"Body" is a song by Canadian duo

Loud Luxury Loud Luxury are a Canadian music production and DJ duo consisting of Andrew Fedyk and Joe Depace and currently based in Los Angeles. In 2017, they released a remix of the Martin Garrix and Dua Lipa single "Scared to Be Lonely", which gained the ...

featuring American singer

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, released as a single on October 27, 2017, through

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and

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. It was the duo's breakthrough hit and reached the top five in Canada, Denmark, Ireland and the UK, as well as the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Germany and New Zealand. At the

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, the song won the

Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year The Juno Award for "Dance Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1990, as recognition each year for the best dance music recording by an artist from Canada. Due to the relatively single-oriented nature of the dance genre, the award is most c ...

, and was a shortlisted nominee for Single of the Year.

Background and composition

While attending a different act's showcase in Hollywood, Loud Luxury noticed Brando, who was part of the opening band. They emailed him and his manager, and eventually were presented with a hip hop demo Brando had been working on called "Body On My", which they called "silly" with a "

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, strip-club anthem vibe". They still enjoyed Brando's vocals, so reworked the track, speeding it up and layering "emotional chords" underneath the vocal track. References in the lyrics to riding and dining in "the six" refer to a nickname for Toronto.

Performances

On March 17, 2019, Loud Luxury performed this song along with the Western University Marching Band as part of the

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opening.

Charts

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References

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