Together was a

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duo consisting of

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and

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member

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. The duo released two songs, one each in 2000 and 2002, on Bangalter's own record label,

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: "

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" and "

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Recording history

Falcon had first worked with Bangalter when Falcon had sought to release his debut EP ''Hello My Name Is DJ Falcon'' on Bangalter's label

. Falcon reminisced on how their birthdays were only a day apart; Bangalter thus chose the day in between to work on a song together, although they danced more than they produced. The song "

" was released in 2000 while Together's second track, "

", was released in 2002. An imported version of the single peaked at number 71 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2003 (credited to Thomas Bangalter & DJ Falcon rather than Together). "So Much Love to Give" contains a sample of "

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" by The Real Thing, which repeats throughout the song. The same sample was also used by Freeloaders in their 2005 single also titled "So Much Love to Give", and by

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, in his song "So Much Love". Eric Prydz's " Call on Me" is sometimes mistaken as a Together release due to its use of

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's 1982 song " Valerie". DJ Falcon stated in an interview that he and Bangalter had sampled "Valerie" years previously and used it in DJ sets, with no intention to release it as a single despite demand from various outlets. Musical elements of the song "Together" later appeared during the encore performance of

's 2007 live sets. It is paired with

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's song, "

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", as well as Daft Punk's tracks "

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", "

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", and "

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". A recording of the encore is included in the two-disc edition of the live album ''

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''. Both the sets and the album renewed interest in the song. In 2013, Bangalter and Falcon worked together with

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to produce the Daft Punk track "

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", which appeared in the album ''

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''.''Random Access Memories'' (

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, a division of

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. 2013.

Discography

Singles

* "

" (2000) * "

" (2002)

References

External links

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