(Literally, it was certified Gold.) But when Madonna came knocking in 2005 to ask for permission to sample the track, Benny and Bjorn (the songwriters) had to really think about it. Originally released in October 1979, 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)' went to No.1 in six countries and, much like everything ABBA touched, turned to gold. What do you do when the biggest-selling female artist of all time begs you to let her sample your track? Well, if you're ABBA, you let her sweat for a bit. Sometimes I'll write a song and think 'this needs more' and it needs a story as well." And what I love about hip-hop is just, y'know, for me rappers tell the best stories. "So for me it sort of feels very natural. "Where I started was singing the hooks for hip-hop music and dance artists," she told HuffPost. So many people got to hear my music and it was pretty amazing."īut Dido's days collaborating with rappers didn't end there, with the Brit singer most recently releasing a track featuring Kendrick Lamar. I'd sort of been touring and doing really well and then Stan came out it was like stratospheric. Speaking to HuffPost in 2013 about the impact Stan had on her career, Dido has this to say: "I don't think it changed me as an artist but it definitely changed my career. The track opens to Dido singing the opening lines from her single 'Thank You' - a song first released on her debut album in 1999 - and the sampling ultimately secured Dido a spot in the Top 10. The story of a fan who gets progressively obsessive was released in late 2000 as the third single from The Marshall Mathers LP and, unsurprisingly, went straight to No.1 in 11 countries. True story.)Įver wondered where the slang word 'stan' (as in: "we stan for Beyonce") originates from? Enter: Eminem. The DJ loved it so much she paused it halfway through and started it again. (Fun fact: the track got its first airing on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show. That was quite nice getting a little bit of respect from his side. He doesn’t let people use his music for a lot of things but he was willing for us to use the Whitney recording.
What’s quite nice is Wyclef Jean was one of the writer’s of the song and obviously with things like that you need to seek permission to use the vocal and Wyclef is kind of quite tough with his music. "But I thought you know what, out of respect as started off working the song around My Love Is Your Love I kept it in.
“It got to a point where I thought maybe it might be worth bringing a singer in and changing it," he told MTV. You might be wondering 'what's the process behind sampling a universally loved Houston hit?' and, luckily for you, Dyment has the answers.
The music video was nominated in three categories at the MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Collaboration and Best Art Direction.Who doesn't love a bit of Whitney Houston, amirite?! It's this deep-rooted love for all things Whitney, teamed with a catchy-as beat and stellar vocals, that bagged Duke Dumont (real name: Adam Dyment) his second No.1 and provided us all with a summer anthem for the ages. The music video for the song was directed by Colin Tilley and was shot in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's 31st top-ten song, Khaled's third, and Tiller's first. The song also saw chart success in Australia and Canada, where it peaked at number two.
Commercially, the song reached number one in the United Kingdom, marking Khaled's second and Rihanna's ninth number one. Lyrically, the song praises a lover who inspires sexual thoughts. A mid-tempo pop song, "Wild Thoughts" consists of Latin percussion, acoustic guitar lines and riffs that interpolate the 1999 hit single "Maria Maria" by Santana. Canadian singer PartyNextDoor assisted the artists in writing the song, with production handled by Khaled. It was released on June 16, 2017, by We the Best and Epic Records as the third single from Khaled's tenth studio album, Grateful (2017). "Wild Thoughts" is a song by American musician DJ Khaled featuring Barbadian singer Rihanna and American singer Bryson Tiller.
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