Avicii
Feeling Good
Avicii wraps the standard Nina Simone made famous in soft, swelling synths and lets Audra Mae's smoky, soaring voice carry a song about new dawns, recorded for a 2015 film about his own recovery from years of touring.
Genre
pop
38 tracks.
Alle Farben, Graham Candy
Sometimes
Alle Farben's sun-warmed deep house meets Graham Candy's quivering, unmistakable high voice in a wistful Berlin summer song about the days that do not go to plan.
Kazy Lambist
Doing Yoga
The title track of Kazy Lambist's 2015 debut EP: a smooth, sunlit electronic pop song by the Montpellier producer Arthur Dubreucq, laid-back beats and a playful melody built for summer.
Eli
Faster You Fall
Eli Meltzer, better known as the Bay Area rapper and producer Smoov-E, borrows the swagger of early rock and roll for a short, cocky chase song built on one taunting refrain.
Bonaparte, Acid Pauli
Not Today
Berlin's dance-punk ringmaster Bonaparte and the electronic producer Acid Pauli, once of The Notwist, trade a sly, defiant refrain in a 2020 single that sings from the point of view of something humanity has wronged and now asks for rescue.
2raumwohnung
Somebody Lonely and Me (Nacht)
The night side of a song recorded twice: 2raumwohnung's 2017 single sets Inga Humpe's German verses and English refrain over a darker, 1980s-flavoured synth arrangement, one of two versions on their double album Nacht und Tag.
Gabriella Cilmi
Cry Me a River (Cover)
A teenage Gabriella Cilmi takes Justin Timberlake's 2002 break-up hit out of Timbaland's beatbox-and-clavinet production and sings it as a stripped-down soul lament, her husky voice carrying all the hurt.
Róisín Murphy
Primitive
The slow, string-laced turn on Róisín Murphy's 2007 electro-disco album Overpowered, co-written with Ill Factor and arranged by Philadelphia soul veteran Larry Gold, heard here in a live performance from the album's era.
Pomplamoose
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Pomplamoose's 2019 cover of Daft Punk's 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger': a robot anthem built from a sample and a vocoder, replayed by a live band with real keys, bass, drums and human voices, and filmed so that everything you hear, you see.
Nancy Sinatra
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Nancy Sinatra's 1966 version of Sonny Bono's song, built on Billy Strange's haunting tremolo guitar, is a hushed ballad of childhood love and betrayal that Quentin Tarantino revived over the opening credits of Kill Bill.
Luca Malina
FCKRZ
'FCKRZ' is a 2021 single by the Viennese singer Luca Malina, R&B-inspired pop about the darker side of relationships, produced by Luca Pivetz with guitar by Lukas Koffler and a self-made video.
Björk
Kata rokkar
Before her solo career, Björk sang Icelandic popular songs and jazz standards with a veteran piano trio: Kata rokkar, from the 1990 album Gling-Gló, is a short, playful glimpse of that side of her voice.
Paul Oakenfold feat. Pharrell Williams
Sex 'N' Money
Paul Oakenfold's breakbeat and hip-house collision with Pharrell Williams: a pulsing, provocative 2006 single about the pull of desire and money, with an animated video that ends in a warning.