Mad World (Hardwell song)

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"Mad World"
Mad World Hardwell Jake Reese.jpg
Single by Hardwell featuring Jake Reese
Released16 October 2015
Genre EDM
Length4:26
Label Revealed Recordings
Hardwell singles chronology
"Off the Hook"
(2015)
"Mad World"
(2015)
"Blackout"
(2016)

"Mad World" is a song by Dutch DJ Hardwell. It features singer Jake Reese.

Contents

Background

The song was premiered by Hardwell at Ultra Music Festival. [1] It is the 200th release of Hardwell's label Revealed Recordings. [2] A contest was set up for fans to remix the song. [3] An official music video was released on 16 October 2015. [4] The song was featured on Hardwell's United We Are remix album. [5]

Track listing

Singles [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Mad World"4:26
2."Mad World" (radio edit)3:30
Remixes
No.TitleLength
1."Mad World" (Quintino Remix)4:10
2."Mad World" (Moksi Remix)4:09
3."Mad World" (Sephyx Remix)5:05
4."Mad World" (Olly James & Ryan & Vin Remix)4:46
5."Mad World" (REEZ & DIVARO Remix)4:10
6."Mad World" (acoustic version)2:49

Charts

Chart (2015–16)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [7] 37
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [8] 18
France (SNEP) [9] 117
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 78

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References

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