"Resuscitate Me" is a

dance-pop Dance-pop is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit ra ...

song by Swedish pop recording artist

September September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 30 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere are seasonally equivalent. In the Northern hemisphere, the b ...

from her fourth studio album, ''

Love CPR ''Love CPR'' is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Petra Marklund under the alias September. It was released digitally on 14 February 2011 in Sweden by Catchy Tunes, with a physical release two days later. Producers that worked ...

''. It was released in Scandinavia on 19 November 2010 and in Australia on 26 March 2011. It was written by

Wayne Hector Wayne Anthony Hector is a British songwriter who is best known for his work with pop artists such as Nicki Minaj, One Direction, the Wanted, Toše Proeski and Olly Murs. He co-wrote seven of Westlife's number one singles, including " World ...

Lucas Secon Lucas Secon (born 3 November 1970), known mononymously as Lucas, is a Danish record producer, songwriter and rapper. He has written and produced for artists including the Pussycat Dolls, Alesso, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogu ...

Cutfather Mich Hedin Hansen (born 9 April 1968), known professionally as Cutfather, is a Danish music producer, songwriter, remixer and DJ based in Copenhagen. Cutfather has a studio in Njalsgade, Copenhagen. Career Cutfather is perhaps best known for his ...

and

Jonas Jeberg Jonas Jeberg (born January 28, 1975), is a Danish songwriter and music producer residing in Los Angeles. He has written and produced hit songs including Panic! at the Disco's "High Hopes (Panic! at the Disco song), High Hopes", Selena Gomez's "Fe ...

, and produced by Jeberg and Cutfather.

Critical reception

"Resuscitate Me" received positive reviews from music critics, with many calling it September's comeback single.

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stated, "It's fantastic. And we can’t imagine any fan of September's previous output being disappointed by this. To our ears, it's up there with her best. It's the perfect return to form that we all wanted from her." Jon O'Brien from

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said, "'Resuscitate Me' is a glorious 'arms in the air' floor-filler, whose minimal melancholic opening builds up to a crescendo of epic soaring strings, irresistible synth riffs, and not just one, but two infectious choruses, which sound like Katy Perry's 'Firework' and David Guetta's 'When Love Takes Over' have collided into one uplifting monster of a tune."

Chart performance

The song peaked at number 45 on

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and remained on the charts for two weeks.swedishcharts.com - September - Resuscitate Me
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Music video

The music video was directed by

Patric Ullaeus Patric Ullaeus is a Swedish director and photographer. He is the founder of Revolver Film Company, based in Gothenburg. With his music video "The Serpentine Offering" for Dimmu Borgir he won the "Norwegian Grammy" award Spellemannsprisen in th ...

, who has also directed videos with

Ace of Base Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group formed in 1987, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg. They achieved worldwide success following the release of their debut album, '' Happy Nation'', in 1992. L ...

Dilba Dilbahar Demirbağ (born 24 November 1971), known as Dilba, is a Swedish pop singer of Kurdish background. Her first album ''Dilba'' (1996) reached commercial success. Early life Dilba was born in Kirvan, a village in eastern Turkey, and her ...

, A Touch of Class and

Within Temptation Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. They have been classified by critics as gothic metal and symphonic metal, although each album contains other infl ...

. In the video, September dies in a hospital, then returns as a ghost to watch over her boyfriend. She is shown dancing in Heaven and lying on a bed with her boyfriend. At the end of the video, she is defibrillated back to life and reunites with her boyfriend.

Track listing

*Digital download #"Resuscitate Me" (Radio Edit) – 3:18 #"Resuscitate Me" (Extended Mix) – 5:58 #"Resuscitate Me" (Buzz Junkies Radio Edit) – 3:39 #"Resuscitate Me" (Buzz Junkies Club Remix) – 6:08 #"Resuscitate Me" (

Moto Blanco Moto Blanco are an English electronic music duo originally consisting of Danny Harrison (a.k.a. Bobby Blanco) and Arthur Smith (a.k.a. Miki Moto). Since 2013, the duo has consisted of Danny Harrison and sound engineer James Hurr. They are also ...

Radio Edit) – 3:27 #"Resuscitate Me" (Moto Blanco Club Remix) – 8:28

Release history

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Resuscitate Me 2010 singles Petra Marklund songs Songs written by Jonas Jeberg Songs written by Cutfather Songs written by Wayne Hector Songs written by Lucas Secon 2010 songs