Save Yourself (The Chainsmokers and Nghtmre song)

"Save Yourself"
Single by The Chainsmokers and Nghtmre
from the album Sick Boy
Released	August 24, 2018 (2018-08-24)
Genre	Dubstep
Length	3:30
Label	Disruptor Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Andrew Taggart Tyler Marenyi
Producer(s)	The Chainsmokers Nghtmre
The Chainsmokers singles chronology
"Side Effects" (2018) "Save Yourself" (2018) "This Feeling" (2018)
Nghtmre singles chronology
"Grave" (2018) "Save Yourself" (2018) "Like That" (2018)
Music video
"Save Yourself" on YouTube

"Save Yourself" is a song by American DJ duo The Chainsmokers and American DJ Nghtmre.^[1][2] The song is produced by the Chainsmokers, Nghtmre and written by Andrew Taggart and Tyler Marenyi. The song was released on August 24, 2018, by Disruptor Records and Columbia Records as the sixth single from the duo's second studio album Sick Boy.

Background

In March 2018, The Chainsmokers debuted the song at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. Nghtmre also teased and announced the song at EDC in Las Vegas, as an unreleased collaboration with The Chainsmokers.^[3][4] The cover art was revealed a day before the release of the official song, on August 23, 2018. The song is a hard dubstep track which contrasts heavily against the lighter dance pop music that had previously been released on the building Sick Boy album.^[5]

Music video

A lyric video for the song was released on August 24, 2018, alongside the official release of the song. The official video for the song was released on September 14, 2018, cutting out its second verse and drop. The video is directed by ThatOneBlondKid, using a Halloween theme in found footage style, where Taggart appears as a vampire looking for blood and he and his friends chase a man whilst holding weapons and destroy Hollywood.^[6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[7]

• Alex Pall - production
• Andrew Taggart - production, composition, voice
• Nghtmre - composition, production, engineer, mixing engineering, mastering engineer
• Jordan Stilwell - record engineering

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[8]	21

References

1. Matthew Meadow (2018-08-24). "The Chainsmokers team up with NGHTMRE for their biggest original banger ever, "Save Yourself"". Your EDM. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
2. Lennon Cihak (2018-08-27). "NGHTMRE & The Chainsmokers join up for unexpected collaboration on "Save Yourself"". Noiseporn. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
3. Karlie Powell (2018-05-30). "NGHTMRE drops his unreleased collab with the Chainsmokers at EDC [Must Listen]". Your EDM. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
4. "Nghtmre drops massive unreleased collaboration with the Chainsmokers". EDM sauce. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
5. Farrell Sweeney (2018-08-24). "The Chainsmokers ditch pop on new NGHTMRE-assisted 'Save Yourself'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
6. Kat Bein (2018-09-14). "The Chainsmokers and NGHTMRE Get Spooky in 'Save Yourself' Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
7. "Sick Boy/The Chainsmokers TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
8. "The Chainsmokers Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2019.