"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. 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. The Formula 1-themed video co-starred actor James Purefoy as the rival driver. 2012 Lotus E20 Formula 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.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The video was filmed at Circuito de Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain.
Remix A remix version featuring Trey Songz, Chris Brown, and Sam Martin was premiered on 26 November 2014. David Guetta released it on his SoundCloud account on 10 December 2014. The song was released on iTunes Store in the US on 9 January 2015.
Formats and track listings
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "Dangerous" Chart (2014–2015) PeakpositionAustralia Dance (ARIA) 1 Bulgaria (BAMP) 2Greece Digital Songs (Billboard) 1Italy (FIMI) 4Lebanon (The Official Lebanese Top 20) 1Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino) 4South Korea International Chart (GAON) 35
Year-end charts + 2014 year-end chart performance for "Dangerous" Chart (2014) Position Australia (ARIA) 81 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 51 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 92 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) 55 France (SNEP) 18 Germany (Official German Charts) 26 Hungary (Dance Top 40) 56 Hungary (Single Top 40) 38Israel (Media Forest) 20 Italy (FIMI) 40 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 53 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 54 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 100 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 32 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 78 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 44 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 100 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) 39 + 2015 year-end chart performance for "Dangerous" Chart (2015) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 99 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) 37 CIS (TopHit) 4 France (SNEP) 37 Germany (Official German Charts) 67 Hungary (Dance Top 40) 21 Hungary (Single Top 40) 49 Italy (FIMI) 63 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 38 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 62 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 3 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 36 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 42 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 14 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) 16
Decade-end charts + 2010s decade-end chart performance for "Dangerous"Chart (2010–2019)Position Ukrainian Airplay (TopHit) 191
Certifications
Release history +Release dates and formats for "Dangerous" Region Date Format Label(s) United States 7 October 2014 Mainstream airplay Atlantic
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