Levitate (Hadouken! song)

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"Levitate"
Single by Hadouken!
from the album Every Weekend
Released20 January 2013
Genre Electro house
Length4:45
Label Surface Noise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Hadouken! singles chronology
"Daylight"
(2012)
"Levitate"
(2013)

"Levitate" is a song by the British band Hadouken! It was released on 20 January 2013 as the fifth single from their third studio album Every Weekend (2013). It was produced by British duo Loadstar and Dutch bass music trio Noisia (under their Nightwatch alias). The song was made popular by the band's People Are Awesome 2013 viral video that has accumulated over 120 million YouTube views. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Digital download - single
No.TitleLength
1."Levitate"4:45
Digital download - EP [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Levitate"4:45
2."Levitate" (Radio Edit)3:27
3."Levitate" (Alex Light Remix)4:24
4."Levitate" (Koven Remix)5:01
5."Levitate" (Swindle Remix)4:44

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14)Peak
position
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [3] 74
UK Dance (OCC) [4] 17
UK Indie (OCC) [5] 8
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 87
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 69
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) [9] 20

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide20 January 2013 Digital download Surface Noise Recordings

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