"Astronomia" is a house song by Dutch electronic music duo

Vicetone Vicetone is a Dutch electronic music production DJ duo formed by Ruben den Boer (; born 22 January 1992) and Victor Pool (; born 9 July 1992) from Groningen. The duo began as a DJ act, and in 2013, they were voted into the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJ ...

and Russian DJ and record producer Tony Igy, created as a remix of Igy's 2010 song with the same name. It was released on July 9, 2014.

Background

The original Astronomia song was released in Russia in 2010. Vicetone created a remix of the original song in 2014 and sent it to Tony Igy, who liked it. Igy's label did not approve of the remix, so the remix was released for free online.

Reception

In 2020, amidst the

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, the song became the subject of the " Coffin Dance"

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, which involves the remix playing over a group of Ghanaian men dancing while carrying a coffin. This was a common funeral tradition in

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and parts of Africa with the idea of sending off deceased loved ones in style, rather than in the usual western manner of mourning a loss.

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2014 songs Electronic dance music songs Internet memes introduced in 2020 Vicetone songs Remix singles {{dance-song-stub