Sixth Sense (Brown Eyed Girls song)

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"Sixth Sense"
Single by Brown Eyed Girls
from the album Sixth Sense
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2011
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:48
Label Nega Network
Songwriter(s)
Brown Eyed Girls singles chronology
"Hot Shot"
(2011)
"Sixth Sense"
(2011)
"Cleansing Cream"
(2011)

"Sixth Sense" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls, released as the second single from the group's fourth studio album Sixth Sense in 2011. The song was covered by Lovelyz during Mnet's television program Queendom , and by Kiss of Life on MBC's television program Song Stealer.

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Composition

The song is composed in the key of F minor and spans for 3 minutes and 48 seconds. It spans from the low note of background vocal F3, to the high mixed of F5, with the highest note being the head voice note of F6.

Background and promotion

The song is written by Kim Eana (김이나). [1] [2] The lyrics concern "[r]esistance for freedom of expression through music via sixth sense." [3] The promotions of the album and song "Sixth Sense" started in September 24, on MBC's Show! Music Core and was also promoted on the shows M! Countdown , Inkigayo and Music Bank . [4]

Accolades

Music program awards

ProgramDate
M! Countdown (Mnet)October 6, 2011
October 20, 2011
Inkigayo (SBS)October 16, 2011
October 23, 2011

Charts and performance

The song was released to various digital outlets in September 2011, after which it quickly topped various online charts. [5] It topped the Gaon Digital Chart during the week ending October 1, 2011 [6] and has sold 2,585,879+ downloads.

Weekly chart

Chart (2011)Peak

position

South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)1

Year-end chart

Chart (2011)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart) [7] 59

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