History of the song "Six Days" (1970, 1971, 2002, 2006)

"Six Days" is a famous song from 2002-2006, made famous by the film "Triple Furious: Tokyo Drift". Originally, the composition "Six Days War" was written back in 1971 by the British band Colonel Bagshot, whose leader is Brian Farrell. They took the motif from the 1970 composition "I Cry In the Morning" by Dennis Olivieri. Both performers (both Brian Farrell and Dennis Olivieri) are the legal authors of this composition. Later in 2002, American producer and performer DJ Shadow recorded his own version of the song called "Six Days". Four years later Mos Def made a fit together with DJ Shadow: the new composition became the main soundtrack to the film "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift", after which it became famous.

I Cry In the Morning (1970) - Dennis Olivieri

The song "I Cry In the Morning" was recorded by Brian Farrell and Dennis Olivieri. It was born as part of the 1970 album "Come to the Party" by singer Dennis Olivieri. Here's what it sounds like:

Six Day War (1971) - Colonel Bagshot

The founder of the band Colonel Bagshot is Brian Farrell (author). "Six Days War" is about the "Six Day War", also known as the "June War", the "Third Arab-Israeli War" or the "Naxah". The war lasted from 5 June to 10 June 1967 in the Middle East. Israel's decisive victory over the Arab coalition (Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Algeria, Iraq and Jordan) included the capture of the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank of the Jordan River, the Old City of Jerusalem (East Jerusalem) and the Golan Heights. The status of these territories subsequently became a major point of contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Six Days (2002) - DJ Shadow

With the advent of the noughties, Dj Shadow, an American producer and musician, released a new track, for the creation of which he borrowed a sample from "Six Days War" (1971) by Colonel Bagshot! The video for the song was directed by Wong Kar-Wai, a well-known director in his native Hong Kong... By the way: actor Chang Chen and model Danielle Graham took part in the filming.

Shadow approached Wong Karwai not by pure chance... He was one of his favourite directors, and the DJ was sure that with his help he could create a truly new music video that would be different from all his previous works. And Wong was a fan of Shadow's work, so he instantly agreed! The basic idea behind the video was a short film based on the storyline of the song, "Tomorrow never comes until it's too late...".

The main figure is a man (aka Chang) who has learnt about his beloved's (aka Graham) infidelity... He intends to destroy any trace of their relationship, but eventually realises: it's all useless... What has already happened cannot be undone.

The clip was shot by renowned cinematographer Christopher Doyle (who has also worked on a number of Wong's films, as well as directors Gus Van Sant, Barry Levinson and Phillip Noyce). Not surprisingly, the video contains references to the upcoming film "2046".

Six Days (2006) - DJ Shadow ft. Mos Def (OST Tokyo Drift)

American actor and rap musician Mos Def composed the lyrics and read out the rap. The track became the main soundtrack to the film "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift" - a famous American action film of 2006 directed by Justin Lin, who directed 4 parts of the "Fast and Furious" franchise: "Tokyo Drift", "Fast and Furious 4", "Fast and Furious 5", "Fast and Furious 6".

Tokyo Drift is the third instalment of the Fast & Furious franchise, starring Lucas Black, Sung Kang, Bow Wow and Brian Tee. The film tells the story of racing and car enthusiast Sean Boswell (Black). He comes to Tokyo to get on the "right track". He lives with his father and tries to study. However, adventure finds the protagonist on his own... Black is forced to learn drifting, a new technique in racing....

The film made the composition famous and forever linked the "Six Day War" motif to cool car races in Tokyo.