6 Inch


"6 Inch" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album, Lemonade. The song's original portions were written by Abel Tesfaye, Knowles, Danny Schofield, Ben Diehl, Terius Nash, Ahmad Balshe, and Jordan Asher. Also credited as songwriters are Burt Bacharach and Hal David and David Portner, Noah Lennox, and Brian Weitz of neo-psychedelic band Animal Collective. The song's music video is part of a one-hour film with the same title as its parent album, originally aired on HBO.

Background and recording

Music producer Ben "Billions" Diehl talked to Billboard about his work with great artists and mentioned that Beyoncé already knows a song "6 Inch" since 2013. According to Diehl, he, rapper Belly and producer Danny Boy Styles met in October of the same year to work on music. "Originally a Belly song with participation from French Montana," Diehl said. "We got a response that Beyoncé had liked and then we decided: we should continue working together, I think they get somewhere. It turns out you do not know when that day will come. When a singer released her surprise visual album in December 2013, Diehl was quick to check out a list of songs, but "6 Inch" was not there. "Everything went well." Diehl concludes. After three years, in 2016, the song finally came out on Beyoncé's sixth album, Lemonade," with a guest appearance from The Weeknd.

Commercial performance

After the release of Lemonade, "6 Inch" debuted on Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 18, becoming Beyoncé's twenty-sixth top 20 on the chart. "6 Inch" also entered on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart at number 10, becoming Beyoncé's twenty-seventh top 10 single on the chart. In overseas charts, the song entered in digital charts in top 5, including Greece, and Sweden.

Live performance

"6 Inch" was included on the set list of The Formation World Tour on the last show, on October 7, 2016, at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium with the singer performing the song while suspended upside down.

Charts