"So Easy" is a song by Norwegian duo Röyksopp, released as their first single. It was first made available in 1999, with only 500 copies made and distributed. It was later re-released on Röyksopp's debut album ''

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'' "So Easy" contains instrumental and vocal samples from a 1960s cover version of the

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/ Hal David song " Blue on Blue" recorded by a Swedish vocal group called

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. The sampled lyrics are "Blue on blue, heartache on heartache/Blue on blue, Now that we are through." "So Easy" was used in displays between programs on Nickelodeon UK and Channel 4, as well as in British television adverts for T-Mobile (now EE). After the song was featured in these commercials, the single was re-released, with the group's hit " Remind Me" as the A-side and "So Easy" as the

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. Thorbjørn Brundtland commented on the song "With regard to all the positive reactions ''So Easy'' has received, one can wonder if we really have talent, or if it is just luck."

Track listings

Original release

# "So Easy" – 3:44 # "The 64-Position" – 1:25 # "Fusion's Allright" – 6:39

Re-release

# "Remind Me" (Someone Else's Radio Remix) – 4:03 # "So Easy" – 3:44 # "Remind Me" (James Zabiela's Ingeborg Mix) – 8:35

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1999 singles Röyksopp songs 1999 songs Songs written by Svein Berge Songs written by Torbjørn Brundtland