2012 single by Wonder Girls featuring Akon
"
Like Money
" is a single by the
South Korean
girl group
Wonder Girls
. The song features Senegalese-American singer
Akon
. The song and music video were released July 10, 2012. The song was sent to mainstream top 40 stations on September 17, 2012.
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The song was the last English language release by Wonder Girls.
Background
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Prior to its release, the song was featured on their TV movie,
The Wonder Girls
, which aired on
TeenNick
.
The song was written by Cri$tyle, and
Lukas Hilbert
and produced by Woo S. Rhee "
RAINSTONE
" and Hilbert, with music by Aleksander Kronlund, Woo S. Rhee " RAINSTONE " and Lukas Hilbert with additional executive production by
Teriy Keys
.
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The choreography was created by
Jonte' Moaning
, who previously created the choreography for "
The DJ is Mine
" and "
Be My Baby
".
Release and promotion
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On July 4, 2012 the first teaser for the music video of "Like Money" was released, showcasing a "space" concept.
JYPE revealed that a special artist would be collaborating with the girls on the song who had amassed over 40 million likes on Facebook. A teaser released on July 6 confirmed the featuring artist to be Akon. In addition, Johnny Wujek was revealed as the stylist for the video.
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The first live performances of the song took place at the Green Groove Festival 2012 on July 21 and at Chungcheongnam-do’s Boryeung seaside on July 22.
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Critical reception
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Han Dong-yoon of
IZM
gave "Like Money" a negative review, feeling that the song was generic and "followed a mediocre framework of electropop".
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Track listing
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Charts
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In its first week of release the song debuted at number 11 in South Korea with 161,542 downloads. By the end of August 2012 the song was downloaded 583,737 times in
South Korea
alone, making the song one of the best-selling English-language songs of the year in Korea.
References
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Greenwald, David.
Wonder Girls Debut 'Like Money' Single, Video Featuring Akon
.
Billboard
. July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
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"BMI Artist Registry"
. BMI. Archived from
the original
on 18 January 2013
. Retrieved
11 November
2012
.
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Hicap, Jonathan M.
Wonder Girls, Akon collaborate on 'Like Money'
.
Manila Bulletin
. July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
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"Like Money Listed Single Credits"
. Retrieved
11 November
2012
.
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Wonder Girls and Akon to Perform Collaboration Single ‘Like Money’ For First Time
.
enewsWorld
. July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
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Han, Dong-yoon (July 2012).
"Like Money Single Review"
.
IZM
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
4 April
2023
.
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K-Pop Hot 100: 2NE1 and T-ara Overthrow SISTAR
.
Billboard
. July 15, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
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