"Endorphins" is the fourth single by British DJ and record producer

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, released from his second studio album ''

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''. The song features vocals from British singer

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. The song has reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and number seven on the

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Background and release

"Endorphins" originally featured female vocalist

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, and was given to several artists including

Ian Dench Ian Alec Harvey Dench (born 7 August 1964) is an English songwriter and musician. He is the guitarist and principal songwriter for EMF, who scored a major international hit reaching number 1 in the United States with " Unbelievable" in 1991. I ...

and

Takura Takura Tendayi is a Zimbabwean singer and songwriter. He is well known for his frequent collaborations with Chase & Status and Sub Focus, as well as many other dubstep and drum and bass artists. His guest appearances have accumulated over 17 m ...

who wrote parts of the song. However, in the end

visited Douwma's studio to record what would be the final version of the track. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 10, making it his highest-charting single to date.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Endorphins" was first released onto YouTube on 1 May 2013 at a total length of four minutes and 11 seconds. In the video, due to an enforced belief of "Unity Through Compliance", soldiers must keep order by preventing people from listening to music. They exercise this by finding people doing such in hideouts and capturing them. They also destroy and burn their speakers, stereos and records. At the end of the video, the soldiers are ironically seen playing a stereo.

Track listing

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Release history

References

{{authority control 2013 songs 2013 singles Sub Focus songs Mercury Records singles RAM Records singles Songs written by Ian Dench Songs written by Amanda Ghost Songs written by Takura Songs written by Sub Focus