"Satisfy" is a song by British

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trio

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. It was released on 14 May 2014 as the lead single from Nero's second studio album, ''

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''. It peaked at number 50 on the

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Background and release

Nero began the campaign for their second studio album in November 2013, announcing it by posting an ambient piece looped for a duration of 28:08 on their

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. On 13 May 2014, the song premiered on

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's ''Hottest Record in the World''. It was released to digital retailers the following day.

Remixes and cover versions

Unofficial remixes of the song by a number of high-profile artists in the

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scene have emerged since the song's release. TC and Koncept, as well as RAM Records artists LoKo and

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have all created bootlegs of the song. These have received airplay on

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and Rinse FM.

Charts

References

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