"Dangerous" is a song by French music producer
David Guetta released as the second single from his sixth studio album, Listen. It features vocals by American singer and songwriter
Sam Martin, who had also appeared on Guetta's previous single "
Lovers on the Sun". It was released as a
digital download on 6 October 2014 and reached number one in fourteen countries. Both artists co-wrote and co-produced the song with
Giorgio Tuinfort and
Jason Evigan, with additional writing from
Lindy Robbins. A remix featuring
Trey Songz,
Chris Brown, and Martin was released on 9 January 2015.
Composition
The song is written in the key of
E minor with the main chord progression of Em—C—Am—D.[1] This song bears similarity to the
Akon's song "
Ghetto" by the chorus melody.
The song contains major samples of Nicolo Paganini’s Capriccio in Si minore per violino solo, Op. 1 No. 2.
Music video
A lyric video was released on
YouTube on David Guetta's channel. An extended director's cut of the music video was released on October 31. A shorter radio edit version was released on January 21, 2015. It was directed by
Jonas Akerlund.[2] The
Formula 1-themed video co-starred actor
James Purefoy as the rival driver. 2012
Lotus E20Formula One cars are featured in the video, and then
Lotus driver
Romain Grosjean makes a cameo appearance, arriving towards the end of the video standing on the podium with Guetta and Purefoy.[3] The video was filmed at
Jerez.[4]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201451 into search.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 201448 into search.
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Media Forest – Weekly Charts.
Media Forest. Retrieved March 03, 2015. Note: Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201449 into search.
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ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201447 into search.
"Dangerous" is a song by French music producer
David Guetta released as the second single from his sixth studio album, Listen. It features vocals by American singer and songwriter
Sam Martin, who had also appeared on Guetta's previous single "
Lovers on the Sun". It was released as a
digital download on 6 October 2014 and reached number one in fourteen countries. Both artists co-wrote and co-produced the song with
Giorgio Tuinfort and
Jason Evigan, with additional writing from
Lindy Robbins. A remix featuring
Trey Songz,
Chris Brown, and Martin was released on 9 January 2015.
Composition
The song is written in the key of
E minor with the main chord progression of Em—C—Am—D.[1] This song bears similarity to the
Akon's song "
Ghetto" by the chorus melody.
The song contains major samples of Nicolo Paganini’s Capriccio in Si minore per violino solo, Op. 1 No. 2.
Music video
A lyric video was released on
YouTube on David Guetta's channel. An extended director's cut of the music video was released on October 31. A shorter radio edit version was released on January 21, 2015. It was directed by
Jonas Akerlund.[2] The
Formula 1-themed video co-starred actor
James Purefoy as the rival driver. 2012
Lotus E20Formula One cars are featured in the video, and then
Lotus driver
Romain Grosjean makes a cameo appearance, arriving towards the end of the video standing on the podium with Guetta and Purefoy.[3] The video was filmed at
Jerez.[4]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201451 into search.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 201448 into search.
^"
Media Forest – Weekly Charts.
Media Forest. Retrieved March 03, 2015. Note: Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201449 into search.
^"
ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201447 into search.