Released June 30, 2014 Genre Country
folk
EDM | Format CD
digital download | |
Length 3:23 (radio edit)
5:53 (extended)
12:31 (EP) Label What A Music
Parlophone Writer(s) David Guetta
Tim Bergling
Giorgio Tuinfort
Frédéric Riesterer
Michael Einziger
Sam Martin
Jason Evigan | ||
"Lovers on the Sun" 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 and the lead single from the album on 30 June 2014. It was produced by Guetta, Avicii, Riesterer, and Tuinfort, with additional production from Italian house production team Daddy's Groove. This track has since crowned the singles chart in Austria, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom, and has reached top 40 on most of the countries where the track has been charted.
Contents
Mallory Knox covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.
Background
This song and other new songs of his are inspired by spaghetti western film scores.
Composition
Strumming into the speakers across a country-tinged guitar twang and a lone Western whistle, "Lovers On The Sun" fits in snugly with the ongoing trend of country/folk-infused EDM permeating the club scene, like Avicii’s “Wake Me Up.” Mike Einziger, the guitarist on “Wake Me Up,” also reportedly plays guitar on this track. The song is written in the key of B minor, at a tempo of 125 beats per minute. The chord progression of the chorus (Bm/D/F#m/E) bears similarity do Daft Punk's 2013 single "Get Lucky". The instrumental hook follows the chord progression of G/A/Bm/D. “We’re burning up — we might as well be lovers of the sun!” Martin chants across the chorus — sort of channeling The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers — before giving way to an (inevitable) explosive beat drop.
Music video
A lyric video was produced for the song with a Wild West theme. An accompanying music video was released on 12 August 2014 again with a Wild West theme. It was directed by Marc Klasfeld and stars Ray Liotta who portrays a villain. Idolator said the video was "refreshing" and "a special effects-filled extravaganza".
Critical reception
4Music celebrated the song's "double DJ power" (Guetta and Avicii, who co-wrote and co-produced the track) and suggested that it "must mean this'll be a big hit".
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from CD single.