Released 17 November 2014 | Recorded 2014 Length 4:02 | |
Writer(s) Paul Van HaverElla Yelich-O'ConnorJoel LittleKamaal Ibn John FareedTerrence ThorntonAlana HaimEste HaimDanielle Haim | ||
"Meltdown" is a track from the soundtrack album The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the motion picture The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and is by Belgian artist Stromae. The song features additional vocals by New Zealand singer Lorde, the American hip hop artist Pusha T, American rapper Q-Tip and the rock band HAIM. The song is a re-recorded version of "Merci", an instrumental track from Stromae's second studio album Racine Carrée.
"Meltdown" was released on 17 November 2014 and initially has charted in Belgium and France. "Meltdown" is the first track appearing in the album.
Background
Stromae explained how the song came about: "She [Lorde] called my manager to get a track (for the Hunger Games: Mockingjay soundtrack). It’s a track from my album, called "Merci," and she decided to do a new track with it. I was touched by the way it was important for her to have my opinion, even with the people she wanted to invite on the track, like Pusha T and HAIM. I met her after the track was done, and she was just human, simple and really nice!"