Animals (Martin Garrix composition)

"Animals"
Single by Martin Garrix
from the album Gold Skies EP
Released 17 June 2013
Format
Recorded 2012–13
Genre
Length 5:04
2:51 (radio edit)
Label Spinnin'
Writer(s) Martijn Garritsen
Producer(s) Martin Garrix
Martin Garrix singles chronology
  • "Just Some Loops"
  • (2013)
  • "Animals"
  • (2013)
Alternative UK and US cover
Music video
"Animals" on YouTube

"Animals" is a song composed by Dutch producer Martin Garrix. It was released as a digital download on 17 June 2013 on iTunes, the song quickly became popular within the electronic dance music culture, leading to Garrix, at the age of seventeen, to become the youngest producer to ever have a song reach number one on the electronic music store Beatport.[1] The track was a commercial success, reaching the top ten or topping on a number of electronic music charts, topping singles charts in the United Kingdom and Belgium, and reached #21 on the United States' Billboard Hot 100

Composition and release

Prior to release, the track gained buzz after being played anonymously with speculation increasing about the author after Dutch record label Spinnin' Records released a clip of the track online only titled "Animals (Teaser)".[2] It started to reach even more speculation after a Vine video featuring Agnes from Despicable Me was posted.[3][4] The track was, at various times, attributed to other acts like Hardwell, GTA, Sidney Samson[5] and Bassjackers[6] before the actual identity of the producer was revealed.

According to Garrix, the melody was based on a previous, never-released track that he composed two years prior, and the "ruthlessly minimalist"[7] rhythmic sound (the drop) is a interpretation of Busta Rhymes' "What It Is".[8] "Animals" is set at the tempo of 128 beats per minute.

Commercial performance

Animals booked initial success at electronic dance music festivals like Tomorrowland, held throughout the summer of 2013. Subsequently it rose to number 1 at the online music store Beatport 100. In the period of August to October, the track began to climb up dance hit-lists as well as mainstream singles charts across continental Europe, getting all the way to top on Belgium's Ultratop 50. In November, the single debuted at number 1 on UK's Official Singles Chart, ahead of tough competition from Lily Allen's John Lewis 2013 Christmas campaign cover single "Somewhere Only We Know" and Ellie Goulding's Children in Need 2013 cover "How Long Will I Love You?".[9]

In the United States, "Animals" was the first instrumental to reach the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Kenny G's "Millennium Mix" of "Auld Lang Syne".[10]

Usage in media

"Animals" was used in a commercial for video game Madden NFL 25.[11] It was added in the March 2014 update of Asphalt 8: Airborne. In April, the track was also used in the Dior advertisement for their "Dior Addict Fluid Stick.[12]

Track listing

  1. "Animals" (Original Mix) – 5:04
  1. "Animals" (Radio Edit) – 2:56
  2. "Animals" (Original Mix) – 5:04
  1. "Animals" (UK Radio Edit) – 2:44
  2. "Animals" (Grum Remix) – 6:37
  3. "Animals" (Victor Niglio & Martin Garrix Festival Trap Mix) – 3:18
  4. "Animals" (Isaac Remix) – 4:15
  1. "Animals" (Oliver Heldens Remix) - 4:22
  2. "Animals" (Jay Ronko Remix) - 4:13
  3. "Animals" (Victor Niglio & Martin Garrix Festival Trap Mix) - 3:18
  4. "Animals" (Botnek Edit) - 4:20 (Is featured on Beatport release only)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 33
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 1
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[17] 1
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 4
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[19] 21
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[20] 10
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[21] 12
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[22] 25
Denmark (Tracklisten)[23] 12
Europe (Euro Digital Songs)[24] 3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 2
France (SNEP)[26] 2
Germany (Media Control Charts)[27] 4
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[28] 34
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[29] 7
Hungary (Single Top 40)[30] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[31] 3
Italy (FIMI)[32] 14
Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[33] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[34] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[35] 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[36] 10
Norway (VG-lista)[37] 12
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 20)[38] 16
Poland (Dance Top 50)[39] 2
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[40] 1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[41] 29
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[42] 60
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[43] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[44] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[45] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[46] 1
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[47] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[48] 21
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[49] 1
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[50] 3
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[51] 12
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[52] 23

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Germany (Media Control AG)[53] 26
Hungarian Airplay Chart[54] 51
Chart (2014) Position
Germany (Media Control Charts)[55] 45
Italy (FIMI)[56] 74
US Billboard Hot 100[48] 71

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[57] Platinum 70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[58] 2× Platinum 60,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[59] 2× Platinum 160,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[60] Gold 15,000^
Germany (BVMI)[61] Platinum 300,000^
Italy (FIMI)[62] 2× Platinum 60,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[63] Gold 7,500*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[64] 2× Platinum 20,000*
Sweden (GLF)[65] Platinum 40,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[66] Gold 400,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[67] Platinum 1,000,000^
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[68] Platinum 1,800,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[69] Gold 4,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Version Format(s) Label Ref.
Worldwide July 1, 2013
  • Single version
  • radio edit
 Digital download Spinnin' [70]
Germany August 2, 2013 Tiger [71]
Scandinavia October 8, 2013 disco:wax [72]
United Kingdom November 10, 2013
  • Silent
  • Republic
 [73]
November 8, 2013 Remixes - EP [74]
United States September 17, 2013 Single version [75]

Parodies

In December 2013, a SoundCloud user named McMaNGOS posted an edited version of "Animals" titled "Funnymals", which remixes the song's drop to the tune of "Old McDonald Had a Farm". The "Funnymals" edit gained prominence at the 2014 Ultra Music Festival, when Deadmau5 (who had made comments attacking Garrix on Twitter earlier in the day, and has been a prominent critic of "mainstream" electronic dance music) played the edit as part of his live set.[76][77]

See also

References

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