Vibes (song)

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"Vibes"
Single by Six60
from the album Six60
Released10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
Genre Pop
Length3:31
Label Epic, Massive
Songwriter(s)
  • Chris Mac
  • Eli Paewai
  • James Fraser
  • Marlon Gerbes
  • Matiu Walters
  • Printz Board
Producer(s)
Six60 singles chronology
"Rolling Stone"
(2017)		"Vibes"
(2017)		"Up There"
(2017)
Music video
"Vibes" (Lyric Video) on YouTube

"Vibes" is a song by New Zealand band Six60, released as the fifth single from their 2017 extended play Six60 .

Contents

Background and composition

The members of Six60 described "Vibes" as a fun track for them to perform live with a "groovy beat". [1]

Release and promotion

"Vibes" was one of six tracks released weekly in the build-up to their Six60 EP, [2] on 10 November 2017. [3] The band performed the song live at You Are Us/Aroha Nui, a 2019 charity concert held as a response to the Christchurch mosque shootings. The band were criticsed for performing the song due to its inclusion of references to firearms. [4]

The song was a commercial success, becoming the top performing song by a New Zealand act in the country in 2018. [5]

Critical reception

The New Zealand Herald praised the "simple and effortless[ness]" of the track, as well as the song's "finger-snapping R&B". [6] Katie Parker of Radio New Zealand praised the song's catchiness and beat, but criticised the song's title and the firearms metaphor in the lyrics. [7]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [8]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Vibes"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [12] 5× Platinum150,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ Six60 (23 December 2017). "SIX60 – Vibes (Behind the song, Amsterdam 2017)" . Retrieved 12 April 2023– via YouTube.
  2. ↑ Gillespie, Kim (15 November 2017). "SoundBites: Marlon Williams, Estère, Koi Boys, Kimbra, Kings, Six60, Punk It Up". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Vibes – Single". iTunes . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Harvey, Megan (18 April 2019). "Promoter of Christchurch You Are Us/Aroha Nui concert defends Six60's controversial lyrics". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Official Top 20 NZ Singles: End of Year Charts 2018". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Review: Six60 have written the song of the summer – but what's next?". The New Zealand Herald . 23 November 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Parker, Katie; Moses, Hussein (24 November 2017). "The Singles Life: Which new Six60 song is the Six60-est?". Radio New Zealand . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Credits / SIX60 / SIX60". Tidal . Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Six60 – Vibes". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2018". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2019". NZ Music Charts. RMNZ. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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