David Guetta featuring Sam Martin - Lovers On The Sun

Artist: David Guetta featuring Sam Martin
David Guetta (b 7/12/1967, Paris, France) - producer
Sam Martin (b 7/2/1983, New York, NY, USA) - vocals

Song: Lovers On The Sun
Words and music: David Guetta and Avicii
Producers: David Guetta, Avicii, Frédéric Riesterer, Giorgio Tuinfort, Daddy's Groove

Number One History
30/8/2014 - 1 week

Format
Digital Downloads
1. Lovers On The Sun
2. Lovers On The Sun (Extended)
3. Lovers On The Sun (Stadiumx Remix)
4. Lovers On The Sun (Showtek Remix)
5. Lovers On The Sun (Blasterjaxx Remix)

EDM, or electronic dance music, has pretty much conquered the world now, although if you're British and of a certain age, it's likely that you're already bored of the sound.  The style uses utterly unsubtle four-to-the-floor beats reminiscient of cheesy eurodance of the early 90s, only much, much louder.  French DJ David Guetta is largely responsible for this phenonemon; when he produced the Black Eyed Peas' megahit 'I Gotta Feeling', the style went massive in the USA and Guetta found that a whole load of big names were queuing up to work with him:  Akon, Nicki Minaj, Emili Sandé and many others signed up.

At this point, the genre also moved north to Sweden, with several DJs working with similar beats.  So, it's hardly a surprise that the biggest name in Swedish dance music, Avicii (real name Tim Bergling) hooked up with Guetta here.  The pair claimed spaghetti western influences, with strummed guitars and surging motifs referencing Ennio Morricone's scores.  However, EDM stomps all over its territory, so what you remember most of all is another big, euphoric chorus that couldn't be more generic if it tried.  Guest vocalist Sam Martin is perhaps one of the lesser known talents working with Guetta.  He also appeared on Guetta's later hit, Dangerous, and has also written for Maroon 5. 

One thing to note.  This whole scene is ridiculously incestuous, with everyone turning up on everyone else's record.  No less than seven people are credited with production duties here (Daddy's Groove are an Italian trio).  We now seem to have an international network of producers making largely interchangeable records.

The track was covered by English alternative rock band The Mallory Knox for a radio session.