DJ (Alphabeat song)

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"DJ"
Alphabeat - DJ.png
Single by Alphabeat
from the album The Spell
Released9 January 2010 (2010-01-09)
Genre
Length3:28
Label Copenhagen
Songwriter(s) Anders B (Anders Bonlokke)
Producer(s) Anders B
Alphabeat singles chronology
"The Spell"
(2009)
"DJ"
(2010)
"Hole in My Heart"
(2010)
Alternative cover
Alphabeat - DJ (I Could Be Dancing).png
UK cover

"DJ" is a song by Danish pop band Alphabeat, released as the second single from their second studio album, The Spell (2009). The song peaked at number six on the Danish Singles Chart, and was certified gold by IFPI Denmark on 20 April 2010 for sales in excess of 15,000 copies. [1]

Contents

In the United Kingdom, "DJ" was released in May 2010 as the third single from the international version of the album, The Beat Is... [2] The track was remixed by Biffco and promoted as "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" for the single release.

Track listings

  1. "DJ" – 3:17
  1. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Biffco Single Edit) – 3:13
  2. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Doman & Gooding Radio Edit) – 3:00
  3. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Fascination Edit) – 3:43
A. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Biffco 12" Mix) – 5:12
B. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Doman & Gooding Remix) – 4:56
  1. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Radio Mix) – 3:11
  2. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Fascination Remix) – 7:36
  3. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Doman & Gooding Club Mix) – 4:55
  4. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Biffco Extended Mix) – 5:11
  5. "DJ (I Could Be Dancing)" (Ian Masterson 12" Remix) – 7:14

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [10] Gold15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Denmark9 January 2010 Digital download Copenhagen [3]
United Kingdom30 May 2010 [6]
31 May 2010 [11] [12]

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