"Save the World" is a song by Swedish

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Swedish House Mafia Swedish House Mafia (SHM) is a Swedish house music supergroup consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008, were placed at number ten on the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJ Poll 2011, and have been ...

. The song features uncredited vocals from Swedish singer John Martin, who co-wrote the song with

Axwell Axel Christofer Hedfors (; born 18 December 1977), better known by his stage name Axwell, is a Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and owner of Axtone Records. He is a member of Swedish House Mafia along with Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angell ...

Steve Angello Steven Patrik Josefsson Fragogiannis ( el, Στέφεν Πάτρικ Γιόζεφσον Φραγκόγιαννης; born 22 November 1982), better known by his stage name Steve Angello, is a Greek-Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and record ...

Sebastian Ingrosso Sebastian Carmine Ingrosso (; born 20 April 1983) is a Swedish DJ and record producer. He is also a member of the Swedish House Mafia, together with friends Axwell and Steve Angello. Career 1999–2007: Career Beginnings Sebastian Ingrosso ent ...

Michel Zitron Michel Henry Allan Zitron (; born June 29, 1981) is a Swedish record producer, singer-songwriter and DJ. He has, along with his main music partner John Martin, worked with Avicii, Alesso, Afrojack, Martin Garrix, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah and m ...

and

Vincent Pontare Fred Vincent Pontare (born 13 May 1980) is a Swedish songwriter, producer, and singer. He is also known by the mononym Vincent. He regularly collaborates with Salem Al Fakir as songwriting, producer, and duo Vargas & Lagola. Together, they have ...

. It was released on 13 May 2011 as a digital download, and it premiered on

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on 22 April 2011 by

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. The song debuted in the UK single chart at No. 11, and reached No. 10. Jon Watts directed the video, which features dogs as superheroes. The song peaked at number one on the

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in the United States, becoming the group's second consecutive number-one single following "

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" (2010). On 30 November 2011 the song received a nomination in 54th Grammy Awards for

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. The song has sold over 463,000 copies in the US. ''Save the World'' was well-received from music critics. The song is written in the key of

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Track listing

*;Digital download #"Save the World" (Radio Edit) – 3:34 #"Save the World" (Extended Mix) – 6:52 *;Digital download — remixes #"Save the World" (

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Remix) – 5:13 #"Save the World" (

Style of Eye Johan Linus Eklöw, (born 29 August 1979) better known by his stage name Style of Eye, is a Swedish DJ, record producer, and songwriter. He is part of the electronic music group Galantis. He has worked with Usher, Kylie Minogue, Lily Allen, Zed ...

& Carli Remix) – 6:41 #"Save the World" (

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Remix) – 5:41 #"Save the World" (Third Party Remix) – 6:55 #"Save the World" (

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Remix) – 4:23 *;Digital download — AN21 & Max Vangeli Remix #"Save the World" (AN21 &

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Remix) – 6:42 *;Digital download — Zedd Remix #"Save the World" (

Zedd Anton Zaslavski (russian: Антон Заславский; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a Russian-born German DJ, record producer, and songwriter. Zedd grew up and began his musical journey in Kaiserslautern, G ...

Remix) – 6:21 *;Digital download — Cazzette Remix #"Save the World" (Cazzette's Angry Swedish Hunter Mix) – 6:22 - This remix, which was released through Swedish House Mafia's Facebook page, is no longer available for download.

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References

{{Authority control 2011 singles Swedish House Mafia songs Songs written by Vincent Pontare Songs written by Sebastian Ingrosso Songs written by Axwell Songs written by Steve Angello Songs written by John Martin (singer) Songs written by Michel Zitron 2011 songs EMI Music Sweden singles