"Animals" | ||||
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Single by Martin Garrix | ||||
from the EP Gold Skies | ||||
Released | 17 June 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
Genre | Big room house [1] | |||
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Songwriter(s) | [3] | |||
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Martin Garrix singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative UK and US cover | ||||
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2023 reissue cover | ||||
![]() Due to a conflict over the ownership of his music with Spinnin' Records and MusicAllStars Management. | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Animals" on YouTube |
"Animals" is a big room house instrumental by Dutch DJ and record producer Martin Garrix,released as a digital download on 17 June 2013 on iTunes. The song quickly became popular within the EDM culture,leading to Garrix becoming the youngest producer to ever have a song reach number one on the electronic music store Beatport. [4] The track was a commercial success,reaching the top ten or topping on a number of electronic music charts and even some mainstream ones. It became number 1 on singles charts in the United Kingdom,French-speaking Switzerland and Belgium. In the United States it reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Dance chart.
Prior to release,the track gained buzz after being played anonymously with speculation increasing about the author after Dutch record label Spinnin' Records released a clip of the track online only titled "Animals (Teaser)". [5] It started to reach even more speculation after a Vine video featuring Agnes from Despicable Me was posted. [6] [7] The track was,at various times,attributed to other acts like Hardwell,GTA,Sidney Samson [8] and Bassjackers [9] before the actual identity of the producer was revealed.
According to Garrix,the melody was based on a previous,never-released track that he composed two years prior,and the "ruthlessly minimalist" [10] rhythmic sound (the drop) is an interpretation of Busta Rhymes' "What It Is". [11] and the first part is inspiring to a song by Aura Qualic called D.A.T.A. The song is mostly instrumental;the only sung verse to appear here is We're the fucking animals,which is spoken by a friend of Garrix, [12] has a low pitch and appears two events.
In 2016, Billboard named "Animals" Garrix's second-best song,behind "In the Name of Love". The review noted how Garrix "ushered in a new dance era and crowned the then-17-year-old,leader of the new school",further describing the song as "big,brash and infectious,everything a festival anthem should be. It still sounds dope so many years later". [13]
Animals booked initial success at electronic music festivals and venues like Ultra Korea,Tomorrowland,Governors Beach Club,Amsterdam Dance Event,and Ultra Music Festival,to name a few. Subsequently,it rose to number one at the online music store,Beatport 100. In the period of August to October,the track began to climb up dance hit-lists as well as mainstream singles charts across continental Europe,getting all the way to top on Belgium's Ultratop 50. [14] In November,the single debuted at number one on UK's Official Singles Chart,ahead of tough competition from Lily Allen's 2013 John Lewis Christmas advert cover single "Somewhere Only We Know" (which reached number one the following week) and Ellie Goulding's Children in Need 2013 cover "How Long Will I Love You?". [15] Garrix became the second-youngest artist to enter at the top of the UK Singles Chart with their debut single behind Billie's "Because We Want To" in July 1998.
In the United States,"Animals" was the first instrumental track to reach the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Kenny G's "Millennium Mix" of "Auld Lang Syne" in 1999. [16]
As of August 2024,the song's music video has over 1.7 billion views on YouTube. [17]
"Animals" was used in a commercial for video game Madden NFL 25 . [18] It was added in the March 2014 update of another game, Asphalt 8:Airborne. [19] "Animals" was also featured on Just Dance 2016 along with an extreme routine. [20] The instrumental version of the song was also featured in FIFA Online 3 ,an online free-to-play version of the FIFA series video game.
In April 2014,the track was also used in the Dior advertisement for their "Addict Fluid Stick" lipstick and lipgloss range.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Animals" (original mix) | 5:04 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Animals" (radio edit) | 2:56 |
2. | "Animals" (original mix) | 5:04 |
Total length: | 8:00 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Animals" (UK radio edit) | 2:44 |
2. | "Animals" (Grum Remix) | 6:37 |
3. | "Animals" (Victor Niglio and Martin Garrix Festival Trap Mix) | 3:18 |
4. | "Animals" (Isaac Remix) | 4:15 |
Total length: | 16:54 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Animals" (Oliver Heldens Remix) | 4:22 |
2. | "Animals" (Jay Ronko Remix) | 4:13 |
3. | "Animals" (Victor Niglio and Martin Garrix Festival Trap Mix) | 3:18 |
4. | "Animals" (Botnek Edit) | 4:21 |
Total length: | 18:54 |
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [92] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Belgium (BEA) [93] | 2× Platinum | 60,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [94] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [95] | 2× Platinum | 160,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [96] | Gold | 15,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [97] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [98] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [99] | Gold | 7,500* |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [100] | 2× Platinum | 20,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [101] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
Sweden (GLF) [102] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [103] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [104] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [105] | 2× Platinum | 3,600,000† |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [106] | Gold | 4,000,000† |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Country | Date | Version | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
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Worldwide | 1 July 2013 |
| Digital download | Spinnin' | [107] |
Germany | 2 August 2013 | Tiger | [108] | ||
Scandinavia | 8 October 2013 | disco:wax | [109] | ||
United Kingdom | 10 November 2013 |
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8 November 2013 | Remixes – EP | [111] | |||
United States | 17 September 2013 | Single version | [112] | ||
Worldwide | 16 January 2023 |
| STMPD | [113] |
In December 2013, a SoundCloud user named McMaNGOS posted an edited version of "Animals" titled "Funnymals", which remixes the song's drop to the tune of "Old McDonald Had a Farm". The "Funnymals" edit gained prominence at the 2014 Ultra Music Festival, when Deadmau5 (who had made comments attacking Garrix on Twitter earlier in the day, and has been a prominent critic of "mainstream" electronic music) played the edit as part of his live set. [114] [115]
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