What happens when a remix is a bigger hit than the original song? Written by Kyle MacNeill Published on The Remix Lab invites top producers to show us how they rework tracks into bangers. But what happens when the remix is bigger than the original song? We spoke to some experts in the field to find out. A few minutes later, a label manager came through the door, clutching a track by a new artist that needed remixed. The actual history of remixes, though, tells a different story.
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In , Sean Combs as the erstwhile "P. While the release was a chart-topper, featuring re-workings of antecedent hits from his stable of pop-rap artists, the album title itself was largely received with confusion and even derision. Who does this guy think he is? Who is 'WE? Trailblazing producers like King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry were trying to create alternate versions of the popular reggae tunes in Kingston's booming dancehall scene. In the modern era, the remixer has evolved from an exclusive club of elite producers hand-picked by major record labels, working in multimillion-dollar studios and paid hefty fees, to a massive swarm of anonymous kids working in dank bedrooms, using cracked software, and paid nothing. Today, "remix" is everywhere. As a culture, it is now about as corporate and lily-white as it gets.
It's not uncommon for artists to breathe new life into songs with a remix — both to refresh album tracks or extend a single's chart run. A recent evolution of the trend has seen relatively minor hits from recent years find global success thanks to a nifty re-swizz. The Guyanese-American rapper and producer - real name Carlos St. John - first released the song in , but a remix by relatively unknown in the UK, at least Kazakh producer Imanbek last September has seen it find huge success across the globe. Here are a more songs that reached their full potential on the charts thanks to some behind-the-scenes tinkering.
