instrumental
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track from French electronic music duo
Daft Punk
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining house music, funk, disco, tech ...
's debut album, ''
Homework
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'' (1997). It was the fourth single released from the album. The accompanying
music video
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for the track was directed by French photographer and video director Seb Janiak. The song later had a remix entitled "Extravaganza", created by Korean band BanYa for the dance video game '' Pump It Up''. Elements of "Burnin'" were combined with the song "Too Long" in Daft Punk's live album ''
Alive 2007
''Alive 2007'' is the second live album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 19 November 2007 by Virgin Records. It features Daft Punk's performance at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy arena in Paris on 14 June 2007 durin ...
''.
Critical reception
British magazine ''
Music Week
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'' rated the song three out of five, adding, "A more minimal, scratchy groove than
Da Funk
"Da Funk" is an instrumental track by French electronic music duo Daft Punk, initially released as a 12-inch single in May 1995 by Soma and Virgin and later included on their debut album, ''Homework'' (1997). Prior to its inclusion on the albu ...
or Around The World, the duo's third single for Virgin is nevertheless funky, and the Towering Inferno-style video should help exposure."
Music video
The
music video
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for "Burnin'" pays tribute to
Chicago house
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producers that Daft Punk found inspiration in. The party scene in the video features
DJ Sneak
Carlos Sosa (born November 5, 1969), known as DJ Sneak, is a Puerto Rican-born American DJ and record producer raised in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is noted as being one of the second wave of Chicago house producers, (alongside Derrick ...
,
Roger Sanchez
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,
Derrick Carter
Derrick Carter (born October 21, 1969) is an American DJ, record producer and musician from Chicago, Illinois. He is regarded as one of the bestRoy Davis Jr., Paul Johnson, Robert Armani and DJ Hyperactive.
Thomas Bangalter
Thomas Bangalter (; born 3 January 1975) is a French musician. He is best known as one half of the former French house music duo Daft Punk, alongside Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. He has recorded and released music as a member of the trio Music S ...
and
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Guillaume Emmanuel "Guy-Manuel" de Homem-Christo (; born 8 February 1974) is a French musician. He is known as one half of the former French house music duo Daft Punk, along with Thomas Bangalter. He has produced several works from his now-def ...
of Daft Punk also make brief
cameo appearance
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s in the video as people at the party; Bangalter wears sunglasses and a long-haired, dark wig, while de Homem-Chisto appears in a purple suit, sunglasses and blonde wig. The video was shot in
Chicago
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using an office building at One South
Wacker Drive
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as the setting. emporis.com. Retrieved on April 29, 2007.
The video begins with a boy playing with a toy fire truck in a suburb while his father cooks steak on a barbecue. The scene oscillates from this setting to a party scene within a skyscraper, in which a fire spreads while nobody at the party seems to notice. A team of firefighters eventually alert the party attendants of the fire and escort them from the building. It is suggested that the boy and his fire truck are somehow connected to the firefighter rescue and evacuation in the video.
Track listing
12" maxi (Virgin VISA 8197)
CD maxi (Virgin 7243 8 94551 2 0)