Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ Breaks Shazam Record After Olympics
With a total of nearly 7 million searches on Shazam, following its performance at the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the song “Nightcall” by the French DJ and producer Kavinsky has set a new record on the popular music recognition app.
Presented live at the Stade de France Olympic stadium together with the Phoenixthe song has in fact scored the most number of views of all time in twenty-four hours. While “Dance monkey” by Tones and I from 2019 continues to be the most “Shazamed” song of all time, “Nightcall” broke the record previously held since 2019 by “Jenny of oldstones” by Florence and the Machine and before that achieved in 2015 by “Hello” by Adele.
During the closing ceremony of the XXXIII Olympiad last August 11, which marked the handover between the French capital and the host of the next Olympics, which will be held in Los Angeles in 2028, among those who animated the ceremony at the Olympic stadium in Paris there were also the Phoenix. The French group, at the centre of the stage and surrounded by athletes, proposed a set of seven songs and, in addition to guests such as Air, GoneDa and Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekendwas also joined on stage by KavinskyFor the occasion, the DJ, born Vincent Belorgey in 1975, chose “Nightcall”, precisely.
Produced with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk and mixed by electronic artist SebastiAn, the original version of the song originally released in 2010 features the interpretation of Lovefoxxxsinger of the Brazilian band CSS, and includes a remix by Xavier de Rosnay, Jackson and His Computer Band and Breakbot. At the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, in addition to Kavinsky with Phoenix, “Nightcall” was performed by the Belgian artist Angel.
The song is mainly known for being used in the opening sequence of the film “Drive” by Nicolas Winding Refn starring Ryan Goslingas well as being featured in the film “The Lincoln Lawyer”. “Nightcall” then gained further notoriety having been covered by London Grammar in 2013 and sampled by several artistsincluding Childish Gambino for the song “RIP” with Bun B and Will Young for the 2012 piece “Losing Myself”. The American heavy metal band The avenged sevenfold He also chose Kavinsky’s piece as the opening piece for their concerts.
About the“Nightcall” huge successin an interview given to NME in 2022 Vincent Belorgey explained: “After the sudden success of ‘Nightcall’, I didn’t have much desire for new material. I felt some pressure; I was scared.. I was scared to imagine what my music would be like after that success. I took a few steps back and started to imagine what I should record next. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do next. This decision allowed me to breathe fresh air; it allowed me to think and it allowed people to forget about me for a while, so that when I felt ready to come back, I could maybe try to do new things.”
During the same chat, Kavinsky – who has two studio albums under his belt (2013’s “OutRun” and 2022’s “Reborn”) – also talked about the possibility of reunite with The Weeknd after the song “Odd look”.
