10 Million People

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"10 Million People"
Example 10 Million People.jpg
Single by Example
from the album Live Life Living
Released5 October 2014
Recorded2013-14
Genre
Length4:22
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Example
  • Smith
  • Critikal (additional)
Example singles chronology
"One More Day (Stay with Me)"
(2014)
"10 Million People"
(2014)
"Whisky Story"
(2015)

"10 Million People" is a 2014 song by British recording artist Example. It was released by Epic Records on 5 October 2014 as the fourth single from his fifth studio album, Live Life Living (2014). [1] The song is written and produced by Example, Fraser T Smith and Alf Bamford.

Contents

Background and release

In early June 2014, Example intended to release "Seen You" as the album's fourth single. On 30 June, however, he stated that the fourth single would be "10 Million People". The EP features remixes from Kove, Critikal, Static Revenger, Mike Millrain and Eli & Fur as well as the album version of the song. The Kove remix was uploaded to UKF Music on 16 August.

Example has said that "'10 Million People' was written after watching a documentary on early 90s rave culture. I found this video online where they were interviewing people at an illegal rave. The guy with the microphone said to one of the revellers, 'Surely this whole rave thing is just a fad'. And the raver replied, 'Well 10 million people can't be wrong'." He also stated that the song feels "timeless" to him and is his favorite song on the album. [2]

Music video

The singer confirmed on his Twitter page that the music video was filmed during his performance on the 2014 FIB Festival, hosted in Benicássim on 19 July. [3] [4] He uploaded the video onto his VEVO channel on 27 August 2014.

Track listing

Digital download - single
No.TitleLength
1."10 Million People" (Radio Edit)3:37
Digital download - EP
No.TitleLength
1."10 Million People" (Extended Mix)6:03
2."10 Million People" (Kove Remix)4:16
3."10 Million People" (Eli & Fur Remix) 
4."10 Million People" (Static Revenger Remix)5:58
5."10 Million People" (Mike Millrain Remix) 
6."10 Million People" (Critikal Remix) 

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Ireland3 October 2014Digital download Epic Records
United Kingdom5 October 2014

Personnel

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References

  1. "Example debuts video for '10 Million People' out 5th October". The Celeb Culture. 27 September 2014.
  2. Davidson, Amy (27 August 2014). "Watch Example's new music video for '10 Million People'". Digital Spy.
  3. "WATCH: Example Unveils '10 Million People' Video". The Hits Radio. 2 September 2014.
  4. @example (27 August 2014). "In case you missed my new vid earlier.... the one we filmed at @fiberfib ... '10 MILLION PEOPLE'". Twitter.