Toulouse (song)

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"Toulouse"
Nicky Romeo - Toulouse cover art.jpeg
Single by Nicky Romero
Released19 December 2011
Recorded2011
Genre
Length
  • 6:05(single version)
  • 4:20(video edit)
Label Spinnin'
Songwriter(s) Nicky Romero
Producer(s) Nicky Romero
Nicky Romero singles chronology
"Toulouse"
(2011)
"Wild One Two"
(2012)
Music video
"Toulouse" on YouTube

"Toulouse" is a song by Dutch DJ and music producer Nicky Romero. It was released as a single on 19 December 2011 in the Netherlands and 2 January 2012 in the United States through Spinnin' Records. A music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on 9 May 2012.

Contents

In mid 2012, a version with vocals from Bobby Anthony was released.

On 20 August 2020 an edit was released for the song with its music video following a few weeks later.

Music video

The music video for the song, lasting four minutes and twenty seconds, was unofficially uploaded on 9 May 2012 to YouTube. It was directed by Timo Pierre Rositzki and has garnered over 459 million views as of June 2022. On 8 May 2017 the official video was taken down due to a copyright claim by Spinnin' Records, the label for the song. However, from June that year, the copyright claim was retracted. Throughout the video, several people can be seen wearing Guy Fawkes masks. [1] Despite the fact that the song was named "Toulouse", the music video was filmed in Hamburg, Germany, including in the Reeperbahn district.

Track listing

Single release
No.TitleLength
1."Toulouse"6:05
Toulouse (The Remixes)
No.TitleLength
1."Toulouse" (Chocolate Puma Remix)7:04
2."Toulouse" (Tommy Trash Remix)5:45

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 92
Netherlands Dance (Single Top 100) [5] 17
Global Dance Songs (Billboard) [6] 24

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue no.
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 19 December 2011 Spinnin' Digital download SP451 [2] [7]
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2 January 2012

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