Digital Love

"Digital Love"
Single by Daft Punk
from the album Discovery
B-side	"Aerodynamic" "Aerodynamite"
Released	21 August 2001
Format	CD
Genre	House, synthpop
Length	4:58 (album version) 3:58 (radio edit)
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo George Duke Carlos Sosa
Daft Punk singles chronology
"Aerodynamic" (2001) "Digital Love" (2001) "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (2001)
Music sample Daft Punk - "Digital Love"

"Digital Love" is a song by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It was released as the third single from the album Discovery. As part of the album, the song is featured in the film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.

Composition

As documented in the Discovery liner notes, the song features a sample of "I Love You More" by George Duke (mp3 clip). The sample was worked into an electronic pop song about unspoken love with lyrics by DJ Sneak^[1] and vocals performed by Daft Punk.^[2]

The track is known for the guitar solo featured prominently on its second half. Thomas Bangalter revealed that the solo was created using a mixture of elements, aided by music sequencers. "No one plays solos in their songs anymore, but we wanted to include some on the album."^[3] Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo also noted the duo's use of in-studio equipment to evoke the sound of a previous artist:

“

On 'Digital Love,' you get this Supertramp vibe on the bridge. We didn't sample Supertramp, but we had the original Wurlitzer piano they used, so we thought it would be more fun to have the original instrument and mess around with it. We use mainly vintage synthesizers, like older electric pianos like the Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet. We didn't use the Clavinet on Discovery, but I usually use it in my studio.[4]

”

The American band Hellogoodbye often uses the first two verses of "Digital Love" in place of the second verse of the song "Here (In Your Arms)" when performing live. A live version of the song, performed by Danish group Alphabeat is available as part of an iTunes Live EP.^[5]

Reception

"Digital Love" charted backed with "Aerodynamic" due to equal club play. It charted at #14 on the UK Singles Chart and made #9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the United States. It also reached #67 in Australia, promoted along with its B-side, "Aerodynamic".

The song was featured in a GAP television advertisement. It featured both members of Daft Punk wearing their robotic helmets and gloves as well as GAP denim shirts and jeans. They appeared dancing with Juliette Lewis. When asked about Daft Punk's dancing in the ad, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo stated "It looks really simple to do, but when you're on a step with the crew, it's really not, even though the choreographer was really nice."^[6]

In East Asia, it is featured in various commercials for Nokia; in South Asia it was used in the heavily marketed Nokia 5300.

Single track listing

1. "Digital Love" (radio edit) – 3:58
2. "Digital Love" (album version) – 4:58
3. "Digital Love" (Digital Dub) – 4:58
4. "Aerodynamic"
5. "Aerodynamite"

References

1. ^ Carlos Sosa (aka DJ Sneak) received a songwriter credit in the liner notes of Discovery (2001) and full lyrical aknowledgement in the end credits of Interstella 5555 (2003).
2. ^ Discovery liner notes: "performed by Daft Punk."
3. ^ Chris Gill, "ROBOPOP"^{[dead link]} Remix Magazine Online (May 2001)
4. ^ Bryan Reesman, Interview at mixonline.com
5. ^ Connecting to the iTunes Store
6. ^ Michael Hamersly, "Ask the DJ" (November 10, 2006) The Miami Herald. Retrieved on March 6, 2007.

External links

• Daft Punk official site
• Daft Punk official site (German)
• Virgin Records Daft Punk official site