Dopamine (Purple Disco Machine song)

"Dopamine"
Single by Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar
from the album Exotica
Released	27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
Genre	Funk pop[1]
Length	3:36
Label	Positiva
Songwriter(s)	Alexander Pavelich Edvard Erfjord Eyelar Mirzazadeh Jenson Vaughan Tino Schmidt
Producer(s)	Purple Disco Machine
Purple Disco Machine singles chronology
"Playbox" (2021) "Dopamine" (2021) "Rise" (2021)
Music video
"Dopamine" on YouTube

"Dopamine" is a song by German disco and house music producer and DJ Purple Disco Machine featuring Dutch singer-songwriter Eyelar, released on 27 August 2021 as a single from Purple Disco Machine's second studio album Exotica.^[2] The song has received over 100 million streams on Spotify.^[3]

Composition

"Dopamine" is a track with an "80s-disco style".^[4] It is written in the key of B minor, with a tempo of 118 beats per minute.^[5]

Music video

The music video was released on 10 September 2021 and directed by James Fitzgerald.^[6] It showcases Purple Disco Machine as an eccentric scientist who "calls on his sleekly moustached 80s Californian sidekick to rescue Eyelar from 2021 with his time travelling Chevy Camaro".^[7] Video was filmed in Montenegro.^[8]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[9]

• Edvard Førre Erfjord – composer
• Eyelar – primary artist, vocals, composer
• Matt Johnson – keyboards, synthesizer
• Monte – computer music preparation, computer vocals, mixing, voices
• Alexander Pavelich – composer, vocals (background)
• Purple Disco Machine – primary artist, producer, recording arranger, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, composer
• John Summit – remix engineer
• Chi Thanh – guitar
• Jenson Vaughan – composer
• Drew Michael – drums

Charts

Weekly charts Chart performance for "Dopamine" Chart (2021–2022) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 52 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 19 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 12 France (SNEP)[13] 192 Germany (GfK)[14] 34 Germany Airplay (BVMI)[15] 1 Italy (FIMI)[16] 97 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 25 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 48 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[19] 5 San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50)[20] 4 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[21] 18

Year-end charts 2021 year-end chart performance for "Dopamine" Chart (2021) Position Poland (ZPAV)[22] 90 2022 year-end chart performance for "Dopamine" Chart (2022) Position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[23] 158 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[24] 140

Certifications

Certifications for "Dopamine"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25]	Platinum	30,000^‡
France (SNEP)[26]	Gold	100,000^‡
Germany (BVMI)[27]	Gold	300,000^‡
Hungary (MAHASZ)[28]	Platinum	4,000^‡
Italy (FIMI)[29]	Gold	50,000^‡
Poland (ZPAV)[30]	Gold	25,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Savva, Ouranios (31 August 2021). "Purple Disco Machine releases uplifting single 'Dopamine' feat. Eyelar: Listen". We Rave You. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
2. Tryon, Oliver (27 August 2021). "Purple Disco Machine Announces Album With The Release of 'Dopamine' feat. Eyelar". Cultr. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
3. Narozniak, Rachel (29 October 2021). "John Summit gives Purple Disco Machine, Eyelar's original a double dose of 'Dopamine'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
4. Driever, Natalie (17 September 2021). "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – "Dopamine"". 1LIVE (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2021.
5. "Dopamine by Purple Disco Machine, Eyelar Key and BPM".
6. "Purple Disco Machine Shares New Music Video for "Dopamine" featuring Eyelar". PM Studio. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
7. "Purple Disco Machine Along With His 80s Californian Sidekick, Rescue Eyelar From 2021 In New Music Video For 'Dopamine'". Find Your Sounds. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
8. "Purple Disco Machine - Dopamine ft. EYELAR (Behind The Scenes)". 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
9. "Eyelar / Purple Disco Machine – Dopamine / Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
10. "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
11. "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
12. "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
13. "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
14. "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
15. "Airplay Charts Deutschland Woche 44/2021" [Airplay Charts Germany Week 44, 2021]. Germancharts.de (in German). Hung Medien & MusicTrace on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
16. "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 1" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
17. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 43, 2021" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
18. "Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
19. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
20. "Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 02/11/2021" (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 2 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
21. "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 47. týden 2021 in the date selector. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
22. ""Friday" Riton i Nightcrawlers z udziałem Mufasa & Hypemana – radiowym numerem jeden w 2021 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
23. "Jaaroverzichten 2022" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
24. "Rapports annuels 2022" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
25. "Austrian single certifications – Purple Disco Machine ft. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
26. "French single certifications – Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
27. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar; 'Dopamine')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
28. "Adatbázis – Arany- és platinalemezek – 2023" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
29. "Italian single certifications – Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
30. "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 February 2023. Click "TYTUŁ" and enter Dopamine in the search box.