Sun Goes Down (Robin Schulz song) explained

Sun Goes Down
Cover:Sun-Goes-Down-Robin-Shulz.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Robin Schulz featuring Jasmine Thompson
Album:Prayer
Recorded:2014
Genre:
Length:2:59
Label:Tonspiel (Warner Music Group)
Producer:Robin Schulz
Chronology:Robin Schulz
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Prev Year:2014
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"Sun Goes Down" is a song by German DJ and record producer Robin Schulz. It features the vocals from British singer Jasmine Thompson. The song was released in Germany as a digital download on 24 October 2014. The song peaked at number two on the German Singles Chart.

It served as the official song of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[1]

The song's composition consists of a piano, and a saxophone drop, accompanied by Schulz's beats, and Thompson's vocals. At the beginning of the song, the vocals and the drop, a loud, horn-like sound effect is played.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Sun Goes Down" was made in September 2014 by director Lilja and shows various protagonists in different places all over Europe.

Filmed in four locations around Europe, the video features actress and model Milla Puolakanaho in Turku, Finland, a group of friends around cinematographer Karol Łakomiec and singer Kasia Zielińska on a rooftop in Warsaw, Poland, terra-cotta artist Dino Daddiego in the old town of Sassi di Matera, Italy, as well as both artists of the song, Robin Schulz and Jasmine Thompson in London, England. The gathering of Jasmine Thompson and her friends was shot in Burgess Park in Southwark, the DJ set with Robin Schulz was shot during a regular gig of his at the club EGG LDN.

The aerials were filmed by Markus Gelhard of Zebraworkz on location in Turku and Matera.

The total length of the video is two minutes and fifty-four seconds. The video was released on 1 October 2014 on Robin Schulz’s YouTube channel[2] and has received more than 750 million views as of September 2022.[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15)Peak
position
Colombia (Monitor Latino)[4] 5
Slovenia (SloTop50)[5] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 61
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 29
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[8] 86
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 53
Chart (2015)Position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 70
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 81
CIS (Tophit)[12] 9
France (SNEP)[13] 106
Germany (Official German Charts)[14] 58
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[15] 14
Poland (ZPAV)[16] 49
Russia Airplay (Tophit)[17] 8
Slovenia (SloTop50)[18] 12
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[19] 88
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 47
Ukraine Airplay (Tophit)[21] 55
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[22] 80

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Germany24 October 2014Digital downloadTonspiel (Warner Music Group)[23]
United Kingdom7 June 2015

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robin Schulz ft Jasmine Thompson – Sun Goes Down Remixes – WMG. April 10, 2015. May 15, 2015.
  2. http://www.warnermusic.de/news/2014-10-01/die-magie-der-letzten-sonnenstrahlen-seht-das-video-zu-sun-goes-down Video-Premiere of "Sun Goes Down" -
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo4cmTaEDIk Robin Schulz – Sun Goes Down feat. Jasmine Thompson (Official Video)
  4. Web site: Charts monitorLATINO. 4 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150409025744/http://www.monitorlatino.com/mondayChartsConsult_History.aspx?year=2015&mes=3&semana=13&formato=4&pais=4. 9 April 2015.
  5. Web site: SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart. slotop50.si. 5 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 2014. austriancharts.at. 6 January 2020.
  7. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 20 March 2020.
  8. Web site: Dance Top 100 - 2014. 3 November 2019. Mahasz.
  9. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2014 – hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. 27 December 2019.
  10. Web site: ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2015. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 January 2016.
  11. Web site: Rapports Annuels 2015. Ultratop. 3 November 2019.
  12. Web site: CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2015). . 12 August 2019.
  13. Web site: Top de l'année Top Singles 2015. SNEP. fr. 30 October 2020.
  14. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German . . offiziellecharts.de . 6 January 2016.
  15. Web site: Dance Top 100 - 2015. 3 November 2019. Mahasz.
  16. Web site: Airplay – podsumowanie 2015 roku. Polish. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. December 30, 2015.
  17. Web site: Russian Top Year-End Radio Hits (2015). . 12 August 2019.
  18. Web site: SloTop50: Slovenian official year end singles chart. slotop50.si. 18 July 2015.
  19. Web site: Top 100 Songs Annual 2015. Productores de Música de España. es. 9 May 2022.
  20. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2015 – hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. 3 November 2019.
  21. Web site: Ukrainian Top Year-End Radio Hits (2015). . 12 August 2019.
  22. Web site: Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2015. Billboard. 19 August 2019.
  23. https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/sun-goes-down-feat.-jasmine/id928702413 iTunes – Musik – „Sun Goes Down (feat. Jasmine Thompson) (Remix) – EP“ von Robin Schulz