Global pop icon David Guetta has shared a massive Hardwell & Olly James remix of his recent smash single ‘I Don’t Wanna Wait’ with Grammy-nominated OneRepublic, out today.
With the original at 62 million streams and counting since its release last month, the new hardcore remix by Dutch Big Room legend Hardwell and UK producer Olly James gives ‘I Don’t Wanna Wait’ a breathless high BPM update, adding huge synth riffs and pulsating snare build ups.
Hardwell has carved out a long-lasting legacy within the electronic music world throughout his expansive career as a successful DJ, producer, remixer, label boss, filmmaker, and philanthropist. The former 2x World No. 1 DJ is renowned for prior global hits like ‘Spaceman’ and ‘Apollo’ and, more recently, since his stylistic shift, for propelling the Big Room Techno scene with his second studio album REBELS NEVER DIE and preceding singles like ‘Revolution’, ‘16’, ‘The Abyss’, ‘Judgement Day’ and ‘Acid’. Frequent collaborator Olly James is a DJ/Producer from the UK and founder of the Rave Room movement that aims to take big room to higher tempos and energy levels.
David Guetta and OneRepublic’s ‘I Don’t Wanna Wait’ is becoming yet another global smash for the French icon – not surprising given its euphoric chorus, infectious melodies and 3x Grammy winning OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder’s unmistakeable vocals on the poignant verses. Now up to 62M global streams (climbing a massive 38% this week), ‘I Don’t Wanna Wait’ hit a new Spotify peak of #89 on the global chart this week, as well as charting in 27 markets and hitting the top 50 across 12 markets.
The track has also been added to Spotify flagship playlists such as It’s Hits Norway, It’s Hits Sweden, Top Hits NL and Hot Hits BE, broken into the top 20 across European airplay, and reached a new peak of #23 on global Shazam, with TikTok creations up to 165Kand climbing.
Guetta also shared the official music video for the track last week, set against the sun-drenched backdrop of Miami and featuring footage from his huge Ultra Miami premiere of the track, with 5M Youtube views under its belt already.
With a string of singles and collabs already under his belt, 2024 sees David Guetta picking up where he left off last year. 2023 included ‘Baby Don’t Hurt Me’ with pop megastars Anne-Marie and Coi Leray, which has earned over 700 million streams as the follow-up to Spotify global #1 and streaming monster, ‘I’m Good (Blue)’. The hit Bebe Rexha collaboration earned Guetta his eleventh Grammy nomination, receiving a nod for ‘Best Dance/Electronic Recording’, garnered 2.7 billion global streams, charted at #1 on the official charts across 11 markets, and peaked at #1 at US Top 40 & US Dance Radio charts.
OneRepublic is composed of singer/songwriter and frontman Ryan Tedder, guitarists Zach Filkins and Drew Brown, keys Brian Willett, bassist, cellist Brent Kutzle and drummer Eddie Fisher. The band released their debut set Dreaming Out Loud in 2007, which included the 20m-selling smash single ‘Apologize’, shattering digital sales and airplay records worldwide and receiving a Grammy nomination. The band’s 2013 hit single, “Counting Stars,” has over 4 billion views on YouTube and counting. The group is constantly setting records, amassing over 5B streams on Spotify to date. Their latest album, Human, from 2021, features singles, “Someday,” “Run,” “Somebody To Love,” “Wanted,” “Didn’t I,” “Better Days” and “Rescue Me,” which combined have over 2.5 billion global streams. Most recently, at the end of 2023, OneRepublic released “Dear Santa,” for the Holiday season. Earlier in the year, OneRepublic released “Runaway” and “Mirage (for Assassin’s Creed Mirage),” the first new tracks the band released since their smash hit, “I Ain’t Worried,” which was featured in the blockbuster hit, Top Gun: Maverick and boasts over 3 billion streams.
OneRepublic’s frontman Ryan Tedder is an acclaimed 3x GRAMMY award winning songwriter & producer, having contributed to Beyonce’s recently released COWBOY CARTER on “II Most Wanted” feat Miley Cyrus. In addition, Ryan has worked with Tate McRae, (serving as Executive Producer of her album THINK LATER, including global smash “Greedy”), Taylor Swift, Adele, Justin Timberlake, Karol G, Ed Sheeran, BLACKPINK, U2 and many more.
David has skyrocketed to one of the most streamed artists on Spotify globally, with over 42 billion global streams and selling over 50 million records worldwide. In his career he has been voted the world’s best DJ in the coveted DJ Mag ‘Top 100’ poll three times, and is one of the most successful streamed artists, reaching top position across I-Tunes charts over 113 countries and achieving over 24 million global Spotify followers.
Last year, the international star won the ‘Dance Song of The Year’ award for his latest smash ‘I’m Good’ at the IHeartRadio Music Awards, where he was also previously named ‘Dance Act of the Year’. He also received awards for ‘Best Electronic Act’ at the 2023 MTV EMAs, ‘DJ of the Year’ at the NRJ Music Awards, Producer of the Year at last year’s Brit Awards and #1 Producer by 1001Tracklists, continuing to cement his status at the very top of the DJ pile.
