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Major Lazer Essentials | ||||
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Released | October 19, 2018 | |||
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Length | 89:04 | |||
Label | Mad Decent | |||
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Major Lazer Essentials is a compilation album released by American electronic dance music trio Major Lazer. It was initially released on October 19, 2018, through the groups record label Mad Decent Records. [1] It includes the singles "Cold Water", "Run Up", "All My Life", "Orkant/Balance Pon It", "Tied Up", "Loyal" and "Blow That Smoke". It also features appearances by Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Quavo, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Vybz Kartel, Travis Scott, Tarrus Riley, Bruno Mars, Nyla, Sean Paul, MØ, Ty Dolla Sign, Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Amber Coffman, among others.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Blow That Smoke" (featuring Tove Lo) |
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| 3:43 |
2. | "Lean On" (with DJ Snake featuring MØ) |
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| 2:56 |
3. | "Cold Water" (featuring Justin Bieber and MØ) |
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| 3:05 |
4. | "Light It Up" (featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG) |
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| 2:46 |
5. | "Know No Better" (with Travis Scott and Camila Cabello featuring Quavo) |
| 3:45 | |
6. | "Sua Cara" (featuring Anitta and Pabllo Vittar) |
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| 2:47 |
7. | "Watch Out for This (Bumaye)" (featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican and FS Green) |
| 4:29 | |
8. | "Powerful" (featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley) |
| 3:26 | |
9. | "Pon de Floor" (featuring Vybz Kartel) | 3:33 | ||
10. | "Hold the Line" (featuring Mr. Lexx and Santigold) |
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| 3:38 |
11. | "Keep It Goin' Louder" (featuring Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze) |
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| 3:46 |
12. | "All My Love" (featuring Ariana Grande and Machel Montano) |
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| 3:49 |
13. | "Original Don" (featuring The Partysquad; Flosstradamus remix) |
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| 3:54 |
14. | "Get Free" (featuring Amber Coffman) |
| Diplo | 4:49 |
15. | "Run Up" (featuring PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj) |
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| 3:23 |
16. | "Jah No Partial" (featuring Flux Pavilion) |
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| 4:12 |
17. | "Be Together" (featuring Wild Belle) |
| 3:53 | |
18. | "Bubble Butt" (featuring Bruno Mars, Tyga and Mystic) |
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| 3:27 |
19. | "Jet Blue Jet" (featuring Leftside, GTA, Zia Benjamin, Razz and Biggy) |
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| 3:19 |
20. | "Come On to Me" (featuring Sean Paul) |
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| 3:32 |
21. | "Boom" (with MOTi featuring Ty Dolla Sign, Wizkid and Kranium) |
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| 3:06 |
22. | "Orkant/Balance Pon It" (featuring Babes Wodumo and Taranchyla) |
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| 4:40 |
23. | "Loyal" (featuring Kizz Daniel and Kranium) |
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| 3:05 |
24. | "All My Life" (featuring Burna Boy) |
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| 2:54 |
25. | "Tied Up" (featuring Mr Eazi, Raye and Jake Gosling) |
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| 3:07 |
Total length: | 89:04 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [12] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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