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"Original Don"
Song

"Original Don" is a song by musical project Major Lazer and The Partysquad from their 2011 extended play of the same name. The song was released as a digital download on 4 November 2011. The song has charted in the Netherlands.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Original Don" was first released onto YouTube on 8 December 2011 at a total length of two minutes and forty-two seconds. It features an American family, dancing around carrying various blade weapons, Diplo makes a cameo in the video.[1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Original Don"4:13
2."Original Don" (Crookers Remix)4:30
3."Original Don" (Diet Original Don)4:52
4."Original Don" (The Partysquad and Punish Smash Em Remix)3:38

Chart performance

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[2] 98

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 4 November 2011[3] Digital download Downtown

A portion from the middle of the song was prominently featured in a television advertisement for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, which aired in the summer of 2013 through the winter of 2013–14.[4]

The version featuring The Partysquad appeared on Dancing with the Stars during James Maslow and Petra Murgatroyd's freestyle dance number.[5]

Florida Gators gymnast, Bridget Sloan, used the song as her floor music for the 2015 season.[6]

References

  1. ^ Major Lazer - Original Don ft. The Partysquad. YouTube
  2. ^ "Major Lazer & The Partysquad – Original Don" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  3. ^ iTunes - Music - Original Don (feat. The Partysquad) - EP by Major Lazer
  4. ^ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas "Misfit Right In" 30-second TV Commercial - YouTube, accessed February 12th, 2014. YouTube
  5. ^ http://www.songspub.com/News/1191/Dancing%20with%20the%20Stars%20%28TV%29%20Original%20Don%20%28Major%20Lazer%20Feat.%20The%20Partysquad%29
  6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvEnaD7F8cI
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