Within Fahrbahnin Streets

"Within Fahrbahnin Streets" is a single by Kuboian television personality and rapper Amy-Elizabeth, released through Oyea Records on 4th June 2006 as the second single from her self-titled debut studio album. Guest vocals are performed by fellow television presenter and singer Dan Guseo, who performs the chorus. The song was co-written by Mike P. Morrison and Kool Teazer, and heavily samples "Crosstown Traffic" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. According to Amy-Elizabeth, the song is about the area of Fahrbahnin saying "it's a great place with a great culture, but you've still got to watch your back and look out for anything underhanded going on behind the scenes".

"Within Fahrbahnin Streets" debuted at the top of the Karuboia charts, becoming Amy-Elizabeth's second number one single and also Guseo's first. It also fared well internationally, reaching the top twenty in several European countries and also charting on the United States Billboard chart. The song became the best-selling single in Kuboia of 2006, and earned Amy-Elizabeth multiple awards. As a result, it is considered her signature song.

Background
Amy-Elizabeth initially intended for "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" to merely be a cover of "Crosstown Traffic" by Jimi Hendrix. When asked about the song in an interview, Dan Guseo said "Amy literally just got to me to sing the line 'crosstown traffic' the way Jimi Hendrix did on the original song and she said she would handle the rest." Although Amy-Elizbath intended her lyrics to be about being unable to relocate a man she has falling in love with, she ended up writing lyrics about Fahrbahnin and its culture; she explained "There's already a gazillion songs on the radio about love, as well as on the album. I wanted to give the place I'm from some exposure."

Kool Teazer was impressed with the lyrics, but as Amy-Elizabeth felt the song needed a "better chorus", she requested that Guseo was brought back into the studio to sing a new chorus that she had written at the last minute. Although Kool Teazer tried to convince Amy-Elizabeth it was unnecessary to change the chorus, she insisted that it was changed and Guseo recorded his new vocals. Kool Teazer admitted in a 2021 interview that, in retrospect, Amy-Elizabeth made the right decision.

After the single's release, multiple early demos of "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" were leaked onto Limewire, including an early version of the song with the original "Crosstown Traffic" lyrics, and a version of the song with Amy-Elizabeth singing the chorus instead of Guseo. For over a decade, it was rumoured that Amy-Elizabeth had recorded another version of the song with more violent and profanity-laced lyrics; she dismissed this in a YouTube video in 2020.

The song is in the key of C minor and has a tempo of 113 beats per minute.

Critical reception
Pop Magazine gave the song a very positive A rating stating "Amy-Elizabeth gives some love to her hometown in this instant classic. Based around a Jimi Hendrix sample, 'Within Fahrbahnin Streets' has catchy and engaging lyrics, a killer guitar riff and a shining chorus by Dan Guseo."

Music video
The music video for "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" was filmed over a three-day period from the 12th through to the 14th of May 2006. The video features Amy-Elizabeth exploring various areas and attractions of Fahrbahnin during the evening and night. Although the video has a more sentimental vibe at the beginning, it showcases what Amy-Elizabeth describes as the more "underhanded" side of the are as time goes on, such as her witnessing a general store getting stolen from. Guseo makes an appearance in the video, playing the guitar in an empty hallway during the chorus.

Amy-Elizabeth claimed the video was expensive to produce due to all the money she had to pay in order to lease each of the properties seen in the video, and claimed she was "up until about three in the morning" shooting it. Ericka Streets makes a cameo in the video, as does Amy-Elizabeth's father.

Digital download

 * 1) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets"
 * 2) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" (ringtone)

Kuboian CD/12" single

 * 1) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets"
 * 2) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" (remix; feat. Missy Robins)
 * 3) "Peer Pressure"
 * 4) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" (instrumental)

European CD single

 * 1) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets"
 * 2) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" (karaoke ver.)
 * 3) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" (video)

UK CD single

 * 1) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" (UK radio edit)
 * 2) "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" (W.I.P. mix)
 * 3) "Grow Up Girl" (live at BBC Radio 1Xtra)