| “ | He sent me like a piano memo, he just recorded it onto his iPhone and he sent it to me like a text message. I just fell in love with the chords and the melodies and I just knew that I wanted to be a part of it. | ” |
–Miriam Bryant to MTV News[1] | ||
"Find You" is a progressive house single written by Zedd, Matthew Koma, Miriam Bryant, & Victor Rådström and performed by Zedd, Koma, and Bryant. It was released as a single on January 26, 2014.
Background[]
After hearing Miriam Bryant's "Finders Keepers" on the German radio, Zedd called her; shortly after, he sent her a piano memo for "Find You" via a text message.[1] Miriam took an interest in the memo and accepted Zedd's offer to be one of its vocalists.
Matthew Koma came into the project as the second vocalist approximately one year later.[1]
Lyrics[]
Silent love is calling faith
To shatter me through your hallways
Into echoes you can feel
And rehearse the way you heal
Make them dance
Just like you
Cause you make me move
Yeah you always make me go
I'll run away with your foot steps
I'll build a city that dreams for two
And if you lose yourself
I will find you
High on words
We almost used
We're fireworks with a wet fuse
Flying planes with paper wheels
To the same Achilles heels
Make them dance
Just like you
Cause you make me move
Yeah you always make me go
I'll run away with your foot steps
I'll build a city that dreams for two
And if you lose yourself
I will find you
(yeah you always make me go)
Open up your skies
Turn up your night
To the speed of life
Turn up your night
Put your love in lights
Turn up your night
I will find you
Make them dance
Just like you
Cause you make me move
Yeah you always make me go
(yeah you always make me go)
I'll run away with your foot steps
I'll build a city that dreams for two
And if you lose yourself
I will find you
(yeah you always make me go go go go go)
Turn up your night
(go go go go)
Turn up your night
(go go go go turn it up turn it up)
Turn up your night
I will find you
Make them dance
Just like you
Cause you make me move
Yeah you always make me go
Videos[]
The official lyric video for "Find You" was released onto Zedd's VEVO channel on January 30, 2014.
On February 28, the official extended mix of the song was released onto YouTube via another channel.[2]
On March 6, Zedd posted an acoustic version of the song onto his Facebook. The video features himself, Matthew Koma, and Miriam Bryant, and was created with help from Bud Light Platinum and THUMP.[3] This version was released onto iTunes one week later.
On March 11, a behind-the-scenes video was posted onto ZEDDVEVO.
The next day, a sixteen-second teaser was uploaded onto YouTube.
The official music video, which was directed by Jodeb, was released on March 17. In it, two girls—one of which is referred to in the behind-the-scenes video as Charlee[4]—meet each other at a Zedd concert in an unnamed location. However, after getting separated, the two of them manage to trap themselves inside a dreamworld; Charlee quickly escapes the concert on a motorcycle and heads to an icy mountain range in an attempt to find the other girl.[4]
On March 28, a drum cover was uploaded to Zedd's Facebook.[5]
Trivia[]
- The song was used in a 2014 Super Bowl commercial for Bud Light Platinum[6][7] and is also included as the eleventh track on Runtastic Music - Running, Vol. 2, a musical compilation album by Austrian fitness company Runtastic.[8]
- To commemorate the film Divergent (which "Find You" is part of the soundtrack for), Zedd, Koma, and Bryant performed a rendition of the song at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
- The performance was posted onto MTV's website on April 14, 2014.[9]
- Ellie Goulding—who also contributed to the soundtrack with her songs "Beating Heart", "Dead In The Water", and "My Blood"—had been and performed there as well.[9]
- A remix EP for "Find You" was released onto Beatport on April 9, 2014.
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lancaster, Elizabeth (March 11, 2014). "Zedd’s ‘Divergent’ Track All Started With A Text To Miriam Bryant". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/1723910/miriam-bryant-zedd-find-you-divergent/. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Zedd - Find You ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant (Extended Mix)". YouTube. Spinnin' Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U3FPoKBBjk. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ↑ Zaslavski, Anton (March 6, 2014). "Check out the #FindYou Acoustic Video I made with Miriam Bryant and Matthew Koma: http://youtu.be/TthIVRrbA8o!!! Big thanks to Bud Light Platinum and THUMP for helping us create this!". Facebook. Zedd. https://www.facebook.com/Zedd/posts/10203115552557175. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Zedd - Find You (Behind The Scenes) ft. Matthew Koma & Miriam Bryant". YouTube. ZEDDVEVO. March 11, 2014. https://youtu.be/tqteAojH7Iw. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ↑ Zaslavski, Anton (March 28, 2014). "GUYS!!!!! I've done something I haven't done before. I took the drums out of my song "Find You" and played them live on a drum kit!!! Here's a video of my drum cover!!". Facebook. Zedd. https://www.facebook.com/Zedd/posts/10200714282139630. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
- ↑ Zaslavski, Anton (January 29, 2014). "Check out some behind the scenes footage I made with THUMP and Bud Light Platinum during the "Find You" commercial shoot: http://thump.vice.com/platinum". Facebook. Zedd. https://www.facebook.com/Zedd/photos/a.112537822109186.13011.107281645968137/775656835797278/. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Bud Light Platinum Super Bowl Commercial 2014, Turn up your night!". https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0EvcITdLqFU. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Runtastic Music - Running, Vol. 2". iTunes (US). https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/runtastic-music-running-vol./id916031554. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Erlich, Brenna (April 14, 2014). "Ellie Goulding And Zedd's 'Divergent' Performance Had Us Reaching For Tissues". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/1726067/ellie-goulding-zedd-movie-awards-performance/. Retrieved February 8, 2015.