Selfie (song)

The correct title of this article is " #Selfie ". This notation is not possible in Wikipedia due to technical restrictions .

#Selfie
The Chainsmokers
publication	January 29, 2014
length	3:03
Genre (s)	Electro house
Author (s)	Andrew Taggart
Label	Dim Mak Records

#Selfie ( stylized as #SELFIE ) is a song of the American DJ - duo The Chainsmokers . It was released on January 28, 2014 and sold 865,000 copies in the United States through June 2014. In August 2014, #Selfie was awarded a platinum record by the Recording Industry Association of America .

background

The word selfie was ubiquitous in 2013 and the Oxford English Dictionary chose it as the word of the year. As a result, the two DJs Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, who together make up the music duo The Chainsmokers, noticed the word, decided to write a song about it and recorded a demo in which a female club-goer gives a monologue on how to be good Photographed selfies. The duo got their inspiration for this from the partying women they met on their night outings in New York City . According to the duo, #Selfie was originally written for fun, but Steve Aoki's label Dim Mak Records noticed the song and released it.

Musical and content

#Selfie is, except for the spoken stanzas, an instrumental electro house song. The female voice in the song comes from Alexis Killacam, a close friend of the Chainsmokers. The lyrics of #Selfie deal with a narcissistic young woman in a club who is presumably speaking to her friends in a monologue. She talks about taking selfies and uploading them to her Instagram account, and criticizes other people in this club and their outfit . She also talks about a man named Jason, who she seems to have a crush on. The monologues each end with the sentence “Let me take a selfie”. The lyrics contain some cultural references, for example to Instagram or Lana Del Rey's song Summertime Sadness .

Reviews

#Selfie received mostly negative ratings. The Süddeutsche Zeitung called the song a “beautiful summer hit,” but criticized the similarity to We No Speak Americano . Chicago Reader's Miley Raymer described the song as "junk" and "unimaginative," and criticized that the song was only there to promote the internet selfie phenomenon. Natasha Shankar from SheKnows Media called #Selfie a "standard club song".

Music video

Together with the internet marketing company TheAudience, the Chainsmokers developed a social media concept for the song. They launched a call for selfies to be included in the music video. To do this, they created an instruction video on YouTube. 2000 images were received within a week. In addition to the selected fan snapshots, self-recordings by Steve Aoki , A-Trak , Snoop Dogg , Ian Somerhalder and David Hasselhoff could also be seen in the video. The plot of the video is reflected in the content of the song, a young woman stands next to her friend in front of a mirror in a club, holds a monologue and takes selfies. The woman in the video is not played by Alexis Killacam, who recorded the text, but by the US model Lindsey Diane. Currently (as of June 2017) the video has been viewed over 500 million times on YouTube .

Commercial win

After #Selfie sold 9,000 copies in the first week, the song reached number 19 on Billboard Hot Dance / Electronic Songs . The following week, the song sold another 53,000 copies, debuting at # 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It is the Chainsmokers' first chart success in the United States. The highest ranking was achieved with 16th place, and the song stayed in these charts for eleven weeks. By June 2014, #Selfie had sold 865,000 times. In August 2014, #Selfie was awarded a platinum record by the Recording Industry Association of America . At the Teen Choice Awards 2014 , the song was nominated in the Choice Music: EDM Song category.

In the UK , #Selfie peaked at # 11 and stayed in the UK singles charts for 16 weeks . For over 200,000 copies sold, the song was awarded a silver record by the British Phonographic Industry . In Germany and Switzerland the song reached placements in the 30s, in Austria #Selfie reached the top 20 in 16th place. The song achieved a number one placement in Finland }, top 10 placements were achieved in Australia, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

#Suglie

The German YouTube Trio Y-Titty parodied the music video under the title #Suglie (a fusion of the terms Selfie and ugly (Engl. For ugly )) and reached with his video about 3.8 million YouTube clicks. Y-Titty also proclaimed Suglie Day for April 9, 2014 , which has become a web trend.

The Suglie is about taking an ugly selfie and posting it on the internet on social media platforms such as Twitter or Facebook .

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	38 (22 weeks)	22nd
Austria (Ö3)	16 (19 weeks)	19th
Switzerland (IFPI)	33 (6 weeks)	6th
United Kingdom (OCC)	11 (13 weeks)	13
United States (Billboard)	16 (11 weeks)	11

Awards for music sales

#Selfie has been awarded 1 × silver and 7 × platinum worldwide. According to awards, the single was sold 1.5 million times.

country	Awards	Sales
Australia	platinum	70,000
Italy	platinum	30,000
Canada	platinum	80,000
Sweden	3 × platinum	120,000
United Kingdom	silver	200,000
United States	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × silver 7 × platinum	1,500,000

Formats

• Download

1. #Selfie - 3:03

• Single CD Germany

1. #Selfie (Original Mix) - 3:04
2. #Selfie (Club Mix) - 4:01

• The Remixes

1. #Selfie (Botnek Remix) - 3:36
2. #Selfie (Will Sparks Remix) - 3:52
3. #Selfie (Caked Up Remix) - 3:15

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b c} Gold and Platinum Database. Recording Industry Association of America , accessed December 18, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Dan Hyman: 'Harlem Shake' 2.0? '#Selfie' Is Going Viral With Slick Marketing. In: Billboard . March 4, 2014, accessed December 18, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Amanda Savage: The Chainsmokers: "We Just Try to Mix What's Fun". In: Phoenix New Times. February 27, 2014, accessed December 18, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Sarah Barns: Wait, let me take a #Selfie: The voice behind the YouTube hit Alexis Campi reveals all. In: Daily Star . April 17, 2014, accessed December 18, 2015 . 
6. ↑ The CDs of the week. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . April 23, 2014, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
7. ^ Miles Raymer: The Chainsmokers' paint-by-numbers virality. In: Chicago Reader . November 3, 2014, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Natasha Shankar: Music review: Could this be the worst song ever? The Chainsmokers "#Selfie". SheKnows Media, February 28, 2014, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Brian Mansfield: Chainsmokers' '#SELFIE' goes viral. In: USA Today . March 16, 2014, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Geoff Herbert: 'Let Me Take a #Selfie': CNY native Lindsey Diane stars in Chainsmokers' hit video. Syracuse.com, April 28, 2014, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
11. ↑ #Selfie music video. YouTube , accessed December 21, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Bubbling Under: Chainsmokers Get Their Shot With '#Selfie'. In: Billboard . February 21, 2014, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Melinda Newman: 5 things you need to know right now about The Chainsmokers' “#Selfie”. Hitfix.com, March 6, 2014, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry, accessed December 16, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Chainsmokers - #Selfie chart placement Finland. In: Finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 18, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Chainsmokers - #Selfie chart placement Australia. In: Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Youtube: #Selfie - The Chainsmokers (parody)
18. ↑ ^{a b} The Suglie A new web trend is born. N24 , April 10, 2014, accessed March 13, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Y-Titty Das Suglie: A new web trend is born. In: Focus . April 10, 2014, accessed March 13, 2016 . 
20. ↑ Chainsmokers #Selfie Style Chartposition Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed December 18, 2015 . 
21. ↑ Chainsmokers - #Selfie chart placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed December 18, 2015 . 
22. ↑ Chainsmokers - #Selfie chart placement Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed December 18, 2015 . 
23. ^ The Chainsmokers Charthistory United Kingdom. In: Officialcharts.com. Retrieved December 18, 2015 . 
24. ↑ Chainsmokers - #Selfie chart placement US. In: Chartsurfer.de. Retrieved December 18, 2015 . 
25. ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2014 Singles. ARIA, accessed December 18, 2015 . 
26. ^ FIMI Certificazioni. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana , accessed December 18, 2015 (Italian). 
27. ^ Gold / Platinum Database - Music Canada. Music Canada, accessed December 18, 2015 . 
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29. ↑ The Chainsmokers - #Selfie CD Germany. Discogs , accessed December 18, 2015 . 
30. ↑ The Chainsmokers - #Selfie (The Remixes). Discogs , accessed December 18, 2015 .