"Coke Bottle" is the debut international single by Indonesian singer
Agnez Mo featuring American producer
Timbaland
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and American rapper
T.I. It was written by her,
James "Jim Beanz" Washington, Rommel Cummings,
Clifford Harris, Jr., David "Davix Grinehouse" Foreman, Jr., and Dashawn "Happie" White, while Jim Beanz and Davix Grinehouse also served as the producers of the song along with Wizz Dumb and
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer and rapper. Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, he is widely acclaimed for his distinctive production work and "stuttering" rhythm ...
.
Production and release
"Coke Bottle" was written by Agnez Mo, Brandon Deener, Jocelyn Donald,
James "Jim Beanz" Washington, Rommel Cummings,
Clifford Harris, Jr., David "Davix Grinehouse" Foreman, Jr., and Dashawn "Happie" White, while Jim Beanz and Davix Grinehouse also served as the producers of the song along with Wizz Dumb and
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer and rapper. Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, he is widely acclaimed for his distinctive production work and "stuttering" rhythm ...
.
Reception
During the time Mo performed the single, she has drawn many attentions from medias. Few critics have named her as "a new, fresh version of
Aaliyah
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with a little taste of an 'emancipated'
Ciara
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" and opined that she "creates a new image of an Asian entertainer". The song itself garnered positive review by music critics. It gained popular recognition due to its "ready, hot club-banger" sound. Described as "self-respect anthem" for every women and also referred as a women's empowerment anthem, although some described it as "overtly sexual". Eventually, it stayed in 20 consecutive weeks on Asia Pop 40, became the most searched song in
social media
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and also became one of the most popular song on
MTV. It managed to be
MTV Iggy's Song of the Summer 2014, won over
Iggy Azalea's
Fancy
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* ''Fancy'' (Idiot Flesh album), 1997
* ''Fancy'' (video), a 2007 video album by Les Claypool
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* "Fancy" (Bobbie Gentry song), 1969, covered by Reba McEntire in 19 ...
featuring
Charli XCX
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.
Music video
Music video for "Coke Bottle" was released and premiered on 31 March 2014 on
MTV and became the first video by an Asian female artist to be placed in "heavy rotation" by MTV. It has been available in her
VEVO
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channel too. It garnered many attentions from overseas medias, as the video reached 1 million views in only one week. The music video was made in August 2013 in Miami, Los Angeles. Creative director of this music video produced by
Laurieann Gibson with director
Colin Tilley. The music video was funded fully by herself. The music video made her name became "the most searched". Later peaked at number one on
MTV, the music video defeated
Rita Ora and
Miley Cyrus
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. In addition, the music video was also successfully penetrated some international music channels, such like
Channel V,
Trace Urban,
RTP Internacional,
Revolt TV and
Channel AKA.
Live performances
Agnez first performed the song at a private radio off-air show in Austin, TX on September 27, 2013. Afterwards, she performed the song at the ASEAN-Japan Music Festival that held in NHK Hall Tokyo, Japan on November 28, 2013 and also on
Panasonic Gobel Awards on April 5, 2014. She also performed the song at the
Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (also known as JJF) on March 2, 2014.
Track listing
Digital download
# "Coke Bottle" – 4:21
# "Coke Bottle"
(Music Video) – 4:24
Release history
References
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2014 songs
2014 singles
Agnez Mo songs
Coca-Cola in popular culture
Song recordings produced by Timbaland
Songs written by T.I.
Songs written by Jim Beanz
Songs written by Agnez Mo
Sony Music singles
Music videos directed by Colin Tilley