Astounded (Bran Van 3000 song)

"Astounded"
Single by Bran Van 3000 featuring Curtis Mayfield
from the album Discosis
ReleasedMay 7, 2001 (2001-05-07)
Genre
Length
  • 5:57 (album version)
  • 3:54 (long radio edit)
  • 3:29 (short radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • James Di Salvio
  • Gary McKenzie
  • Curtis Mayfield
  • Dominique Grand
  • Sylvain Grand
Producer(s)
  • James Di Salvio
  • Ric Ocasek
  • Dominique Grand
  • Sylvain Grand
Bran Van 3000 singles chronology
"Afrodiziak"
(1999) 		"Astounded"
(2001) 		"Love Cliché"
(2001)
Music video
"Astounded" on YouTube

"Astounded" is a song by Canadian musical collective Bran Van 3000 featuring vocals from American artist Curtis Mayfield. The song contains interpolations from Mayfield's song "Move On Up" and also contains a sample and an interpolated melody of The Doobie Brothers' "Rockin' Down the Highway". The song was first released for download on Bran Van 3000's website in January 2001.[1] It was then officially released on May 7 of the same year as the lead single from their second studio album, Discosis (2001).

"Astounded" was successful in Canada, receiving heavy airplay on MuchMusic and reaching number three on the Canadian Singles Chart. Outside Canada, the song reached the top 40 in Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom; in the latter country, it peaked at number two on the UK Dance Chart. The song was among Canada's 40 most played radio tracks in 2001 and was ranked number 19 on MuchMore's list of "Top 50 Dance Songs".[citation needed]

Background

Bran Van 3000 member James Di Salvio approached Curtis Mayfield with the idea of collaborating months before his death in 1999. Mayfield was too ill to contribute a vocal, but weeks before his death, he gave Di Salvio permission to pull through his archives, which is where he discovered an unused vocal Mayfield recorded in the 1980s. With Mayfield's permission, that vocal was incorporated into "Astounded."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Paul Street and premiered in May 2001. The entire video focuses on a couple french kissing and features shots of Montreal with the Olympic Stadium in the background. The video features a cameo by Benicio Del Toro.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the maxi-CD single liner notes and the Discosis album booklet.[3][8]

Studio

Personnel

  • James Di Salvio – writing, production
  • Gary McKenzie – writing
  • Curtis Mayfield – writing, vocals
  • Dominique Grand – writing, production, engineering, string arrangement
  • Sylvain Grand – writing, production, engineering, string arrangement
  • Ric Ocasek – production
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
  • Rod Shearer – engineering
  • Martin Rouillard – engineering
  • Craig Aaronson – executive production

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Astounded"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Canada May 7, 2001 Maxi-CD
[31]
United Kingdom June 4, 2001
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [32]

The song is featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video game FIFA Street 2.[33]

References

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  6. ^ Astounded (European CD single liner notes). Bran Van 3000. Virgin Records, Grand Royal. 2001. VUSCDE 194, 7243 8 97527 2 4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  8. ^ Discosis (Canadian CD album booklet). Bran Van 3000. Grand Royal, Virgin Music Canada. 2001. CDVUS 193, 7243 8 10230 20.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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