Released August 23, 2013 Recorded 2013 Label Dim Mak
Ultra | Format Digital download Length 4:30 | |
Genre Electro house
progressive house | ||
"Boneless" is a track by American DJ and producer Steve Aoki in collaboration with dance music producers Chris Lake and Tujamo, courtesy of and in association with the original producer and composer Aid Vllasaliu. The song was named after the skateboarding trick of the same name. It was released on August 23, 2013 through Dim Mak Records and Ultra Records. The single received success through various dance charts in Europe; it peaked the overall singles charts at #49 in Germany, #42 in Austria, and #44 in Belgium (Wallonia).
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Delirious (Boneless)
A vocal version of the song, entitled "Delirious (Boneless)", was released on June 3, 2014 as the second single from Steve Aoki's second studio album Neon Future.I. This version features rapper Kid Ink and was co-written by Erin Beck, Whitney Phillips, Jenson Vaughan, and Aid "Valsal" Vllasaliu. The song was featured in the soundtrack of the 2014 film Step Up: All In (as well as Aoki's previous single "Rage the Night Away"), the song was also featured on the 2015 film Furious 7 (although it is not included in the film's soundtrack album).
Music video
The music video for "Boneless" was recorded at and takes place in Venice Beach, Los Angeles. In the video, Chris Lake ("The Scribbler") and Steve "Benihana" Aoki star as the heads of two different skate gangs, known as "The Rampants" and "The Dimmaks", and the two groups have a skate-off. The video was directed by Peter Falloon a.k.a. The Bear, whom worked with Monument Media to deliver the 1980s skater-inspired video.
A year later, the official lyric video for "Delirious (Boneless)" was published to YouTube on August 27, 2014. The "Delirious" version was also given its own music video, which was directed by Golden Wolf and published to YouTube on October 9.