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, a French

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duo consisting of

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and

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Background

Falcon reminisced on how his and Bangalter's birthdays are only a day apart; Bangalter thus chose the day in between to collaborate on a new song. "Together" begins with a short segment of speech from the film '' Pleasantville''. The line "A time has come to make a decision: are we in this thing alone, or are we in it together?" appears in the bowling scene of the film. The main vocals in the song, consisting of the word "Together" looped ad infinitum, are a

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of Sweet Sensation's "Sincerely Yours". The background vocals, also the word "Together" looped, were sampled from Slave's "Because of You". The bassline was sampled from the ''

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'' theme song. The song has been used by

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as part of the encore played at their ''

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'' sets. That encore also includes Stardust's " Music Sounds Better with You", elements of " One More Time", "

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", "

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", and the

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remix of "

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Track listing

#"Together" – 7:05

References

External links

* {{Discogs release, name=Together, id=8094 2000 debut singles 2000 songs French electronic songs Songs written by Thomas Bangalter