"Here I Come" is a song by Fergie featuring will.i.am, produced by will.i.am for her first solo album The Dutchess. It was used on the commercials that advertised the debut of the new channel CW and in a Motorola Rokr commercial for Latin America and Portugal featuring Fergie.
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Although not released as an official single in the U.S., it has been used on numerous advertisements and television shows,[citation needed] including a season one episode of Ugly Betty. Notably, a sample of the song with slightly altered lyrics is used in a campaign promoting the recently created CW Television Network. It was released as the album's sixth single in Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. It was the second most added song to Australian radio, in its first week of release.[2][not in citation given] A sample of The Temptations' song "Get Ready" is heard on the track. The song was also used in the Motorola advertisement which also featured Fergie.[3] The song was also featured on season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance, where Kameron Bink and Lacey Schwimmer danced a hip-hop routine to the song, choreographed by Dan Karaty. The songs was also featured in the trailer for the 2008 comedy film Confessions of a Shopaholic starring Isla Fisher. The song, as well as the artist herself, appeared in a 2011 ad for Dr Pepper.
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The song debuted at number 73 as a digital single on the ARIA Singles Chart on January 28 and climbed to number 40 the following week. "Here I Come" peaked at number #22 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. On March 31, 2008, "Here I Come" debuted at number 39 in New Zealand.
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