Symphonies (song)

"Symphonies"
UN
Released	29 June 2009
Recorded	2008
Genre	Alternative dance hip hop electronic
Length	3:41
Label	A&M The Hours Polydor (UK) Cocoon Recordings (DE) Embassy of Music (DE)
Songwriter(s)	Dan Black
Producer(s)	Dan Black
Dan Black singles chronology
"Yours" (2008) "Symphonies" (2009) "U + Me =" (2009)
Remix EP cover
Cover for the remix EP, featuring Kid Cudi.

"Symphonies" is a song by British musician

Evolving from his previous single "HYPNTZ", the track was written, composed, and produced by Black himself.

The track was released as the U.S. iTunes "Single of the Week" for the week of 28 December 2009 and the video was released on iTunes for free for the week of 15 March 2010. A remix of the song was recorded with Kid Cudi, and was released as a bonus track in the United States.

The track has also been used in the "A More Exciting Place to Live" ad campaign by Virgin Media in the UK. It was also used in 2010 comedy film Easy A and used on the NBA 2K11 soundtrack.

Conception and production

In 2008, Black originally recorded a song called "HYPNTZ", which interpolated lyrics from "Hypnotize", a song by The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace), and sampled the drum beat from Rihanna's "Umbrella".^[1] However, the night before the video was shot, Wallace's estate informed Black of its objection to the song. Black reworked new lyrics for the song and added vocals, retitling it "Symphonies".

The track prominently samples the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra's cover of the main theme from the film Starman written by Jack Nitzsche. The sample appears throughout the track, mainly during the chorus.

An instrumental version of the track was featured on a Virgin Media advertisement. The remixed version of the song with Kid Cudi has also been used in