Selfish Love (DJ Snake and Selena Gomez song)

"Selfish Love" is a song recorded by DJ Snake and Selena Gomez. It was released through Interscope Records on March 4, 2021, as the third and final single from Gomez's fourth EP, Revelación. "Selfish Love" marks the second collaboration between DJ Snake and Gomez, the first being "Taki Taki" in 2018.[1]

"Selfish Love"
Single by DJ Snake and Selena Gomez
from the EP Revelación
Language
  • Spanish
  • English[1]
ReleasedMarch 4, 2021 (2021-03-04)
Genre
Length2:48
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • DJ Snake
  • Maro
DJ Snake singles chronology
"Trust Nobody"
(2020)
"Selfish Love"
(2021)
"Ring the Alarm"
(2021)
Selena Gomez singles chronology
"Baila Conmigo"
(2021)
"Selfish Love"
(2021)
"999"
(2021)
Music video
"Selfish Love" on YouTube

Background and release

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On February 24, 2021, DJ Snake posted a video to his social media accounts displaying messages with Selena Gomez about them receiving the RIAA 4× Platinum certification plaque for "Taki Taki", their previous collab with Cardi B and Ozuna.[2][3][4] He then sends Gomez a message reading; "I think it's time we gave them another one", followed by an audio clip.[4] They announced the release date and title of the single the following day, February 25.[5]

Music video

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The song was released on March 4, 2021, along with its music video.[2] A music video was released alongside the song.[2][6] The video is set inside an oriental hair salon, accompanied by psychedelic transitions and costumes.

Accolades

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Awards and nominations for "Selfish Love"
Organization Year Category Result Ref.
Ciclope Latino Festival[a] 2021 Music Video Nominated [8]
NRJ Music Awards International Collaboration of the Year Nominated [9]
Video of the Year Nominated
UK Music Video Awards Best Production Design Video Won [10]
  1. ^ The Ciclope Festival was established in 2010 to honour craft skills in advertising around the world based on a peer-voted selection process. The Ciclope Latino Festival was launched in 2016.[7]

Track listing

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  • Digital download
  1. "Selfish Love" – 2:48
  1. "Selfish Love" (Tiësto remix) – 2:33
  • Digital download - Jack Chirak remix
  1. "Selfish Love" (Jack Chirak remix) - 2:42
  • Selfish Love EP
  1. "Selfish Love" (Acoustic Mix) - 2:49
  2. "Selfish Love" (Jack Chirak remix) - 2:42
  3. "Selfish Love" (Tiësto remix) – 2:33
  4. "Selfish Love" – 2:48

Composition

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With the whole world being separated from each other I kept looking and working only on pure good vibes, I wanted to make music for the world and mix all my favorite influences of Afrobeat, Latin music, something that felt grounded and organic. [...] "Selfish Love" came very naturally for us and I think it's the perfect evolution for our history together.

— DJ Snake on "Selfish Love"[2]

"Selfish Love" is a tropical house[12] and dance song[13] with dubstep influences, Latin, Middle Eastern[14] and "chill" saxophone rhythms.[13] With lyrics in both Spanish and English,[2] the song tells the story of a girl admitting feelings of jealousy.[13] The song was written by DJ Snake and Gomez alongside Kat Dahlia, Kris Floyd, K Sotomayor and Marty Maro, and was produced by DJ Snake and Maro.[15]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[15]

  • DJ Snake – songwriting, production, mixing
  • Selena Gomez – vocals, songwriting
  • Maro – songwriting, production
  • K Sotomayor – songwriting
  • Kat Dahlia – songwriting, backing vocals
  • Kris Floyd – songwriting
  • Bart Schoudel – engineering, vocal engineering
  • Nicholas Mercier – engineering, mastering, mixing

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[36] Gold 20,000
France (SNEP)[37] Platinum 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Selfish Love"
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various March 4, 2021 Original Interscope [38]
United States March 5, 2021[a] [39]
Italy April 9, 2021 Radio airplay Universal [40]
Various April 16, 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Tiësto remix Interscope [11]
May 7, 2021 EP
  1. ^ Release as a promotional single

References

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