Paradise (Benny Benassi and Chris Brown song)

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"Paradise"
Chris Brown Paradise Cover.jpg
Single by Benny Benassi and Chris Brown
from the album Danceaholic
Released31 March 2016 (2016-03-31)
Recorded2015
Genre
Length3:53
Label Ultra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Benny Benassi singles chronology
"Even If"
(2016)
"Paradise"
(2016)
"We Light Forever Up"
(2017)
Chris Brown singles chronology
"Something New"
(2016)
"Paradise"
(2016)
"Drifting"
(2016)

"Paradise" is a song by Italian DJ Benny Benassi and American singer Chris Brown, released on 31 March 2016. It was released as a promotional single on August 20, 2015. [2]

Contents

Background

The song was written by Benassi, Brown, Daniel Daley, Alle Benassi and Stephen Kozmeniuk. Brown and Benassi had worked together for the first time on the song "Beautiful People" in 2010, and subsequently Benassi had produced another track for Brown, "Don't Wake Me Up", in 2012. After these collaborations Brown said in an interview for Billboard : "Benny and I have a history of making special music for the fans worldwide, and "Paradise" is another collaboration that I believe the fans will love and embrace". [3]

In August 2015 Benassi has premiered a demo called "Paradise" on his SoundCloud page and removed it later. [4] [5] In March 2016 Brown had posted on his Instagram profile photos showing him and Benassi on the set for the video. [1] After that Benassi has released the song on 31 March 2016. [6]

Music video

On 7 April 2016 Ultra Music uploaded the music video for "Paradise" on his YouTube account. [7]

Track listing

Digital download [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Paradise"3:53
Digital download – Radio Edit [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Paradise" (Radio Edit)3:53

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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