''Dirty Bass'' is the fourth

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by American hip hop group

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, released through

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and

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(

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) on June 12, 2012. Despite having two top 40 hit singles, the album received mixed success worldwide. The songs "

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" and "

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" from their 2010 album ''

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'' were included on international versions of ''Dirty Bass''.

Singles

* " Live My Life" was released as the album's lead single on February 28, 2012. It features

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. The song peaked to #21 in the

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, #7 in the

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, and #4 in Canada. * " Lights Out (Go Crazy)" digitally as a single was released on March 13, 2012 through Roxbury SARL under exclusive license to Interscope Records. It is a collaboration with French producer, DJ and remixer

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and English singer-songwriter

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. It was included on the deluxe edition of ''Dirty Bass''. * " Dirty Bass" was released as the album's second single on May 10, 2012. It features

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rapper

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. Uncredited additional vocals in the chorus were provided by Kayla Kayla.Dirty Bass by Far East Movement @ARTISTdirect
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" was released as the album's third single on June 21, 2012. It features

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. It has so far peaked #8 in New Zealand, #8 in Australia, #12 in the Netherlands, #13 in the UK, and #14 in Ireland. * " Change Your Life" was released as the album's fourth single on November 20, 2012. It features DJ and producer

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and rapper

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. It was included on the re-release of ''Dirty Bass''. * "

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" was released as a single on December 11, 2012 through

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. It is a vocal version of the Bingo Players song " Rattle". * "

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" was released digitally as a single on July 2, 2013, and included on the ''Special Edition'' of ''Dirty Bass''. It features

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artist

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Promotional singles

* "Ain't Coming Down" was released on May 12, 2012 as a

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from the album. The radio version features actress Susannah Wetzel (who was uncredited) in place of

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and was slightly different from the album's version. It had achieved strong airplay mostly in

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and

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. * "Little Bird" was released on October 17, 2012 as the first

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from the album. A video for the song was published to

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through the group's

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channel on the same day. Produced by label executive

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(a.k.a. Cherry Cherry Boom Boom), it features a sample of Canadian singer and songwriter Feist's "Caught a Long Wind", from her 2011 album ''

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''. * "For All" was released on October 25, 2012 as the second promotional single from the album. The main theme of the song, as well as its music video, was inspired by the "Hope Is for All" (''

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'') campaign, a part of President

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's re-election campaign in 2012. * "Lovetron" was released on April 19, 2013 as the third promotional single from the album. It features American recording artist and former NLT member

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. A live acoustic performance of the song was posted to YouTube through Vevo on April 24.

Other notable songs

* The track "Candy", featuring

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, was originally featured on the original motion picture soundtrack of the 2012 film '' Project X'' (via Cherrytree Records / Interscope Records). * The international deluxe edition includes the track "

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", which is the theme song from the animated series of the same name. * The track "Lovetron" serves as a deluxe edition bonus track to the album and features

of NLT.

Track listings

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

International edition

Special edition

;Sample credits * "Fly with U" contains elements of " L'Amour Toujours", as composed by

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, Carlos Montagner, Paolo Sandrini, Diego Leoni * "Change Your Life" contains elements of " All Around the World", as composed by Ian Devaney, Andy Morris,

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* "Little Bird" incorporates a sample from "Caught a Long Wind" by Feist

Chart performance

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2012 albums Far East Movement albums Cherrytree Records albums Interscope Records albums Albums produced by Bangladesh (record producer) Albums produced by Dallas Austin Albums produced by Martin Kierszenbaum Albums produced by RedOne

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