Under Control (Calvin Harris and Alesso song)
November 15, 2013
Under Control is a song by Swedish DJ Alesso in collaboration with Scottish producer Calvin Harris. For the vocals, and other technical support was ensured by the British synthpop duo Hurts. First published is the track on October 7, 2013 in several European and Asian countries.
Background
Already in the spring of 2012 Alesso undertook a similar instrumental track on the same melody and used this for a bootleg for the song Wild Ones by Flo Rida and Sia Furler. This he played regularly on live sets, so the remix quickly spread on the Internet. In 2013 he decided then use this instrumental take its own track. On May 15, 2013 Alesso met with Calvin Harris and Hurts, consisting of singer Theo Hutchcraft and keyboardist Adam Anderson, the new studio recordings. In parallel, the Swede used the slightly modified Instrumental for his remix of If I Lose Myself by OneRepublic.
In the spring and summer of 2013, the studio working on Under Control were completed. Alesso played the song for the first time at a live performance on August 2, 2013 in Ushuaia, Ibiza. The British BBC radio and television, the concert beamed live from and put the video material online afterwards. Among them was therefore also the whole song. All the rumors and recordings found their way into various blogs and video portals. At the end of his set at the V Festival on August 20, 2013 Harris also played the track. On September 18, 2013 Calvin Harris published a one-minute preview and later the half song in Internet portal SoundCloud. The entire song was finally unveiled on October 4, 2013 in digital form, the data of the iTunes single were released. Radio premiered the song in Australia and the UK.
Publications
The single was released digitally only and has been published in different countries on different days. Because of this, were also made to chart entries at different times. The song was released worldwide on the record label Sony Music Entertainment.
Music Video
On September 9, 2013 Harris posted on Facebook that 1000 fans to participate in the filming of the music video. Later, a message from Alesso and Theo Hutchcraft of Hurts in a blog site Twitter was divided again. On September 10 and 11, 2013 were first filming in Los Angeles. The finished music video was first uploaded on October 21, 2013, the Vevo Harris. In the video, the three musicians Alesso, Calvin Harris and Theo Hutchcraft of Hurts to see. Since he is not heard in the song, is Hurts ' second member Adam Anderson can not be seen in the video. During the first verse Hutchcraft is watch TV in a room and in a desert. Harris and Alesso go through the streets of Los Angeles. The lyrics were the three artists are shown together on a balcony and in a limousine. The subsequent instrumental part plays on Sixth Street Viaduct and is a live performance. It will be shown three young women riding in a car through the desert. The car of the women is broken; they get out, and at this moment is the sedan with the three musicians over. Take the three girls with drink and make laughing photos in the cart. Together they take the stage of the Sixth Street Bridge, and sing the song. At the end of the track a comet approaches the earth, and the video is rewound. At first arrived, the impact on Earth is shown. After just one month, the music video had 10 million views.
Chart positions
The early release in some countries, the song could easily reach placements there. In Switzerland Under Control came in at number 34 in Sweden could also enter the track. There, the trio reached number 19 In Germany and Austria reached the track the top 30 in the UK, the song became a number -one hit. In other Scandinavian countries also top- 10 finishes were achieved.
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- Sweden
- Denmark
- Norway
- Finland
- Romania
- Portugal
- Singapore
- Philippines
- Brazil
- Australia
- Netherlands
- Germany
- USA
- Great Britain