Format CD
digital download | Genre Synthpop
French house | |
Released 6 October 2014 (2014-10-06) Length 3:23 (radio edit)
6:07 (David Guetta banging remix) Label What A Music
Parlophone Writer(s) David Guetta
Giorgio Tuinfort
Sam Martin
Jason Evigan
Lindy Robbins | ||
"Dangerous" is a song by French music producer David Guetta from his sixth studio album, Listen. It features vocals by American singer and songwriter Sam Martin. It was released as a digital download on 6 October 2014. Both artists co-wrote and co-produced the song with Giorgio Tuinfort and Jason Evigan, with additional writing from Lindy Robbins. A remix featuring Trey Songz, Chris Brown, and Martin was released on 9 January 2015.
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Composition
The song is written in the key of E minor with the main chord progression of Em—C—Am—D.
Music video
A lyric video was released on YouTube on David Guetta's channel. An extended director's cut of the music video was released on October 31. A shorter radio edit version was released on January 21, 2015. The Formula 1-themed video co-starred actor James Purefoy as the rival driver. 2012 Lotus E20 F1 cars are featured in the video, and Lotus F1 driver Romain Grosjean makes a cameo appearance, arriving towards the end of the video standing on the podium with Guetta and Purefoy. The video was filmed at Jerez.
Remix
A remix version featuring Trey Songz, Chris Brown, and Sam Martin was premiered on 26 November 2014. David Guetta released it on his SoundCloud account on 10 December 2014. The song was released on iTunes Store in the US on 9 January 2015.