"I Am" is a song by American

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. It was released as the third single from their second studio album ''

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'' (2015).

Music video

The music video was released on June 29, 2015.

Background

The band's frontman

Aaron Bruno Aaron Richard Bruno (born November 11, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, who is best known as the founder, lead singer and last remaining original member of Awolnation. He is a former member of the post-grunge band Home To ...

describes the song as a "self-empowering anthem" that was inspired by a guitar given to him by his dad. "I wrote (the song) real late at night," Bruno continued. "At least the intro, the first verse. Didn't think much about it, and then months later we listened to my phone recording, my voice memo, and heard that initial idea and thought, OK, this seems cool, let's work on this. It kind of wrote itself and was a pretty easy song to write. That's usually a good sign for me." The song was written in a key of E minor and has a tempo of 130 BPM.

Remixes

Steve Aoki Remix

American DJ and producer

Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki (, ; born November 30, 1977), best known as Steve Aoki, is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, and record executive.

released his remix of "I Am". It was uploaded to his SoundCloud account on June 23, 2015 and it was available for free at Red Bull Records' official website.

Mike D Remix

Another remix of the song by American hip hop band Beastie Boys member

Mike D Michael Louis Diamond (born November 20, 1965), better known as Mike D, is an American rapper, musician, and music producer. He is best known as a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys. Early life Diamond was born in New York Cit ...

was released on November 12. “When I heard ‘I Am,’ it had the anthemic dynamics that we associate with

. I had a different version in my head of what the song could be, so was happy to be able to manifest that” he quoted.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

Awolnation songs 2015 singles Red Bull Records singles Songs written by Aaron Bruno {{2010s-rock-song-stub Electronic rock songs