Daddy DJ (song)

"Daddy DJ"
Single by Daddy DJ
from the album Let Your Body Talk
B-side Remix
Released November 1999 (France)
2001 (other countries)
Format CD single, CD maxi
Genre Electronic Dance
Length 3:36
Label Sony, RKG
Writer(s) David Le Roy
Jean Christophe Belval
Producer J & B
Daddy DJ singles chronology
"Daddy DJ"
(2000)		 "The Girl in Red"
(2001)

"Daddy DJ" is an electronica song recorded by French dance act Daddy DJ. It was its debut single from the album Let Your Body Talk, and was released in many European countries from June 2000. The music video was produced as an animated feature. It achieved a huge success on many charts, becoming the top ten in France, Finland, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. It even topped the singles chart in Sweden, Norway and Belgium (Wallonia).

In France, "Daddy DJ" is the 94th best-selling single of all time, with about 1,000,000 copies sold.[1]

The song tells the story of a boy who is left home alone by his DJ father, when all he longs for is to join his father on the dance floor.

Contents

Cover versions

The melody of this song has become very popular, and has been sampled many times. Here are some examples:

In early 2000's this song was sampled by Australian DJ S3RL on the song "Pretty Rave Girl".

In 2008, the song was sampled by Basshunter on the song "All I Ever Wanted"; two years earlier, it was sampled by the same artist on his song "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (also known as simply "DotA", especially in Scandinavia).

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Daddy DJ" (Chico and Tonio radio edit) — 3:36
  2. "Daddy DJ" (original extended mix) — 5:46
CD maxi
  1. "Daddy DJ" (Chico and Tonio radio edit) — 3:38
  2. "Daddy DJ" (original radio edit) — 3:44
  3. "Daddy DJ" (G-box 2 steps lullaby mix) — 3:41

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (2000/01) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 8
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[2] 8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[2] 1
Danish Singles Chart[2] 2
Dutch Mega Top 100[2] 7
Finnish Singles Chart[2] 3
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 2
German Singles Chart[2] 7
Norwegian Singles Chart[2] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 22

Year-end charts

Chart (2001) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 56
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[4] 48
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[5] 1
Dutch Top 40[6] 66
French Singles Chart[7] 4
Swedish Singles Chart[8] 1

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
France[9] Diamond 16 May 2001 750,000
Norway[10] Platinum 2001 10,000
Sweden[11] Gold 30 May 2001 10,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Wassuup!" by Da Muttz		 Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
April 7, 2001 - June 9, 2001 (10 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"J'voulais" by Sully Sefil
Preceded by
"Need to Know (Eenie Meenie Miny Moe)" by Exellence		 Swedish number-one single (first run)
May 31, 2001 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Angel" by Shaggy featuring Rayvon
Preceded by
"Angel" by Shaggy featuring Rayvon		 Norwegian VG-Lista number-one single
27/2001 - 28/2001 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Angel" by Shaggy featuring Rayvon
Preceded by
"Angel" by Shaggy featuring Rayvon		 Swedish number-one single (second run)
July 5, 2001 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Lady Marmalade"
by Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Lil' Kim and Pink

Crazy Frog version

"Daddy DJ"
Single by Crazy Frog
from the album "Everybody Dance Now"
Released August 2009
Format CD single, CD maxi,
digital download
Recorded 2009
Genre Dance, electronica
Length 2:53
Label Ministry of Sound
Writer(s) Henning Reith, Reinhard Raith, Wolfgang Boss, David Le Roy, Jean Christophe Belval
Crazy Frog singles chronology
"Crazy Frog in the House"
(2007)		 "Daddy DJ"
(2009)		 "Cha Cha Slide"
(2009)

In 2009, "Daddy DJ" was covered by Crazy Frog and released as a single on 13 July off its third album Everybody Dance Now. It went straight to number four on the French Singles Chart. This song have background from Basshunter's song "All I Ever Wanted" and lyrics from Daddy DJ's song "Daddy DJ" released on 2000.

Charts

The song entered the French Singles Chart at a peak of number four, and totaled 15 weeks in the top 50. The song debuted at number 14 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, dropping 18 places to number 32 the following week.

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 14
France (SNEP)[12] 4

References

  1. ^ Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Daddy DJ", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  3. ^ 2001 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  4. ^ 2001 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  5. ^ 2001 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  6. ^ "Single top 100 over 2001" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%202001.pdf. Retrieved 1 May 2010. 
  7. ^ 2001 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  8. ^ Årslista Singlar - År 2001 sverigetopplistan.se (in Swedish)
  9. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  10. ^ Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  11. ^ Swedish certifications Ifpi.se (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  12. ^ "Lescharts.com – Crazy Frog – Daddy DJ" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
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