''Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1'' () is the first

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n pop rapper

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, though it is treated as his sixth major album release due to the cancellation of the release of his part 2. It was released on July 15, 2012, the same day "

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" was released as the

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. The EP has sold 106,594 copies in

. In 2015, Psy revealed in his press interview for his 7th full length album that part 2 was skipped due to his wishes to vent from the popularity of gangnam style and start anew with the lucky number 7 and because he needed more studio albums rather than eps considering his lower numbers of full length albums in his career and the long wait of three years and five months between part 1 and his next project. ''Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1'' was released in a tin that had a fishbowl-like appearance. Inside the tin is a card that contains the album artwork, cards which contain artwork and lyrics for each of the songs (the artwork for "Gangnam Style" was different from the Germany-released single's art), a card for the credits, two cards of advertising from

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and the CD. The whole ensemble is packaged in a white box printed with information.

Track listing

;Notes * Track 2 is a

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of the song under the same title, which was originally performed by South Korean one-man project band

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, from their sixth studio album ''Thank You'' released in 2007. * The title of track 4 literally means "Seventy-Seven 101".

Accolades

Chart performance

Album chart

* Sales come from the South Korean imported version.

Other songs charted

Sales and certifications

Cover versions

* South Korean recording artist

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covered "Blue/Tree Frog" () on the eleventh episode of

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's talent competition series '' Superstar K4'', where he was crowned the final winner of the show.

Samples

Psy sampled Switch's ''I call your name'' (featuring

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) (from the album

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) for his track "Year of 77" (77학개론; Chilchilhakgaeron, featuring Leessang and

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). This sample contains vocals from that song. He also translated a part of the lyrics from "

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" by

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feat.

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to use here.

References

Notes

External links

Official website
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