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band OneRepublic and Norwegian

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record production trio

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. The song was written by

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, Seeb and

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, with the latter two handling the song's production. The pop song was released on July 14, 2017, through

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and Interscope Records.

Critical reception

Sabrina Finkelstein of '' Billboard'' magazine described the drop as a "smooth and energetic tropical" one. "OneRepublic dabbling in dance music makes for a summer jam we can get behind!" Katrina Rees of CelebMix felt the song "infectious" and "showcases a slightly different side to OneRepublic". She called the song a "slick dance track" and a "stray-away" from OneRepublic's "typically anthemic sound" with Seeb's influence. Karlie Powell of YourEDM regarded the single as "another mainstream-ish song", and felt the song "almost too catchy thanks to OneRepublic's repertoire of hit-worthy pop music" and is "almost impossible to not sing along". Erik Mahal of ''EDM Sauce'' wrote that the vocals are "gorgeous" and "silky smooth and naturally flow with the gorgeous arrangements", and called the track "catchy" and "solid". He felt that the "melodic sections seem familiar" to Seeb's remix of "

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", and that the song's originality cannot be retained. "There is nothing wrong on this one, we just know that Seeb could have brought a bit more." Kevin Apaza of Directlyrics called the verses and the chorus "very pop folk,

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-esque", while the post-chorus is "an EDM beat drop instrumental". He felt that the song "sounds somewhat generic as a whole".

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and currently has 53 million views.

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* {{Authority control 2017 songs 2017 singles OneRepublic songs Seeb (music producers) songs Songs written by Ryan Tedder Songs written by Brent Kutzle Interscope Records singles Tropical house songs Song recordings produced by Seeb (music producers) Songs written by Espen Berg (musician) Songs written by Simen Eriksrud