Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
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| Single by Daft Punk | |||||
| from the album Discovery | |||||
| Released | October 13, 2001 | ||||
| Format | CD, 12", digital download | ||||
| Genre | House | ||||
| Length | 3:43 | ||||
| Label | Virgin | ||||
| Writer(s) | Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Edwin Birdsong |
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| Producer | Daft Punk | ||||
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| "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007)" | |||||
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| Single by Daft Punk | |||||
| from the album Alive 2007 | |||||
| Released | October 15, 2007 (Worldwide) October 22, 2007 (USA) |
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| Format | Digital download | ||||
| Recorded | June 14, 2007 | ||||
| Genre | House | ||||
| Length | 3:34 | ||||
| Label | Virgin | ||||
| Writer(s) | Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Edwin Birdsong |
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| Producer | Daft Punk | ||||
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"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is a song by French duo Daft Punk. The single was first released on October 13, 2001. A live version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" was released as a single from the album Alive 2007 on October 15, 2007.[1][2] This version won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2009.
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"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" features a robotic vocal performance by Daft Punk.[3] As documented in the Discovery liner notes, "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" contains a sample of "Cola Bottle Baby" by Edwin Birdsong.
Kanye West's song "Stronger" from the album Graduation prominently features a sample of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". Two actors who wore the robotic Daft Punk costumes in the film Daft Punk's Electroma appear in the music video for "Stronger".[1] It was later performed live at the 2008 Grammy Awards with Daft Punk in their trademark pyramid while Kanye West was on stage rapping.[4]
A live version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" was recorded at Bercy in Paris from June 14, 2007. It was released as a digital download single on October 15, 2007, for the live album Alive 2007.[2] The track contains a part of the "Television Rules the Nation / Crescendolls" segment of the Bercy performance that features elements of the songs "Around the World" and "Television Rules the Nation".[5] This version of the song won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 51st Grammy Awards.[6]
Diplo released a remix of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" titled "Work Is Never Over" for his compilation album Decent Work for Decent Pay.
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The animated music video for "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" was produced by Daft Punk and directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi, under the supervision of Leiji Matsumoto. It features the four characters shown on the single cover in a vast electronic facility. The victims are transformed by various machines to resemble humans. The video was first released as an individual episode in promotion for the single release. It later appeared as a scene in the feature film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.
A music video for the live version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" was directed by Olivier Gondry. It contains footage shot by the audience on 250 cameras at Daft Punk's Brooklyn performance in KeySpan Park. The video was inspired by the Beastie Boys concert film Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!.[1] The video had its world premiere online on October 26, 2007, at Webcastr.[7]
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is featured in a popular YouTube video titled "Daft Hands",[8] which later appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[9] The video is ranked among the top viewed YouTube videos in the "All Time" category.[8] "Daft Hands" was referenced in Weezer's "Pork and Beans" music video along with the variant "Daft Bodies" and multiple other Internet viral videos.
[edit] Track listing
- "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Album Version) – 3:43
- "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Breakers Break Remix) – 4:38
- "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (The Neptunes Remix) – 5:12
- "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Pete Heller's Stylus Mix) – 9:14
[edit] Australian track listing
- "Harder Better Faster Stronger" (Alive 2007) - Radio Edit
- "Harder Better Faster Stronger" (Alive 2007) - Extended
- "Harder Better Faster Stronger" (Alive 2007) - Video Clip
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play Top 50 | 3 |
| French Singles Chart | 17 |
| Belgian (Walloon) Singles Chart | 38 |
| UK Singles Chart | 25 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 70 |
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Swiss Singles Chart | 50 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 58 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 16 |
| Belgian (Walloon) Singles Chart | 17 |
| French Singles Chart | 19 |
| Hot Canadian Digital Singles | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 43 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Live Album To Chronicle Daft Punk Tour Billboard.com. Retrieved on August 17, 2007.
- ^ a b Daft Punk's official YouTube channel YouTube. Retrieved on October 13, 2007.
- ^ Discovery liner notes: "Vocals performed by Daft Punk".
- ^ Daft Punk Make Surprise Grammy Appearance with Kanye West nme.com. Retrieved on February 10, 2008.
- ^ Daft Punk Alive 2007 ilikemusic.com. Retrieved on October 14, 2007.
- ^ MTV News Staff (2009-02-08). "Grammy 2009 Winners List". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604545/20090208/story.jhtml. Retrieved on 2009-02-09.
- ^ webcastr.com - Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
- ^ a b "Daft Hands" video at YouTube. Retrieved on December 1, 2007.
- ^ Carleton College: shout: Daft Hands Does L.A
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