Claim: Chris Brown collaborated with a rapper.

`` Yeah 3x '' -LRB- pronounced `` Yeah three times '' or `` Yeah Yeah Yeah '' -RRB- is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown , released as the lead single from his fourth studio album F.A.M.E. on October 25 , 2010 . It was written by Brown , DJ Frank E , Kevin McCall , Amber Streeter and Calvin Harris , and was produced by DJ Frank E. Brown recorded the song for his pop audience as he had been doing a lot of mixtapes and urban records . `` Yeah 3x '' is an uptempo dance-pop , Europop , and electro house song ; it uses a video game-type beat and features a thick bassline and big synth chords . The song uses elements of Harris ' 2009 single `` I 'm Not Alone '' .   `` Yeah 3x '' attained top-ten positions in Australia , Austria , Belgium -LRB- Flanders -RRB- , Denmark , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Switzerland and the United Kingdom . It also reached the top-twenty in Canada , Norway , Slovakia and Sweden . In the United States , the song peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , and at number seven on the Mainstream Top 40 chart .   An accompanying music video was directed by Colin Tilley and filmed at Universal Studios . The video features Brown in various dance sequences in a neighborhood of old time storefronts and brownstones . It also features cameo appearances by Teyana Taylor , Kevin McCall , and Future Funk from America 's Got Talent . Brown promoted the song with live performances on televised shows , including Dancing with the Stars , Today and the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards . It was also included on the set list of his 2011 F.A.M.E. Tour .