from the album Discovery
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
George Duke
Carlos Sosa
| "Aerodynamic" (2001) |
"Digital Love" (2001) |
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (2001) |
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| Single by Daft Punk from the album Discovery |
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| Released | August 21, 2001 | ||||
| Format | Single | ||||
| Genre | House | ||||
| Length | 04:58 | ||||
| Label | Virgin Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo George Duke Carlos Sosa |
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"Digital Love" is a song by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It was released as the third single from the album Discovery. As part of the album, the song is featured in the film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.
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As documented in the Discovery liner notes, the song features a sample of "I Love You More" by George Duke (mp3 clip). The sample was worked into an electronic pop song about unspoken love with lyrics by DJ Sneak[1] and vocals performed by Daft Punk.[2]
The track is known for the guitar solo featured prominently on its second half. Thomas Bangalter revealed that the solo was created using a mixture of elements, aided by music sequencers. "No one plays solos in their songs anymore, but we wanted to include some on the album."[3] Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo noted the duo's use of in-studio equipment to evoke the sound of a previous artist:
| “ | “On ‘Digital Love,’ you get this Supertramp vibe on the bridge. We didn't sample Supertramp, but we had the original Wurlitzer piano they used, so we thought it would be more fun to have the original instrument and mess around with it. We use mainly vintage synthesizers, like older electric pianos like the Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet. We didn't use the Clavinet on Discovery, but I usually use it in my studio.[4] | ” |
The band Hellogoodbye often uses the first two verses of "Digital Love" in place of the second verse of the song "Here (In Your Arms)" when performing live. A live version of the song, performed by Danish group Alphabeat is available as part of an iTunes Live EP.
"Digital Love" charted backed with "Aerodynamic" due to equal club play. It charted at #14 on the UK Singles Chart and made #9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the United States. It also reached #67 in Australia, promoted along with its B-side, "Aerodynamic".
The song was featured in a GAP television advertisement. It featured both members of Daft Punk wearing their robotic helmets and gloves as well as GAP denim shirts and jeans. They appeared dancing with Juliette Lewis. When asked about Daft Punk's dancing in the ad, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo stated "It looks really simple to do, but when you're on a step with the crew, it's really not, even though the choreographer was really nice."[5]
In East Asia, it is featured in various commercials for Nokia; in South Asia it was used in the heavily marketed Nokia 5300.
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