instrumental
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track by Daft Punk, featuring a prominent guitar solo. The track was released on 28 March 2001 as the second single from the ''
Discovery
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'' album. "Aerodynamic" hit the U.S. dance charts through club play as the B-side to " Digital Love".
Composition
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
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once described the ''Discovery'' album as "A mix between the past and the future, maybe the present."
Thomas Bangalter
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also elaborated in a 2001 interview that "A lot of house music today just uses samples from disco records of the '70s and '80s... While we might have some disco influences, we decided to go further and bring in all the elements of music that we liked as children, whether it's disco, electro, heavy metal, rock, or classical."Chris Gill "ROBOPOP" (May 2001) ''Remix Magazine Online''. Retrieved on August 7, 2007.
This is reflected in the structure of "Aerodynamic", which is said to build up a funk groove, halt for a
solo
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consisting of "metallic, two-hand tapping on electric guitar", combining the two styles, and ending with a separate "spacier" electronic segment.Bryan Reesman Daft Punk interview mixonline.com. Retrieved on March 6, 2007. The solo elements were described playfully as "impossible, ridiculous Yngwie guitar arpeggios",Alan Di Perna, "We Are The Robots" ''Pulse!'', (April 2001), pgs. 65-69. which reflect the fast arpeggiation common with violin parts in classical music. Bangalter acknowledged that "Some people might think that the guitar solos on 'Aerodynamic' are in bad taste, but for us, it's all about being true to ourselves and not caring what other people would think. We really tried to include most of the things we liked as kids, and bring that sense of fun to it."Andy Pickering Daft Punk Discover the Funk outersound.com. Retrieved on August 7, 2007. He also commented that the end of the track "is ''completely'' baroque music, a classical composition we put into synthetic form."'' Dazed & Confused'' volume 2, issue 92 (December 2010).
The "Aerodynamic" single contained a B-side remix titled "Aerodynamite". Another remix of "Aerodynamic" features
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-based hip-hop group Slum Village. The creation of the Slum Village remix resulted after Slum Village used an uncredited sample of Bangalter's "Extra Dry" in their song " Raise It Up". Instead of asking for compensation for using the sample,
Pedro Winter
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''.
Music video
The video was released in 2001 and contained scenes that would later form the 2003 anime film '' Interstella 5555''. It shows an army of humanoid troopers sedating the audience with gas, and poisoning and kidnapping the alien band members from the " One More Time" video. The guitarist (later revealed to be named Arpegius) escapes and runs away from the troopers, but one of the troopers shoots him with a tranquilizer dart. The troopers gather the members in pods, and the pods get beamed up to a vessel. The audience wakes up confused and then the vessel flies away.
Legacy
The song was used in the French film ''
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''. "Aerodynamic" was also performed by
Myleene Klass
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on piano for a
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commercial. and was featured in several episodes of MTV programs ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Quiero mis quinces'' and ''
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"Aerodynamic" was sampled for the
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song "Summertime" from his 2008 album ''
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''. Retrieved on August 21, 2008.
Nicky Romero
Nick Rotteveel (; born January 6, 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde le ...
released a remix of "Aerodynamic" in 2011. The song was also remixed for the 2012 video game '' Kinect Star Wars''.