  24. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-11-12" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-07-23" UK R&B Chart. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Fetty Wap – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Fetty Wap. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Fetty Wap – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Fetty Wap. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Fetty Wap – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rap Songs for Fetty Wap. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Fetty Wap – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay for Fetty Wap. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Fetty Wap – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Fetty Wap. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Fetty Wap – Chart history" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for Fetty Wap. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Canadian Hot 100 Year End 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Media Group. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  33. ↑ "End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2015". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  34. ↑ "Hot 100: Year End 2015". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  35. ↑ "Year-end - US Hot R&B/Hop-hop Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  36. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (November 28, 2015). "ARIA Singles: 'Hello' Is No 1 Again". Noise11. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  37. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  38. ↑ "British single certifications". British Phonographic Industry.
  39. ↑ "American single certifications – Fetty Wap – 679". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

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