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"You Make Me" is a song written and recorded by Swedish DJ and record producer
Avicii
Tim Bergling (; 8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii (, ), was a Swedish DJ, remixer and music producer. At the age of 16, Bergling began posting his remixes on electronic music forums, which led to his first re ...
and Swedish musician and singer
Salem Al Fakir in collaboration with Swedish songwriter
Vincent Pontare and producer Arash Pournouri. It was produced for Avicii's debut studio album, ''
True
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'' and appears as the second track on the album. The song was released as the second single from ''True'' on 30 August 2013 as a follow-up to "
Wake Me Up". The single made its worldwide debut on
BBC Radio 1
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's ''
The Pete Tong Show'' on 16 August.
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).
"You Make Me" is written in F sharp major and runs at 125
beats per minute
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.
Music video
A lyric video for "You Make Me" made by Jesper Eriksson was uploaded to Avicii's VEVO YouTube account on 30 August 2013. The video depicted city scenes (from, among others,
Bangkok
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,
Bochum
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,
Chicago
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and
Tokyo
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) heavily using the
miniature photography technique.
The official music video, directed by Sebastian Ringler, premiered on the same channel on 16 September 2013. The video is described by Vevo where "down at the skate rink a little bit of jealousy explodes into ninja battle".
Track listings
;Digital download
#"You Make Me" – 3:53
;Digital download – Remixes
#"You Make Me" (Extended Mix) – 5:18
#"You Make Me" (Throttle Remix) – 4:45
#"You Make Me" (
Diplo
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and
Ookay Remix) – 4:07
Commercial performance
"You Make Me" debuted at number five on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
, one place above Avicii's previous single, "
Wake Me Up!", in that week. It remained at number five for a second week. It also debuted at number one on the
UK Dance Chart
The UK Dance Singles Chart and the UK Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre (e.g. house, trance, drum and bass, garage, synthpop) in record s ...
, dethroning "Wake Me Up!" from the top spot.
In the United States, the song debuted and peaked on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number eighty-five on the week of October 5, 2013, one week before leaving the chart.
In popular culture
The song was used in the advertising campaign for
ITV2
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's ''Freshers'', a television documentary about
Freshers Week at the
University of Bedfordshire
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. It was also used by the
TEN Sports network for the
cricket
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match series between
India
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and
South Africa
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in 2013–14.
In April 2014, the song was featured in the
Spotify
Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active use ...
commercial "Can't Find the Words?".
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2013 singles
2013 songs
Avicii songs
Number-one singles in Sweden
Song recordings produced by Avicii
Songs written by Arash Pournouri
Songs written by Avicii
Songs written by Salem Al Fakir
Songs written by Vincent Pontare
Universal Music Group singles