Digital Love
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| Single by Daft Punk from the album Discovery |
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| Released | August 21, 2001 | ||||
| Format | Single | ||||
| Genre | House | ||||
| Length | 04:58 | ||||
| Label | Virgin Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo George Duke Carlos Sosa |
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"Digital Love" is a song by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It was released as the third single from the album Discovery. As part of the album, the song is featured in the film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.
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As documented in the Discovery liner notes, the song features a sample of "I Love You More" by George Duke (mp3 clip). The sample was worked into an electronic pop song about unspoken love with lyrics by DJ Sneak[1] and vocals performed by Daft Punk.[2] The track is known for the guitar solo featured prominently on its second half. Thomas Bangalter revealed that the solo was created using a mixture of elements, aided by music sequencers. "No one plays solos in their songs anymore, but we wanted to include some on the album."[3] An in-studio Wurlitzer piano was also utilized on the song's bridge section, creating a "Supertramp vibe" as described by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.[4]
The band Hellogoodbye often uses the first two verses of "Digital Love" in place of the second verse of the song "Here (In Your Arms)" when performing live. A live version of the song, performed by Danish group Alphabeat is available as part of an iTunes Live EP.
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"Digital Love" charted backed with "Aerodynamic" due to equal club play. It charted at #14 on the UK singles chart and made #9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the United States.
The song was featured in a GAP commercial. It featured both members of Daft Punk wearing their robotic helmets and gloves as well as GAP denim shirts and jeans. They appeared dancing with Juliette Lewis. "Digital Love" was also used in the VH1 featurette "Awesomely Badder Girls". In East Asia, it is featured in various commercials for Nokia, In South Asia it was used in the heavily marketed Nokia 5300. The song also gained attention when it was featured in an episode of The Real World: Las Vegas in 2002.
[edit] Single track listing
- "Digital Love" (Radio Edit) (3:59)
- "Digital Love" (Album Version) (4:58)
- "Digital Love" (Digital Dub) (4:58)
- "Aerodynamic"
- "Aerodynamite"
[edit] References
- ^ Carlos Sosa (aka DJ Sneak) received a songwriter credit in the liner notes of Discovery (2001) and full lyrical aknowledgement in the end credits of Interstella 5555 (2003).
- ^ Discovery liner notes: "performed by Daft Punk."
- ^ Chris Gill, "ROBOPOP" Remix Magazine Online (May 2001)
- ^ Bryan Reesman, Interview at mixonline.com
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