"Around the World", Daft Punk

[backintime]

Daft Punk's signature song. Released in 1997, this is a dance classic. Magnificently simple, the song manages to never be boring despite it's length of over seven minutes. The phrase 'around the world' is repeated 144 times.

Billboard Hot 100: #61; Hot Dance/Club Play: #1 (1 week); UK Singles Chart: #5 UK



One of many reasons the song is now thought of as a classic is it's video, which has been viewed 1.7 million times on YouTube.

[The video] is meant to be a visual representation of the song; each element in the video represents a different instrument. [...] the androids represent the singing robot voice; the physicality and rapidity of the athletes symbolizes the ascending/descending bass guitar; the femininity of the disco girls represents the high-pitched keyboard; the "itchy" skeletons serve for the guitars; the mummies represent the drum machine.

It was hugely influential in it's approach to choreography, has been paid tribute to by LCD Soundsystem and the Freemasons and is often high in countdowns of the greatest videos of all time.

[That Skipping Rope.]

I prefer the ATC song.

[I HATE LA REID]

i love this

[backintime]

haveyoueverbeenlow said:

I prefer the ATC song.

Now that's a dance classic

[Vow]

A defining 90's single.

[AFRO SAMURAI]

Classic.