Changa (song)

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"Changa"
Changa (single) by Pnau.png
Single by Pnau
from the album Changa
Released11 May 2018
Length3:25
Label Etcetc
Songwriter(s)
Pnau singles chronology
"Go Bang"
(2017)
"Changa"
(2018)
"Solid Gold"
(2019)
Music video
"Changa" on YouTube

"Changa" is a song by Pnau, released on 11 May 2018 as the third and final single from the band's fifth studio album, Changa (2017). The song features vocals from Kira Divine.

Contents

Upon release the band said "This song is an ode to all things multiverse. All that we see is but a dream within a dream. Come dream with us." [1]

In December 2018, Billboard staff listed the Blanke remix as one of the 10 best dance remixes of 2018. [2]

Music video

The music video for "Changa" was filmed in Los Angeles, directed by Ben Kutsko from Miniac Films and starred vocalist Kira Divine. Lars Brandle from Billboard called it "a full-on trip which, like its two predecessors, follows the colourful journey of the conscious and unconscious world of DMT." [3]

Track listing

Digital download (remixes)

  1. "Changa" – 3:25
  2. "Changa" (Pirupa Remix) – 4:43
  3. "Changa" (Jack Beats Remix) – 5:36
  4. "Changa" (Jnthn Stein Remix) – 3:19
  5. "Changa" (Blanke Remix) – 3:08
  6. "Changa" (George Michelle Remix) – 4:53

Charts

Chart performance for "Changa"
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Artists (ARIA) [4] 20
Australia Club (ARIA) [5] 3
Australia Dance (ARIA) [5] 17

Release history

Release history and formats for "Changa"
CountryDateFormatLabel
Australia11 May 2018 [6] Etcetc

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