Shed a light
| Shed a light | |
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| Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat codes | |
| publication | November 25, 2016 |
| length | 3:11 ( radio version ) 5:04 ( extended version ) |
| Genre (s) | House , pop |
| Author (s) | Jason Evigan, David Guetta, Junkx , Jacob Kasher, Ammar Malik, John Ryan, Robin Schulz, Giorgio Tuinfort |
| album | Uncovered |
Shed a Light ( English as "something brighten") is a song of the German DJ Robin Schulz and French DJ David Guetta in cooperation with the American US House - Trio cheat codes . The piece is the first single from his third studio album Uncovered .
Creation and artwork
The song was written jointly by Jason Evigan, David Guetta, the Junkx production team (consisting of: Dennis Bierbrodt, Stefan Dabruck , Jürgen Dohr and Guido Kramer), Jacob Kasher, Ammar Malik, John Ryan, Robin Schulz and Giorgio Tuinfort. The single was produced by Guetta, Schulz and the German producer team Junkx; the production of the vocal recordings was done by Cheat Codes member Trevor Dahl. The mix was also done by Junkx; the mastering was carried out under the direction of Michael Schwabe. The single was released under the Tonspiel and Warner Music Group music labels and distributed by Bad Robot, Big Deal Music, BMG Music Publishing , Each Note Counts, Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Piano Songs, Prescription Songs, Talpa Music and What a Publishing. On the cover of the maxi single - next to the artist name - a screenshot from the music video showing the song title can be seen. The artwork is by Maximilian König.
Publication and promotion
Guetta presented Shed a Light for the first time during the Amsterdam Music Festival on October 22nd, 2016. The single was first released as a digital single track on November 25th, 2016. Due to the great popularity, a physical maxi single was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on December 9, 2016. The physical maxi single was released as a 2-track single and includes a radio and extended version of Shed a Light .
After its publication, Shed a Light was the theme song of the Bundesliga Saturday conference on Sky Sport Bundesliga and was therefore played before all commercial breaks.
background information
Guetta said the following about the development and collaboration with Schulz: “I supported Robin from day one. We have been on tour together a lot. Robin's tracks are very musical and emotional. So working with him was an obvious thing. This particular track felt like a ' perfect match ' from the start. "
content
The lyrics to Shed a Light are in English; Translated into German, the title means "brighten something". The music and lyrics were written jointly by Jason Evigan, David Guetta, the Junkx production team, Jacob Kasher, Ammar Malik, John Ryan, Robin Schulz and Giorgio Tuinfort. Musically, the song moves in the realm of house and pop music . The singing of the song comes from the Cheat Code members, Guetta and Schulz only act as DJs.
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Music video
To Shed a Light two music videos were released. First, on November 24, 2016, a poetry video premiered on YouTube . All you can see is an endless street on which short text passages and keywords , as you know it from typical poetry videos, are faded in. The total length of the video is 3:23 minutes. The music video was produced by Eddy Klaus and Roald Seeliger.
A real music video was released on January 31, 2017. You can see the spaceman Dr. Carver (played by Christopher Reinhardt ), who landed with his capsule in an ice region, cannot get away from there and initially lost the connection to his space station "Bravo III". When the backward spaceman Jung (played by Franziska Nylen) can locate him , she decides to fly to him with a capsule. When the two meet, they embrace and start kissing while everything goes black around them. There follows a short scene in which the two can suddenly be seen kissing in front of a sunset, before they can be seen kissing again in their spacesuits while they take off. In between, the three performers can be seen again and again in their virtual silhouettes made up of pixels . Directed by Mario Clement. To date, both videos have over 62 million views on YouTube (as of July 2020).
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reception
Reviews
The German-language e-zine Plattentests.de rated the album Uncovered with four out of ten points, with Felix Heinecker from the online editorial team highlighting Shed a Light as one of two “highlights” alongside Higher Ground . Whether Cheat Codes, Guetta or Schulz had the idea for the “jagged” strings in Shed a Light cannot be determined from the cast. But they would make an "already good pop song" a pleasant exception in the otherwise unexciting EDM range.
Charts and chart placements
Shed a Light reached position six in the single charts in Germany . In Austria the single reached position seven, in Switzerland position 19 and in the United Kingdom position 24. In France, Shed a Light reached position 44 in the single charts in one week. In the United States, entry into the Billboard Hot 100 was denied, but the single was able to place in various American dance / electronic hit lists. The single reached position four in the German dance charts. In 2017, the single was placed 80th in the annual single charts in Germany and 58th in Switzerland.
For Schulz as an interpreter, this is already the tenth chart success in Germany, his ninth in Austria and Switzerland, his sixth in Great Britain and his seventh in France. It is his seventh top 10 success in Germany and Austria. As a producer, Shed a Light is his eighth chart success in Germany as well as his seventh in Austria and Switzerland, his fourth in the UK and his fifth in France. It is his fifth top 10 success in Germany and Austria. As an author, it is already his seventh chart success in Germany, his sixth in Austria and Switzerland, his fourth in the United Kingdom and his fifth in France. It is his fifth top 10 success in Germany and Austria.
For Guetta as an interpreter this is already the 46th chart success in Germany as well as his 40th in Austria and the United Kingdom, his 45th in Switzerland and his 49th in his home country France. It is his 19th Top 10 success in Germany and his 23rd in Austria. For Cheat Codes, Shed a Light is the third chart success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom after Sex and Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) . In France it is her second chart success of her career after sex . It is her first top 10 success in Germany and Austria.
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Awards for music sales
In April 2018 Shed a Light was awarded a platinum record in Germany for over 400,000 units sold. This makes Shed a Light the eighth single Schulz 'that achieved at least gold status. In February 2019, the single went gold in the United Kingdom, and in Italy it went double platinum in April 2018. In the United States, Shed a Light had over 1.5 million streaming views in its first week of sales . In total, the single sold 11,000 times in its first week of sales in the United States. Was world Shed a Light five times awarded gold and platinum and has sold over 1.2 million copies.
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 2 × platinum
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140,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
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 gold
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45,000 |
 Germany (BVMI)
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platinum
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400,000 |
 France (SNEP)
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gold
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75,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
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2 × platinum
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100,000 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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15,000 |
 Spain (Promusicae)
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gold
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20,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
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- | 11,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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gold
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400,000 |
| All in all |
5 × gold 5 × platinum |
1,206,000 |
Main article: Robin Schulz / Music Sales Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed A Light (Live at Amsterdam Music Festival 2016). youtube.com, accessed February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Repertoire search. online.gema.de, accessed on December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ The Schulz hype. plattentests.de, accessed on October 7, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c The DJs' new track “Shed a Light” debuts. Plus, chart action for Flume, Alesso & Tony Moran. billboard.com, accessed December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light. officialcharts.de, accessed on December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light. officialcharts.de, accessed on January 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light. lescharts.com, accessed December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light. austriancharts.at, accessed on January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light. hitparade.ch, accessed on January 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz. officialcharts.com, accessed January 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Single year charts 2017. officialcharts.de, accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ^ Swiss annual hit parade 2017. hitparade.ch, accessed on January 3, 2018 .
- ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2018 Singles. aria.com.au, accessed September 12, 2018 .
- ^ Certificeringer. ifpi.dk, accessed on September 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on April 17, 2018 .
- ^ Les Certifications. snepmusique.com, accessed December 15, 2017 .
- ^ Certificazioni. fimi.it, accessed on April 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Gold & Platinum. ifpi.at, accessed on November 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Shed a light featuring cheat codes. elportaldemusica.es, accessed on March 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Certified Awards. bpi.co.uk, accessed February 11, 2019 .