Furthermore, at the time, it earned its place amongst Spotify’s 10 most-streamed songs in history. Further adding to this track’s phenomenal success was that it was the second most-streamed song on Spotify during 2016.As for the Billboard Hot 100 itself, it fared impressively, peaking at number 4. As alluded to earlier, the remix became a very-big hit. It charted impressively around the world, breaking the top 10 in dozens of countries. And it actually topped the charts in countless more countries, including Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and the United Kingdom.“I Took a Pill in Ibiza” was originally released by Island Records on 14 April 2015 and featured on Mike Posner’s EP “The Truth”. It did not become a hit until it was remixed by Seeb – a duo of producers from Norway – and re-released on 24 July of that same year. Both of these versions make an appearance on Posner’s 2016 album At Night, Alone.Please let me know your thoughts in the Comments section below:Īnd please share on facebook etc. You might be sitting on your own kind of gold mine… or at least a good uptempo song that could liven up your set or album. Whether you prefer one or the other – or neither – isn’t the point. Please check out both versions of ‘I Took A Pill’ below. This doesn’t mean you have to abandon the current feel you can keep both! I invite you to check out some of your own slower songs and see if, like ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’, they can be pushed up in tempo and given a more substantial groove. You might realize you have more of them than you know – both for yourself and to be covered by others – by reexamining preconceptions about having to keep the tempo and groove the same as when you wrote it. I know for me uptempo groove songs have more relative value because of their (relative) scarcity.Īctually everybody is looking for uptempo songs that work for them – non-writing singers and performers as well. Most of us songwriters have more slow and midtempo songs than we need and we’re always looking for uptempo songs. And many great ballads can be speeded up to dance tempos, where the care that has gone in to the melody and harmony can be repurposed, so to speak, but still strongly felt. Many great dance songs have excellent melodies that can often be more deeply appreciated at slower tempos. He heard the potential for a hit in the story line, the melody, and that two-part Chorus. When they sent him the album to pick a song to remix, he grabbed “I Took A Pill’. That B section is not just a Pre-Chorus… but then the C section takes it up to another level. What makes it interesting is that, while the A section definitely seems like a Verse, the B and C sections both seem like Choruses to me. The original ’I Took A Pill’s structure is simple – it just repeats its three sections (call them A, B, C) three times. Also, the third Verse – a classic third Verse, where the singer goes back to his hometown – is dropped entirely. It’s not as poignant here the melody is emphasized, partly for it’s rhythmic qualities, over the lyric (which goes by much faster). Many of the virtues of the original are intact in the speeded-up remix. And I love it… because it’s such a good song, period, and because the it’s such a modern yet utterly sincere take on an old school-type tune.
In fact, although Posner’s voice, delivery, and language are definitely contemporary, overall it’s a very standard, traditional rendition of this kind of song – acoustic guitar, drums, bass, a little keyboards… that’s about it. This hit started life on Posner’s album as a humble singer-songwriter-ish ballad (listen below) that, while really great on its own terms, does not have hit written all over it. Which led me to appreciate the remix more.
Then I came across Posner’s original version from his album (only 14,000,000 hits too bad…), and realized what a beautiful song it is. When I first heard this version, I thought it was OK, but that the production kind of overwhelmed the song. Most people know Mike Posner’s ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’ from the SeeB EDM dance remix, released a year ago, that became a worldwide megahit, rising to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, with over 460,000,000 hits on Youtube.
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