Don't Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers Song)

Don't let me down
The Chainsmokers feat. Daya
publication	5th February 2016
length	3:28
Genre (s)	Dance pop , trap
Author (s)	Scott Harris, Andrew Taggart, Emily Warren
Label	Columbia Records , disruptor
Award (s)	grammy

Don't Let Me Down (English for " Don't let me down ") is a pop song by Andrew Taggart, Emily Warren and Scott Harris. He was in the interpretation of the American DJ - duo The Chainsmokers in cooperation with the US singer Daya known. The song was released on February 5, 2016. It was the Chainsmokers' first Top 10 hit in the German single charts .

background

Don't Let Me Down is the first song produced by the Chainsmokers after their debut extended play Bouquet . The song was written by Taggart with Scott Harris and Emily Warren, who had previously worked with the Chainsmokers on the song Until You Were Gone . According to the Chainsmokers, Don't Let Me Down was already finished when their computer crashed and the song was lost due to data loss , so it had to be produced again. The vocal part was performed by the 17-year-old singer Daya at the time of recording. The Chainsmokers had become aware of her through the success of her debut single Hide Away .

Musical and content

Don't Let Me Down is a dance-pop song with trap elements. The song, composed in four-four time , is written in G sharp minor and has a tempo of 160 beats per minute . Daya's vocal range ranges from G ♯ ₃ to C ♯ ₅ . The Roland TR-808 is used to generate sound, which also includes guitar sounds . The song has a stanza - chorus structure, after the chorus the trap elements start. Don't Let Me Down is about a person who is in distress and needs help from their partner.

Reviews

Don't Let Me Down received a positive response from critics. Timo Büschleb from Dance-charts.de wrote: "Don't Let Me Down is a great production and you can only express respect for the dexterity of the Chainsmokers". Matt Medved of Billboard magazine called the song "a radio-worthy piece of songwriting craft whose pulsating, synthetic drop and unconventional end can be heard on dance floors as well as on headphones". Fiete Oberkalkofen from 1Live was also impressed by the song, she wrote: " Don't Let Me Down is simply a catchy radio pop song that goes straight to the ear with its electronic synth sounds".

Commercial win

With the appearance of the Chainsmokers on the Tonight Show in early February 2016 , where they presented their new release Don't Let Me Down in addition to their song Roses , the song received some additional promotion in the United States , so Don ' t Let Me Down first entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 85 on February 27, 2016 . In the following weeks, the song was able to increase steadily, so that at the beginning of July 2016 it reached the top 10 with 3rd place. For the Chainsmokers this is to Roses , the second and the first chart success in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. For more than four million units sold (incl. Music streaming) for Daya was Do not Let Me Down by the Recording Industry Association of America with quadruple platinum award. In the British single charts , the single was able to place relatively late in comparison to the other country charts . In late July 2016, the song rose to number 2, making it the Chainsmokers' first Top 10 hit in the UK.

Don't Let Me Down entered the German single charts on March 11, 2016. Four weeks later, the song reached the top 20 at number 15. At the same time, both artists were also in the German single charts with a second song, The Chainsmokers with Roses and Daya with Hide Away . In mid-June, the highest ranking and for the first time the top 10 in Germany was achieved with sixth place. The song also climbed to sixth place in the Ö3 Austria Top 40 . In the Swiss charts it also made it into the top 10. Don't Let Me Down achieved further top 10 placements in Australia (3rd place), Belgium (Flanders) (7th place), New Zealand (2nd place) and the Netherlands (5th place), Norway (5th place) and Sweden (5th place).

At the Grammy Awards in 2017 won Do not Let Me Down the award in the category Best Dance Recording .

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	6th (61 weeks)	61
Austria (Ö3)	6th (50 weeks)	50
Switzerland (IFPI)	8th (51 weeks)	51
United Kingdom (OCC)	2 (50 weeks)	50
United States (Billboard)	3 (52 weeks)	52

Awards for music sales

Don't Let Me Down has been awarded 51 platinum and two diamond records worldwide. According to IFPI, the single had sold over 10.2 million times by the end of 2016 .; According to record awards, it has now sold over 10.7 million times (as of April 2019).

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	7 × platinum	490,000
Belgium (BEA)	3 × platinum	90,000
Denmark (IFPI)	2 × platinum	120,000
Germany (BVMI)	diamond	1,000,000
France (SNEP)	diamond	250,000
Italy (FIMI)	6 × platinum	300,000
Canada (MC)	9 × platinum	720,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	60,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	3 × platinum	120,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
Sweden (IFPI)	6 × platinum	240,000
Spain (Promusicae)	3 × platinum	120,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	51 × platinum 2 × diamond	10,760,000

Main article: The Chainsmokers / Music Sales Awards

Web links

• Don't Let Me Down at Discogs
• Official music video on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Translation on dict.cc. In: dict.cc . Retrieved July 13, 2016 . 
2. ↑ The Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down - iTunes. iTunes , accessed April 8, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Ryan Middleton: The Chainsmokers Unveil 'Roses' follow-up 'Don't Let Me Down'. In: Musictimes.com. February 5, 2016, accessed April 12, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Listen To The Chainsmokers New Single 'Don't Let Me Down' Featuring Daya. Retrieved April 11, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Musicnotes The Chainsmokers - Roses. In: Musicnotes.com. Retrieved April 12, 2016 . 
6. ^ Robbie Daw: The Chainsmokers & Daya's “Don't Let Me Down”: Listen To The Trappy Collaboration. In: Idolator. February 5, 2016, accessed April 12, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Lyrics Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers. Genius.com , accessed April 12, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Timo Büschleb: Follow-up to Roses The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down. In: Dance-charts.com. Retrieved April 12, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Matt Medved: Listen to The Chainsmokers' New Single, 'Don't Let Me Down' Feat. Daya. In: Billboard . February 5, 2016, accessed April 12, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Fiete Oberkalkofen: New for The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down. (No longer available online.) In: 1Live . WDR , April 8, 2016, archived from the original on April 12, 2016 ; Retrieved April 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ David Risthy: Watch The Chainsmokers Perform 'Roses' Live on 'Tonight Show'. In: Billboard . February 4, 2016, accessed February 12, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Billboard Hot 100 - February 27, 2016. Billboard , accessed April 12, 2016 . 
13. ↑ The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down chart placement Australia. Hung Medien, accessed April 20, 2016 . 
14. ↑ The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down chart placement New Zealand. Hung Medien, accessed April 20, 2016 . 
15. ↑ The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down chart placement Netherlands. Hung Medien, accessed May 1, 2016 . 
16. ↑ The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down chart position Norway. Hung Medien, accessed April 7, 2016 . 
17. ↑ The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down Chart placement Sweden. Hung Medien, accessed May 1, 2016 . 
18. ↑ The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down chart placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed on June 10, 2016 . 
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20. ↑ The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don't Let Me Down chart placement Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed August 7, 2016 . 
21. ↑ The Chainsmokers ft. Daya Charthistory United Kingdom. Official Charts Company , accessed July 16, 2016 . 
22. ↑ The Chainsmokers Charthistory United States. Retrieved July 5, 2016 . 
23. ↑ IFPI Global Music Report 2017. (PDF) International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , p. 9 , accessed on May 12, 2017 .