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"Live for the Night"
Single by Krewella
from the album Get Wet
ReleasedJuly 2, 2013
Recorded2011−2013
Genre
Length3:26
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
  • Yasmine Yousaf
  • Jahan Yousaf
  • Kris Trindl
  • Jean Paul Makhlouf
  • Alex Makhlouf
  • Samuel Frisch
  • Nicholas Ditri
  • Daniel Boselovic
Producer(s)Cash Cash
Krewella singles chronology
"Alive"
(2012) 		"Live for the Night"
(2013) 		"Enjoy the Ride"
(2013)

"Live for the Night" is a single by American electronic dance music band Krewella. The song was released on July 2, 2013 for digital download and streaming. It is the fourth single from their debut album Get Wet, the first of which did not appear in one of their previous extended plays Play Hard or Play Harder.[2] The song was written by band members Kris Trindl, Yasmine Yousaf and Jahan Yousaf, along with Nicholas Ditri and Daniel Boselovic, whilst production was handled by the electronic music trio Cash Cash,[3] who also assisted in writing the song. It reached number one on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart in its October 19, 2013 issue.[4]

Background

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Krewella's debut album Get Wet was released on September 20, 2013.[5] It spawned three singles prior to the release of "Live for the Night" these being "Killin' It", "Alive", and "Come & Get It".

Promotion

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A set of remixes by Pegboard Nerds, Xilent, Dash Berlin, W&W, Danny Avila & Deniz Koyu was released on November 4, 2013.[6]

Music video

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The audio and lyric videos were released on the same day as the single's release, with the audio video being released via Proximity and the lyric video being released via KrewellaMusicVEVO, both on YouTube.[2][7] The music video was released on August 1, 2013.[8] The music video features Krewella cutting off the power to a town and luring the people to a secret concert at the power plant where they are no longer slaves to the various electronic devices that distract them all day long.[9]

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ [1] [dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Krewella - Live For The Night (Official Lyric Video)". YouTube. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. ^ "Cash Cash - We teamed up with our friends Krewella and..." Facebook. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  4. ^ "Hot Dance Club Songs - Week of October 19, 2013". Billboard. October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "Get Wet by Krewella on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  6. ^ "Krewella - Live For The Night (The Remixes) [Columbia Records". Your EDM. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  7. ^ "Krewella - Live For The Night (Original Mix)". YouTube. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  8. ^ "Krewella - Live for the Night (Explicit)". YouTube. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  9. ^ "Krewella Tempt You To Unplug and Live For The Night [Official Music Video". Your EDM. August 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  10. ^ "Krewella Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "Krewella Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "Krewella Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  13. ^ "Krewella Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  14. ^ "Krewella Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  15. ^ "Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  16. ^ "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2013". Billboard. 13 December 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
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