Pillow Fight (song)

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"Pillow Fight"
Galantis Pillow Fight.jpg
Single by Galantis
from the album The Aviary
Released15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)
Genre Tropical house [1]
Length3:17
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Galantis singles chronology
"Love on Me"
(2016)
"Pillow Fight"
(2016)
"Rich Boy"
(2017)
Music video
"Pillow Fight" on YouTube

"Pillow Fight" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo Galantis. Written by Ross Golan, Galantis, Jimmy Koitzsch and Henrik Jonback, with production handled by the latter three, it was released on 15 December 2016 via Atlantic and WMG. [2]

Contents

Background

The track was first unveiled during Galantis' performance in San Jose, as part of their California College tour. [3]

"In lots of ways 'Pillow Fight' brings back the original Galantis heart and roots, and reminds us why we started this project," Galantis said in a press release. "Launch yourself in every wave, live and breathe the full-throttle mentality, we'll go to sleep tomorrow." [4]

On 13 January, they released a VIP mix of the track with American DJ and producer CID. [5]

Track listing

Digital download [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Pillow Fight"3:17
Digital download – Galantis and CID VIP Mix [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Pillow Fight" (Galantis and CID VIP Mix)4:12

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 19

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United States15 December 2016 Digital download Atlantic [6]
Various WMG
United States13 January 2017Digital download – Galantis and CID VIP Mix Atlantic [7]
Various WMG

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