Levitating (song)

"Levitating"
DaBaby remix cover
Single by Dua Lipa
from the album Future Nostalgia
Released	1 October 2020 (2020-10-01)
Recorded	28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
Studio	Sarm (London, United Kingdom) the Bunker at 13 Sarm Music Village (London, United Kingdom) Modulator Music (Toronto, Canada)
Genre	Electro-disco nu-disco pop-funk space rock[1]
Length	3:23
Label	Warner
Songwriter(s)	Dua Lipa Clarence Coffee Jr. Sarah Hudson Stephen Kozmeniuk DaBaby[a]
Producer(s)	Stephen Kozmeniuk Stuart Price
Dua Lipa singles chronology
"Levitating" (The Blessed Madonna remix) (2020) "Levitating" (2020) "Fever" (2020)
Music videos
"Levitating" (featuring DaBaby) on YouTube "Levitating" (animated version) on YouTube

"Levitating" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). The song was written by Lipa, Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson, and Koz, who produced the song with Stuart Price, and stemmed from a Roland VP-330 synthesizer sample played by Koz. The song is an electro-disco and nu-disco song with several disco tropes. It incorporates elements of dance-pop, pop-funk, power pop and space rock, as well as 1970s, 1980s and 1990s pop and R&B styles. The lyrics describe the idea of "levitating" when falling in love, with several outer space references.

A remix of "Levitating" by American DJ the Blessed Madonna featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott was released for digital download and streaming on 13 August 2020 as the lead single from Lipa and the Blessed Madonna's remix album Club Future Nostalgia (2020). It was categorised as an EDM, electro-disco, electro house, future bass, and techno track, with a throwback disco and trance vibe, and an increased tempo from the original. A second remix featuring American rapper DaBaby was released for the same formats on 1 October 2020 as the fifth single of Future Nostalgia, appearing on the bonus edition of the album. The remix impacted contemporary hit radio formats in the United States on 6 October 2020, serving as the album's third single in the country. The remix has the same production used in the original, with DaBaby adding a pop rap verse and intro.

"Levitating" reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lipa's seventh top-five single in the UK and second in the US. It also achieved top-five charting in many countries including Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and New Zealand. Despite not reaching number one in the United States, "Levitating" was named the number-one song on the 2021 year-end chart, becoming the fourth single to accomplish this feat and the first single to do so since Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment" in 2001. It set new records as the song by a female artist with the most weeks spent in the top ten and the longest-charting song by a female artist on the Billboard Hot 100, spending 41 weeks in the top ten and 77 weeks on the chart overall. It currently ranks within the top 40 on the list of the greatest Hot 100 hits of all time. In 2023, the song was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). On the Billboard Global 200, it peaked at number two and was named the number-one song on the 2021 year-end chart. The song was awarded a triple Platinum certification in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

"Levitating" was promoted with the release of two music videos, one for each of its respective remixes. The Will Hooper-directed music video for the Blessed Madonna's remix was filmed in London and Atlanta and has a theme of "love conquers all". It sees many people under the influence of a mysterious planet and being obsessed with a maze-like symbol. The DaBaby remix received a music video that was directed by Warren Fu and created in partnership with social media platform TikTok. The video is centred around Lipa and DaBaby dancing in an art deco-styled elevator, with many TikTok users in the cast. Lipa promoted the single with live performances on The Graham Norton Show, at the American Music Awards of 2020, and on Saturday Night Live.

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