Levels (Avicii song)
October 31, 2011
Levels is a song by Swedish DJ Avicii. He was released on iTunes on October 28th and in Germany 31 October 2011 as a digital download. The song was written by Avicii and Ash Pour Nouri and contains a vocal sample of the song Something 's Got a Hold on Me by Etta James, which was written by Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods and Etta James.
Levels reached # 1 on the charts in Sweden and the Dance Music charts in the United States and became a top ten hit in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The song is also included on the compilation Now 81. It was released as a digital download, on a CD- single and an EP.
Music Video
The official music video for the song was released on November 29, 2011 on YouTube. The film was directed by Petro. The video clip begins with an absent acting at the beginning man, who is in an office and is talking to a colleague when he suddenly begins to dance. He scribbles the word Avicii on different surfaces and dance on the tables, which look at him disapprovingly his colleagues. It is set by a policeman with a taser incapacitated and falls into a coma. He comes to a hospital and is tied to a bed. When the nurse to touch a flower that grows out of his mouth, they are infected and also begin to dance uncontrollably. At the end of the video dancing all the doctors and nurses.
Remixes and cover versions
The song was used by some artists for remixes, among which are Cazzette, Skrillex and Noise Inc.
The piece includes but itself a cover portion and that from the title Something 's Got a Hold on Me by Etta James. This part is also the basis for Flo Rida's two months previously published song Good Feeling, which was a worldwide hit in late 2011 ..
The German DJ DJane Housekat used for their published in February 2013, Song All the Time the hook line of levels. The melody was played backwards here.
In addition, the melody of the song Animal by the German Dance Project RIO was, in collaboration with U- Jean, strongly compared with levels, although it was not an official cover version.
Review
Maxumi awarded 5 stars to the song and praises that the "Happy electronics anthem" "us" bring and " on their feet in a euphoric mood " Be moved ("This cheery electro anthem will have us on our feet, in a euphoric state of mind. ").