"Friday", also known as "Friday (Dopamine Re-Edit)", is a song recorded by English DJ and producer
Riton
Riton may refer to:
* Riton (musician) (born 1978), recording name of electronic musician Henry Smithson
* Riton (duet), a Bulgarian pop duet,
* Riton Liebman (born 1964), Belgian comedian, actor and director
* Lutfor Rahman Riton, Bangladeshi wr ...
and Scottish house music project
Nightcrawlers featuring internet personalities Mufasa & Hypeman with uncredited vocals by Samantha Harper. It was released on 15 January 2021 through
Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publishing business and fitness studio.
James ...
. The song heavily samples the
MK remix of
Nightcrawlers' "
Push the Feeling On
"Push the Feeling On" is a House music, house song by the Scottish music group Nightcrawlers (band), Nightcrawlers and American DJ Marc Kinchen (MK). The original version released in 1992 was also partially disco and acid jazz-influenced and was ...
" (1992). It reached number one in Flanders and Poland, and the top 10 in Germany, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Wallonia, as well as the top 20 in Australia and in Canada.
Background
In early 2020, Mufasa & Hypeman started gaining viral success through dance clips and meme videos. English DJ Riton and producers
The Invisible Men
The Invisible Men is a songwriting and music production trio consisting of Jason Pebworth, George Astasio and Jon Shave. Invisible Men's songs have so far achieved over 7 billion Spotify streams, 30 million record sales worldwide and the trio ...
became aware of the duo through their viral videos on
YouTube
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. About the collaboration, he revealed, "They are the only people who should be allowed to use social media in 2021! They got a lot of people through 2020, and so it's only right to make a song out of it and do it all again in 2021".
Video
The official video for "Friday" features Mufasa waking the cameraman up, then joining Hypeman and some friends to dance on a boat, in a house, near a car, and in a desert. The video features some of Mufasa's viral dancing, as well as Riton DJing and John Reid of Nightcrawlers appearing to "sing" his sampled vocals from the original "Push the Feeling On" remix.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2021 singles
2021 songs
Ministry of Sound singles
Nightcrawlers (band) songs
Number-one singles in Poland
Riton (musician) songs
Song recordings produced by the Invisible Men
Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles