Pushing On

Album: Single Release Only (2014)
Charted: 15
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Songfacts®:

  • This collaboration between Berlin-based House DJ Oliver $ and Swiss electronic music artist Jimi Jules was made available on August 31, 2014. The pair had previously released the Earl EP, and a remix of Jessie Ware's single "Tough Love."
  • The song features soulful vocal samples from the English soulful jazz revival band The Quantic Soul Orchestra's 2003 track of the same title.
  • The music video was directed by Ian Robertson (Duke Dumont's "Need U (100%)") on location in Los Angeles. "I wanted to create a simple film chronicling the birth, life and death of one man spending a lifetime dancing on the spot," said Robertson. "This idea was inspired by the vocal sample in the track; it's so soulful and made me think of New Orleans, the home of jazz."

    "During my research I discovered Dancing Man 504, a man who dances wildly in the street with his umbrella come rain or shine," he continued. "He has become a tourist attraction in himself. I thought, he'll probably still be dancing on the streets of New Orleans in 30 years' time, and this is where the idea came from. Notice the number on the post box in the video - 504!"

    Robertson added: "We ended up shooting in the desert just outside of LA. The brutal 39°C heat never fazed our tireless cast and crew and it was worth enduring for the dramatic desert wind and impressive vista; the perfect backdrop to a lifetime of grooving on the spot."

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