Evacuate the Dancefloor

July 3, 2009

Evacuate the Dancefloor is the most successful single from the German dance project Cascada. The single was released on July 3, 2009 as a digital download and as a CD single and can be found on the same, and shortly afterwards released album Evacuate the Dancefloor. The song was recorded with the German rapper Carlprit.

Background

Evacuate the Dancefloor was composed and written by Manuel Reuter, Yann Pfeifer and Allan Eshuys. Natalie Horler is the singer of the song. It was produced by Manian and Yanou, the DJs and producers of the project and released on her own record label Zooland Records. It contains only instrumental synthesizer elements that come from the two DJs.

Music Video

The official video was uploaded on 19 May 2009 on the official YouTube channel from the record label All Around The World. In the beginning, Natalie Horler, to see the singer of the project. She sings the first passage of the song. This is shown in more scenes. In the chorus, you can see several hip-hop dancers, as they do to the music of their dance steps and moves. Carlprit is also shown with his rap part. He also makes matching mouth movements for running background music. The two official videos have been after three years clicked over 55,000,000 times. The video was for the MTV Video Music Awards ( VMA 's) nominated in Los Angeles in 2010.

Versions & Remixes

Commercial success

Evacuate the Dancefloor rose on 20 July 2009 at number six new members of the German Media Control charts. In the following week, the song was able to climb to fifth place, which also means the highest placing for the song in the German charts. Overall, he was able to hold seven weeks in the top 10 .. For over 150.000 sold CDs Cascada got a gold record. In Austria and Switzerland, the song also reached the top 10. In the United Kingdom Evacuate the Dancefloor 2009 could reach No. 1 and remained there for two weeks on July 11. The song remained six weeks in the UK Singles Chart and was awarded silver. In the United States the song reached number 25 as best ranking since the single has sold over 1,500,000, it was certified platinum by the RIAA. The song was in over 20 countries worldwide in the top 10 of the singles chart and next to England and the Netherlands at # 1 on the local charts.

Evacuate the Dancefloor was nominated in the categories Best HiNRG / Euro Track and Best Pop Dance Track at the International Dance Music Awards 2010. In addition, the song for the VIVA Comet 2010 for Best party song was nominated. The video to Evacuate the Dancefloor reached a nomination in the category Best Dance Video at the MTV Video Music Awards 2010.

Charts

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