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Single by Swedish House Mafia and Knife Party | ||||
from the album Until Now | ||||
Released | 16 December 2011 | |||
Genre | Electro house | |||
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"Antidote" |
"Antidote" is a song by Swedish house music supergroup Swedish House Mafia in collaboration with Australian electronic music duo Knife Party. It was released on 16 December 2011 in the United States as the second single from the Swedish House Mafia compilation album, Until Now . The remix EP was released on 15 January 2012 for the UK digital download in the iTunes Store. "Antidote" was written by Swedish House Mafia members Axwell,Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso,Knife Party members Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen,along with Klas Åhlund and Adam Baptiste. The song contains uncredited vocals.
In the United Kingdom,the song debuted at number four on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart with first-week sales of 46,757 copies. It is the Swedish House Mafia's fourth consecutive top 10 hit in the UK.
The music video was released via YouTube on 19 December 2011 in association with Vevo in two different versions (clean and explicit). The story portrays a heist in a Japanese strip club. The explicit version contains more violent and sexual content.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Antidote" (radio edit) | 2:57 |
2. | "Antidote" (original mix) | 6:14 |
3. | "Antidote" (Knife Party Dub) | 6:07 |
4. | "Antidote" (Swedish House Mafia Dub) | 6:14 |
5. | "Antidote" (Tommy Trash Remix) | 5:53 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [18] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
Sweden (GLF) [19] | 3× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [20] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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United States | 16 December 2011 [21] | Digital download | EMI Records |
Ireland | 13 January 2012 [22] | ||
United Kingdom | 15 January 2012 [23] | ||