"Substitution" is a song by German DJ and record producer

Purple Disco Machine Tino Piontek (born 12 February 1980), better known by the stage name Purple Disco Machine, is a German nu-disco and house music record producer and Disc jockey, DJ. Early life and career Tino Piontek was born in Dresden on 12 February 1980, an ...

and French DJ and record producer

Kungs Valentin Brunel (; born 17 December 1996), better known by his stage name Kungs ( ), is a French DJ, record producer and musician. A native of Toulon, he released his first album ''Layers'' in 2016 after success with " This Girl", a collabo ...

featuring English singer

Julian Perretta Julian Remo Perretta''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984–2004.'' Gives name at birth as "Julian Remo Perretta". (born 13 January 1989) is an English singer-songwriter and producer. Perretta first gained attention in 2010 ...

. It was released on 30 March 2023 through Columbia,

Sony Music Germany Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music industry, music company owned by Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony ...

, GmbH/Val,

Def Jam Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The ...

and

Universal Music France Universal Music Group (UMG) owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here. According to the UMG official website, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Gra ...

. The song samples " Big In Japan" by Alphaville.

Music video

The music video for "Substitution" was released on 30 March 2023 on both Piontek's and Kungs' YouTube channels. Piontek and Kungs appear in the video.

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