Nightcall, the 2010 track by French electronic artist Kavinsky, has broken the record for the most Shazam’d song in a single day.
Kavinsky broke the record following his performance at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France earlier this month. Joined by Belgian singer Angèle, Kavinsky’s performance fitted among sets from Phoenix, Air and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig.
Currently, the track sits at number eight on the Top 200 Shazam chart, though it sat right in first place just after the ceremony. It has now been searched on the platform for a grand total of 7,012,484 Shazams at the time of writing.
The most Shazam’d song of all time still remains as Tones And I’s 2019 track Dance Monkey, though other artists who also performed at the event saw their tracks soar on Shazam too, with Phoenix’s Lisztomania and Billie Eilish’s Birds Of A Feather also having climbed the chart.
You can watch Kavinsky’s performance below:
Nightcall first gained popularity when it was featured on the soundtrack to the 2011 film, Drive. It was produced with Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, and originally featured singer Lovefoxxx. The track was also covered by London Grammar in 2013, and is certified Silver in the United Kingdom.
Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars opened up about the supergroup following the ceremony, where he also shared that he was originally asked to sing on Nightcall. “Kavinsky has a song called Nightcall, which was produced by Daft Punk, and he asked me to sing it at the time. I never do things outside of Phoenix, so I said no and didn’t regret it,” he told Vulture.
“I thought the song was perfect and didn’t need my voice. It’s such a classic and fits so well in this condensed mix of songs, so I really wanted to incorporate it. For French people, there’s something that happened about ten years ago that proved to be an influence.”
As for the Daft Punk reunion hopefuls, Mars said, “Daft Punk doesn’t exist anymore. That was never an option. People expect them to come back to life, but they’re gone.”
Kavinsky’s most recent album, Reborn, landed in 2022. You can buy or stream it now.
