Dopamine (Purple Disco Machine song)

"Dopamine" is a song by German disco and house music producer and DJ Purple Disco Machine featuring Dutch singer-songwriter Eyelar, released on 27 August 2021 as a single from Purple Disco Machine's second studio album Exotica.[2] The song has received over 100 million streams on Spotify.[3]

"Dopamine"
Single by Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar
from the album Exotica
Released27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
Genre
Length3:36
LabelPositiva
Songwriter(s)
  • Alexander Pavelich
  • Edvard Erfjord
  • Eyelar Mirzazadeh
  • Jenson Vaughan
  • Tino Schmidt
Producer(s)Purple Disco Machine
Purple Disco Machine singles chronology
"Playbox"
(2021)
"Dopamine"
(2021)
"Rise"
(2021)
Music video
"Dopamine" on YouTube

Composition

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"Dopamine" is a track with an "80s-disco style".[4] It is written in the key of B minor, with a tempo of 118 beats per minute.[5]

Music video

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The music video was released on 10 September 2021 and directed by James Fitzgerald.[6] It showcases Purple Disco Machine as an eccentric scientist who "calls on his sleekly moustached 80s Californian sidekick to rescue Eyelar from 2021 with his time travelling Chevy Camaro".[7] Video was filmed in Montenegro.[8]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic.[9]

  • Edvard Førre Erfjord – composer
  • Eyelar – primary artist, vocals, composer
  • Matt Johnson – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Monte – computer music preparation, computer vocals, mixing, voices
  • Alexander Pavelich – composer, vocals (background)
  • Purple Disco Machine – primary artist, producer, recording arranger, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, composer
  • John Summit – remix engineer
  • Chi Thanh – guitar
  • Jenson Vaughan – composer
  • Drew Michael – drums

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Dopamine"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] Platinum 30,000
France (SNEP)[26] Gold 100,000
Germany (BVMI)[27] Gold 300,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)[28] Platinum 4,000
Italy (FIMI)[29] Gold 50,000
Poland (ZPAV)[30] Gold 25,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Savva, Ouranios (31 August 2021). "Purple Disco Machine releases uplifting single 'Dopamine' feat. Eyelar: Listen". We Rave You. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ Tryon, Oliver (27 August 2021). "Purple Disco Machine Announces Album With The Release of 'Dopamine' feat. Eyelar". Cultr. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ Narozniak, Rachel (29 October 2021). "John Summit gives Purple Disco Machine, Eyelar's original a double dose of 'Dopamine'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ Driever, Natalie (17 September 2021). "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – "Dopamine"". 1LIVE (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Dopamine by Purple Disco Machine, Eyelar Key and BPM".
  6. ^ "Purple Disco Machine Shares New Music Video for "Dopamine" featuring Eyelar". PM Studio. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Purple Disco Machine Along With His 80s Californian Sidekick, Rescue Eyelar From 2021 In New Music Video For 'Dopamine'". Find Your Sounds. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Purple Disco Machine - Dopamine ft. EYELAR (Behind The Scenes)". 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Eyelar / Purple Disco Machine – Dopamine / Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Airplay Charts Deutschland Woche 44/2021" [Airplay Charts Germany Week 44, 2021]. Germancharts.de (in German). Hung Medien & MusicTrace on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 1" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 43, 2021" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 02/11/2021" (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 2 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  21. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 47. týden 2021 in the date selector. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  22. ^ ""Friday" Riton i Nightcrawlers z udziałem Mufasa & Hypemana – radiowym numerem jeden w 2021 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2022" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  24. ^ "Rapports annuels 2022" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  25. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Purple Disco Machine ft. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  26. ^ "French single certifications – Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  27. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar; 'Dopamine')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  28. ^ "Adatbázis – Arany- és platinalemezek – 2023" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  29. ^ "Italian single certifications – Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  30. ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 February 2023. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter Dopamine in the search box.