Panic Room (song)

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"Panic Room"
Au-Ra and CamelPhat - Panic Room.png
Single by Au/Ra featuring CamelPhat
from the EP X Games and the album Dark Matter
Released29 March 2018
Genre Tech house
Length
  • 3:57 (original version)
  • 3:34 (CamelPhat version)
Label Loudmouth
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Andrew Frampton
  • Max Farrar
Au/Ra singles chronology
"Outsiders"
(2017)
"Panic Room"
(2018)
"Emoji"
(2018)
CamelPhat singles chronology
"Bugged Out"
(2018)
"Panic Room"
(2018)
"Dopamine Machine"
(2018)

"Panic Room" is a song by Antiguan singer-songwriter Au/Ra featuring British production duo CamelPhat. It was originally released as a solo song by Au/Ra in February 2018 [1] before being remixed by CamelPhat and released credited to both artists on 29 March 2018. The remixed version charted in multiple countries, including the UK, where it reached the top 40 and was certified Platinum a year later. Au/Ra's original version without Camelphat has now sold more than the remixed version and was certified Gold (in excess of 500,000 copies) in the USA.

Contents

Background

Au/Ra wrote the song about experiencing anxiety. [2]

Music video

The music video for the song featured a spaceship-like area. In this area, people are running away to containment chambers after finding a dead body to protect themselves. Originally, the singer follows the others, but reveals to the audience that she was the one who attacked. She enters a chamber and her eyes flash red. The video was released February 21, 2018, on the singer's YouTube channel.

Track listings

Digital download and stream [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Panic Room"3:57
Digital download and stream - acoustic version [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Panic Room" (acoustic)4:17
Digital download and stream - CamelPhat version [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Panic Room"3:34
2."Panic Room" (club mix)7:05
Digital download (Beatport) - KDA remix [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Panic Room" (KDA "Stop Saying You Were at Trade When You Weren't" extended remix)5:22
Digital download and stream - The Remixes [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Panic Room" (Jonas Rathsman remix)7:40
2."Panic Room" (KDA "Stop Saying You Were at Trade When You Weren't" remix)4:01
3."Panic Room" (Denis First & Reznikov remix)3:03
4."Panic Room" (Sway Gray remix)3:36
5."Panic Room" (eSQUIRE remix)7:20
Digital download and stream - Culture Shock remix [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Panic Room" (Culture Shock remix)4:46

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [19] Gold25,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [20] Platinum600,000
United States (RIAA) [21] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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