"Dangerous" | ||||
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Single by David Guetta featuring Sam Martin | ||||
from the album Listen | ||||
Released | 6 October 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2014 | |||
Genre | Synth-pop | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Dangerous" (radio edit) on YouTube |
"Dangerous" is a song by French music producer David Guetta released as the second single from his sixth studio album, Listen . It features vocals by American singer and songwriter Sam Martin,who had also appeared on Guetta's previous single "Lovers on the Sun". It was released as a digital download on 6 October 2014 and reached number one in fourteen countries. Both artists co-wrote and co-produced the song with Giorgio Tuinfort and Jason Evigan,with additional writing from Lindy Robbins. A remix featuring Trey Songz,Chris Brown,and Martin was released on 9 January 2015.
The song is written in the key of E minor with the main chord progression of Em—C—Am—D. [1] This song bears similarity to the Akon's song "Ghetto" by the chorus melody. The song contains major samples of Nicolo Paganini’s Capriccio in Si minore per violino solo,Op. 1 No. 2.
A lyric video was released on YouTube on David Guetta's channel. An extended director's cut of the music video was released on October 31. A shorter radio edit version was released on January 21,2015. It was directed by Jonas Akerlund. [2] The Formula 1-themed video co-starred actor James Purefoy as the rival driver. 2012 Lotus E20 Formula One cars are featured in the video,and then Lotus driver Romain Grosjean makes a cameo appearance,arriving towards the end of the video standing on the podium with Guetta and Purefoy. [3] The video was filmed at Circuito de Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera,Andalusia, [4]
A remix version featuring Trey Songz,Chris Brown,and Sam Martin was premiered on 26 November 2014. [5] [6] David Guetta released it on his SoundCloud account on 10 December 2014. [7] The song was released on iTunes Store in the US on 9 January 2015. [8]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dangerous" (featuring Sam Martin) | 3:23 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dangerous" (featuring Sam Martin) (David Guetta Banging remix) | 6:07 |
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1. | "Dangerous" (featuring Sam Martin) (Robin Schulz remix) | 5:06 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dangerous" (Robin Schulz remix) | 5:06 |
2. | "Dangerous" (David Guetta Banging remix) | 6:07 |
3. | "Dangerous" (Steve Aoki remix) | 4:37 |
4. | "Dangerous" (Higher Self Remix) | 4:30 |
5. | "Dangerous" (Kevin and Dantiez Saunderson Deep Detroit dub) | 6:19 |
6. | "Dangerous" (Kevin Saunderson Inner City remix) | 6:27 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dangerous" (featuring Sam Martin) (extended) | 4:03 |
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1. | "Dangerous" (featuring Trey Songz, Chris Brown and Sam Martin) (part II) | 3:33 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dangerous" (featuring Sam Martin) | 3:23 |
2. | "Dangerous" (featuring Sam Martin) (David Guetta Banging remix) | 6:07 |
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [98] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [99] | Gold | 15,000* |
Belgium (BRMA) [100] | Gold | 15,000* |
Canada (Music Canada) [101] | Platinum | 80,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [102] | Platinum | 60,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [103] | 3× Gold | 600,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [104] | 3× Platinum | 150,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [105] | Platinum | 15,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [106] | 2× Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Sweden (GLF) [107] | 3× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [108] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [109] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [110] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
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Spain (PROMUSICAE) [111] | Gold | 4,000,000† |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |