"Lovers on the Sun" is a song by French music producer

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from his sixth studio album, ''

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''. It features vocals by American singer and songwriter

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. It was released as a digital download and the

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from the album on 30 June 2014. It was produced by Guetta,

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, Riesterer, and Tuinfort, with additional production from Italian house production team Daddy's Groove. The track crowned the singles chart in Austria, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom, and reached the top 40 in most of the countries where it charted.

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covered the song on

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Background

This song and other songs from ''Listen'' were inspired by

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film scores.

Composition

"Lovers on the Sun" is a

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and

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song. Mike Einziger of the band

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, who also played on Avicii's "Wake Me Up", also plays guitar on this track. The song is written in the key of B minor, at a tempo of 125 beats per minute. The chord progression of the chorus (Bm/D/F#m/E) bears similarity to

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's 2013 single "Get Lucky".

Music video

A lyric video was produced for the song with a

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theme. An accompanying music video was released on 12 August 2014 again with a Wild West theme. It was directed by

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, and stars

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who portrays a villain and

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, portraying a hero "the Sexy" rescuing

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"the Good".

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said the video was "refreshing" and called it "a special effects-filled extravaganza".

Critical reception

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celebrated the song's "double DJ power" (Guetta and Avicii, who co-wrote and co-produced the track) and suggested that it "must mean this'll be a big hit".

Track listing

Credits and personnel

*David Guetta – songwriter, producer, instruments *

– songwriter, guitar *Frédéric Riesterer – instruments, producer, songwriter *

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– songwriter, producer, instruments, piano *

Jason Evigan Jason Gregory Evigan (born June 10, 1983) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His songwriting credits include co-writing and production of Maroon 5's "Girls Like You" and " What Lovers Do", Madonna's " Ghosttown", ...

– songwriter, guitar *

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– songwriter, guitar *

(Tim Bergling) – songwriter, producer, instruments, piano *Daddy's Groove – additional producer, programming, mixer *Ralph Wegner – sound designer *Xavier Stephenson – recording engineer *Aaron Ahmad – recording engineer *Paul Power – orchestra recording, orchestra mixer *Franck van der Heijden – orchestra arrangement, conductor *Ben Mathot – first violin *Floortje Beljon – first violin *Ian de Jong – first violin *Inger van Vliet – first violin *Marleen Veldstra – first violin *Sara de Vries – first violin *Sofie van der Pol – first violin *Tseroeja van den Bos – first violin *Diewertje Wanders – second violin *Elise Noordhoek – second violin *Judith Eisenhardt – second violin *Judith van Driel – second violin *Maartje Korver – second violin *Marleen Wester – second violin *Annemarie Hensens – alt violin *Bram Faber – alt violin *Mark Mulder – alt violin *Yanna Pelser – alt violin *David Faber – cello *Jascha Bordon – cello *Thomas van Geelen – cello *Hinse Mutter – bass *Jesse Feves – bass Credits adapted from CD single.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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