Sixth Sense (Brown Eyed Girls song)

"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.

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

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
Program Date
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

See also

References
  1. (2009-12-22) 작곡가들이 뽑은 올해의 걸작 ‘아브라카다브라’ This year's masterpieces selected by composers (in Korean) Daum / Ilgan Sports
  2. (2009.03.12) (쿠키人터뷰) ‘어느 별…’ 이민수 작곡가 “표절의 유혹은 달콤하지만…” (Kuki interview 'A star...' Composer Lee Min-su "Temptation of plagiarism is sweet, but..." Kookmin Ilbo
  3. [브아걸, 마지막 티저사진 공개…어떤 메시지인가?. Naver (in Korean). September 22, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.]
  4. (in Korean) 브아걸 '아브라카다브라'로 섹시한 인기가요 컴백무대 가져 (Brown Eyed Girls Return Sexy Comeback Performance with "Abracadabra" on Inkigayo) Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. Today Korea. July 26, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  5. (in Korean) 브아걸 "당당한 섹시미로 독기 품었죠" (Brown Eyed Girls: "Strong Sexiness Led to Malicious Remarks"). SBS News. July 31, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  6. "41st Week of 2011 - Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr.
  7. "2011's Gaon Year-End Digital Chart". gaonchart.co.kr.
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