"Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix)" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue featuring by English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa. It was released on December 31, 2020, through Darenote and BMG Rights Management GmbH. It is the lead single from Kylie Minogue's repackaged album, DISCO: Guest List Edition, also appears on the deluxe limited edition of her fifteenth studio album, DISCO and appears on her extended play, Real Groove.
The remix adds William Bowerman as a producer with additional instrumentation and Dua Lipa incorporating layered vocals. The remix was performed at Lipa's livestream event, "Studio 2054".
Background[]
"Real Groove" was written and recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic with a sense of optimism for brighter days ahead.[1] Due to lockdowns associated with the pandemic, Minogue recorded her own vocals from a home studio using GarageBand. Because of this, she found herself doing a lot more takes than she usually would to the point where she had to back away from her laptop; "Real Groove" was one of the songs that she did the most takes on. The singer desired to take the melody down half a tone and experimented with doing the song lower, but ultimately she realized that the higher notes were the "sweet spot".[2] Minogue stated that the song was "worth the effort" and that the listener does not know what is coming before it ends up "really pumping". The song was recorded at Pulse Music Group in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, Rabbit Villa in Turku and Infinite Disco in London. The mastering was handled by Dick Beetham at 360 Mastering in Hastings, UK.[3]
Musically, "Real Groove" is a 1980s-influenced disco-pop song with house and R&B elements. The song has a funky feel and uses vocoders, a slinky rhythm, post-disco synths, throbbing funk bass slaps, slithering 1980s-styled strings, talk box effects and digital editing. Minogue uses Auto-Tuned sultry and rubbery vocals as well as Europop-inspired vocal melodies. The lyrics talk about love being gained, lost and found again, with Minogue attempting to win her ex back.
The Studio 2054 remix adds vocals by English singer Dua Lipa and production from William Bowerman. It was also mastered by Beetham at the same location while recording took place at Assault & Battery in London and Flux Studios in New York City. Minogue and Lipa recorded the remix after the positive reaction to their performance at Lipa's livestream concert Studio 2054.[4]
The remix increases the tempo and has an electro-disco production that introduces new layered instrumentation including funk snaps and bouncing disco beats.[5][6] Lipa layers her vocals onto the chorus. The Initial Talk Studio 2054 remix was remixed at Room 1989 in Tokyo. It is a 1980s-styled, retro synth-pop track with the producer separating the previously layered vocals.[7]
Promotion[]
In December 2020, Minogue confirmed that "Real Groove" would serve as the third single from Disco during her appearance on Graham Norton's Saturday Morning Show on BBC Radio 2.[8] The cover art for the song was revealed by the station on December 24, 2020, with Mike Wass of Idolator noting the "clean lines and general flawlessness" while saying it is reminiscent of the singer's Fever (2001) era. Around the same time, rumours that Lipa would feature on an alternate version of the song began circling.[9] A remix of "Real Groove" with Lipa, entitled "Studio 2054 Remix" was released for digital download and streaming on December 31, 2020 as a single.[10]
Minogue jumped on the DJ deck for the performance;[11] the two also performed a duet version of Dua Lipa's song "Electricity" (2018).[12] On December 5, 2020, Minogue performed the song on The Jonathan Ross Show.[13] The song was further promoted through Instagram, where fans could dance for an hour to it with a Minogue avatar that was created using Facebook's Creative Shop and Spark AR.[14]
An extended play featuring the two singles alongside remixes of the song by Cheap Cuts and Claus Neonors was released on January 20, 2021.[15] The former remix channels throwback Daft Punk sounds while the latter is a more traditional remix.[16] On March 5, 2021, a remix of the "Studio 2054 Remix" by Initial Talk was released. A 7-inch single of "Real Groove" and the "Studio 2054 Remix' was released on April 30, 2021. The "Studio 2054 Remix" and the "Studio 2054 Initial Talk Remix" were later added to the repackaged album, DISCO: Guest List Edition, serving as the twentieth and twenty-fifth tracks respectively.[17][18] An extended mix of the song appeared on the album's extended mixes version, released on December 10, 2021.[19]
Commercial performance[]
As an album track, "Real Groove" debuted at number 36 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.[20] Following the release of the Studio 2054 remix, the remix entered the UK Singles Downloads Chart at number 25 with only one day of tracking.[21] The following week, it debuted at number 95 on the UK Singles Chart while re-entering the Independent Singles Chart at number 27.
Following its release on vinyl, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 97;[22] it additionally re-entered the Independent Singles Chart at number 22 and the UK Singles Sales Chart at the summit. The song was the fourth best selling vinyl single of 2021 in the UK.[23] In the US, the song entered the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart at number 26 as an album track. Following the release of the Studio 2054 remix, the song re-entered the chart at number 37 with one day of tracking, earning 811,000 streams that marked an increase of 468 percent. It peaked at number 15 the following week, becoming Minogue's highest charting single on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.[24][25] The song spent a total of 12 weeks on the chart.[26] "Real Groove" additionally charted at number 89 in Croatia, number 16 in Hungary and number 8 on the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart.[27][28][29]
Track listing[]
- Digital download and streaming – Studio 2054 Remix[30]
- "Real Groove" (Studio 2054 Remix) – 4:22
- Digital EP
- "Real Groove" – 3:14
- "Real Groove" (Studio 2054 Remix) – 4:22
- "Real Groove" (Cheap Cuts Remix) – 4:24
- "Real Groove" (Claus Neonors Remix) – 3:50
- Digital download and streaming – Studio 2054 Initial Talk Remix[31]
- "Real Groove" (featuring Dua Lipa) [Studio 2054 Initial Talk Remix] – 3:43
- 7-inch vinyl[32]
- "Real Groove" – 3:14
- "Real Groove" (featuring Dua Lipa) [Studio 2054 Remix] – 4:22
Videos[]
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Tonight
Tonight
[Verse 1: Kylie Minogue]
Feel my heartbeat
It's the same old feeling coming over me tonight
Me tonight
Feel it buzzing
Said I'm never gonna call, but tonight, I think I might
Think I might
[Pre-Chorus: Kylie Minogue]
Gave my heart a ride, bump in the night
No one can take me higher
Know it's been a while, baby, a while
Do you still feel the fire?
[Chorus: Kylie Minogue & Dua Lipa]
I saw you dancing with somebody
Looking like me and you
She know how to party
But nothing like me and you
Got that perfect body
But she ain't got the moves
We got something better
Got that real groove, baby
[Verse 2: Kylie Minogue]
Major mistake
No, I never shoulda gone, baby, I was on the run
On the run
It was heartbreak
I can't stand another day knowin' that you are the one
You're the one
[Pre-Chorus: Kylie Minogue]
Gave my heart a ride, bump in the night
No one can take me higher
Know it's been a while, baby, a while
Do you still feel the fire?
[Chorus: Kylie Minogue & Dua Lipa]
I saw you dancing with somebody
Looking like me and you
She know how to party
But nothing like me and you
Got that perfect body
But she ain't got the moves
We got something better
Got that real groove, baby
Dancing with somebody
Looking like me and you
She know how to party
But nothing like me and you
Got that perfect body
But she ain't got the moves
We got something better
Got that real groove, baby
[Post-Chorus: Kylie Minogue]
Real groove, real groove
We-we got that real groove, ah
(We got that real groove)
[Bridge: Dua Lipa & Kylie Minogue]
Hey, woo, woo, woo
Let's go, ah!
Dua's got that real groove
Kylie
Woo, woo
Real groove, real groove
We-we got that real groove, ah
Real groove, real groove
We-we got that real groove, ah
[Chorus: Kylie Minogue & Dua Lipa, (Kylie Minogue)]
I saw you dancing with somebody
Looking like me and you
She know how to party
But nothing like me and you
Got that perfect body
But she ain't got the moves
We got something better
Got that real groove, baby
Dancing with somebody
Looking like me and you
She know how to party
But nothing like me and you
Got that perfect body
But she ain't got the moves
We got something better
Got that real groove, baby
Dancing with somebody
Looking like me and you (Yeah)
She know how to party
But nothing like me and you (Yeah)
Got that perfect body
But she ain't got the moves (No, oh)
We got something better
Got that real groove, baby
[Outro: Dua Lipa, Kylie Minogue]
Studio 2054
Real groove, baby
Personnel[]
- Kylie Minogue – vocals
- Teemu Brunila – production, guitar, drum programming
- Nico Stadi – production, guitar, bass, strings, string arrangement, keyboards, drum programming, mixing
- Dick Beetham – mastering
- Dua Lipa – vocals
- Izzy Chase – backing vocals
- Wilson Atie – backing vocals
- Elize Kellman – backing vocals
- Naomi Scarlett – backing vocals
- Ed Seed – guitar
- Alex Hancox – bass
- Stevie Blacke – cello, viola, violin, string arrangement
- Leah Zeger – violin
- Georgie Ward – piano, synthesizer
- Samson Jatto – drums
- Richie Kennedy – recording engineer, mixing
- John Muller – vocal recording engineer
- William Bowerman – production
References[]
- ↑ "'It's Not the Glamour That Draws Me': Kylie Minogue on Her New Album"
- ↑ "Disco (Deluxe) by Kylie Minogue"
- ↑ Disco: Guest List Edition
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue and Dua Lipa release a new collaboration"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue Drops Studio 2054 Remix of 'Real Groove' with Dua Lipa"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue drops 'Real Groove' Studio 2054 remix featuring Dua Lipa"
- ↑ "Best Dance Songs of 2021: Critics' Picks"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue confirms Real Groove as the next single from her Number 1 album Disco"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue's 'Real Groove' Cover Is Out Of This World"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue and Dua Lipa Release New 'Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix)': Listen"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa, Studio 2054"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Studio 2054 review: Livestreaming back to the future"
- ↑ "Jonathan Ross welcomes Michael Palin and Kylie Minogue to chat"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue's Disco campaign wins digital marketing prize"
- ↑ "Real Groove – EP by Kylie Minogue"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue Drops 'Real Groove' Remix EP"
- ↑ "Kylie announces Disco album reissue featuring Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware and more"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue Releases 'Disco (Guest List Edition)'"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue Releases 'Disco (Extended Mixes)'"
- ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50"
- ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100"
- ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100"
- ↑ "The Official Top 40 best-selling vinyl albums and singles of 2021"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue Reaches New Chart High With 'Real Groove' Alongside Dua Lipa"
- ↑ "Kylie Minogue's 'Disco' Back on Dance/Electronic Albums Chart"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)"
- ↑ Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ"
- ↑ "ARC 100 – datum: 18. siječnja 2021"
- ↑ "NZ Hot Singles Chart"
- ↑ "Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix) – Single by Kylie Minogue & Dua Lipa"
- ↑ "Real Groove (feat. Dua Lipa) [Studio 2054 Initial Talk Remix] – Single by Kylie Minogue"
- ↑ "Real Groove Green 7-Inch Vinyl (LTD Edition)"