David Macklovitch is currently earning his Ph.D in French literature from Columbia University, where he also teaches undergraduate French classes.
Highlights of their 2004 debut album She's In Control include club tracks Needy Girl, Mercury Tears, Rage!, and Destination: Overdrive. In 2005, Chromeo released a mix CD of funky dance tracks on Eskimo Belgium records entitled Un Joli Mix Pour Toi (A Pretty Mix For You). During early 2007 Chromeo supported indie rock group Bloc Party on their British tour.
Their second album "Fancy Footwork", produced by Chromeo themselves with the help of Tiga and mixed by Philippe Zdar from Cassius, was released on June 26th, 2007.
The album took them on a two-year world tour performing in festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds in the UK, Fujirock in Japan, Iceland Airwaves in Iceland, Pemberton Music Festival in Canada and Coachella, Bonnaroo, Rothbury Festival and Lollapalooza in the US.
Chromeo contributed to K7's mixed series titled DJ-Kicks: Chromeo. In summer 2010 the track ' Fancy Footwork' was used as the sound track for a VO5 Extreme Hair Gel advertisement in the UK. The YouTube video of the original release in 2008 had over 666,000 hits by late July 2010.
Chromeo released their third studio album entitled "Business Casual" on September 14, 2010.
Their song " Don't Turn The Lights On" is featured on the video game FIFA 11 exposing them to a new group of listeners. In 2011 the same song was also featured on the video game Dirt3. Their song Bonified Lovin (Yuksek remix) is also on the video game FIFA 09.
At the beginning of March 2011, Chromeo sent out notice that it had recorded the "world's smallest album," entitled Drive Time, which consists of 55 songs in only 183 seconds. About a week later, it was revealed that Drive Time is actually a free musical Nokia Own Voice satellite navigation pack for Ovi Maps, made for usage with Nokia's compatible cell phones. A red vinyl 5" single consisting of regular, instrumental and a cappella versions of "Turn Left" and "Follow" was released to promote it, with a sticker on the shrink wrap saying that it was a numbered limited edition of 40 copies.
Trivia:
Guitarist and lead singer David Macklovitch is the older brother of A-Trak (Alain Macklovitch), who in 1997 was the youngest-ever winner of the DMC World DJ Championship and is currently Kanye West's tour DJ.
Macklovitch is currently earning his Ph.D in French Literature from Columbia University.
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Come Alive
Chromeo Lyrics
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I never wondered which way you would go
You woke me up from my slumber
Now let me make you work slow
It's not a lot, but all I want to do
Is skip town on a weekend with you
There's still so much to discover
There's still a lot we don't know
Come alive (come alive, come alive)
Give it up, girl before you lose your mind
Come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
They got you under pressure, doing overtime
Come alive (come alive)
Give it up, girl before you lose your mind
Come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
They got you under pressure, doing overtime
You're working double just to have a life
I like to think that it's just a phase
Treading anything that takes your time
Seconds pass and you're on your way
Help me understand what you need
Help me figure out what isn't right
Consider swimming if you start to sink
Or you could get left behind
Come alive (come alive, come alive)
Give it up, girl before you lose your mind
Come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
They got you under pressure, doing overtime
Come alive (come alive, come alive) Give it up, girl before you lose your mind
Come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
They got you under pressure, doing overtime
The night shift
The day shift
We could go anywhere and they won't say shit
I wish I could lay you down right now on the kitchen floor
'Cause we got something so real
However they feel doesn't really matter no more
So let's see you walk up out of that door
Come alive (come alive, come alive)
Give it up, girl before you lose your mind
Come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
They got you under pressure, doing overtime
Come alive (come alive, come alive)
Give it up, girl before you lose your mind
Come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
They got you under pressure, doing overtime
Come alive (come alive, come alive)
Come alive
Come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
Come alive, come alive (come alive)
Come alive
Come alive, come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
Come alive
The lyrics of Chromeo's song "Come Alive" speak about breaking away from the everyday routine and choosing to live in the moment. The song opens with the singer confessing that he asked for the phone number of the woman he is singing to from her boss. The second verse describes him realizing that this woman could be the one to bring him out of his mundane life and literally wake him up from his slumber. He wants to skip town with her and discover the world together. The chorus urges her to come alive, to let loose before she loses her mind from the pressures of work, "they got you under pressure, doing overtime."
In the bridge, he throws caution to the wind and tells her that they can go anywhere together, and how he wishes he could lay her down right now on the kitchen floor, because their connection is so real, and the opinions of others don't matter anymore. The final chorus reiterates the message, urging her to come alive and make a change in her life.
"Come Alive" is a favorite among Chromeo fans and has received significant airplay on the radio. The song was first released in January 2014, as a part of their album "White Women," which included other popular songs such as "Jealous (I Ain't With It).
Line by Line Meaning
I asked your boss for your number
I wanted to contact you so much that I approached your boss for your number
I never wondered which way you would go
I was always sure you'd reciprocate my feelings
You woke me up from my slumber
You brought excitement and energy into my life
Now let me make you work slow
I want to spend time with you and pace our relationship slowly
It's not a lot, but all I want to do
I don't want anything extravagant, just to spend my time with you
Is skip town on a weekend with you
I want to go away for a weekend together to explore and enjoy each other's company
There's still so much to discover
We haven't explored all the exciting and unknown aspects of each other yet
There's still a lot we don't know
We don't have all the answers about each other yet
Come alive (come alive, come alive)
I want you to become more vibrant and lively
Give it up, girl before you lose your mind
Don't work too much and forget to enjoy life
I can tell if you realize, I can tell
I can see the toll that overworking is taking on you
They got you under pressure, doing overtime
The expectations at work are putting a lot of pressure on you and forcing you to work overtime
You're working double just to have a life
You're putting in twice the effort just to maintain the lifestyle you have
I like to think that it's just a phase
I hope this is just a temporary situation for you
Treading anything that takes your time
You're so busy working that you don't have time for anything else
Seconds pass and you're on your way
Time seems to be flying by for you
Help me understand what you need
I want to learn more about what you require to be happy
Help me figure out what isn't right
I want to help you realize what's going wrong in your life
Consider swimming if you start to sink
If things get worse, you might need to take drastic measures to fix them
Or you could get left behind
If you don't take action, you might miss opportunities and fall behind in life
The night shift
Working late at night
The day shift
Working during the day
We could go anywhere and they won't say shit
We can do what we want and not care about what others think
I wish I could lay you down right now on the kitchen floor
I desire intimacy with you in this moment
'Cause we got something so real
Our relationship is genuine and strong
However they feel doesn't really matter no more
Other people's opinions about our relationship are no longer important to us
So let's see you walk up out of that door
Let's leave everything behind and start living the way we want to
Come alive (come alive, come alive)
I want you to become more vibrant and lively
Come alive (come alive)
I want you to become more energetic and active
Come alive (I can tell if you realize, I can tell)
I can see that you're not truly happy and I want to help you find joy
Come alive, come alive (come alive)
I want to see you become more vibrant and passionate
Come alive
I want you to start living life to the fullest
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Patrick Gemayel, David Macklovitch, Chazwick Bundick
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@saidneri8132
Come Alive
Chromeo
I asked your boss for your number
I never wondered which way we'd go
You woke me up from my slumber
Now let me make you work slow
It's not a lot, but all I want to do
Is skip town on a weekend with you
There's still so much to discover
There's still a lot we don't know
Come alive
Give it up girl before you lose your mind
Come alive
Got you under pressure, doing overtime
Come alive
Give it up girl before you lose your mind
Come alive
Got you under pressure, doing overtime
You're working double just to have a life
I like to think that it's just a phase
Treading anything that takes your time
Seconds pass and you're on your way
Help me understand what you need
Help me figure out what isn't right
Consider swimming if you start to sink
Or you could get left behind
Come alive
Give it up girl before you lose your mind
Come alive
Got you under pressure, doing overtime
Come alive
Give it up girl before you lose your mind
Come alive
Got you under pressure, doing overtime
The night shift
The day shift
We could go anywhere and they won't say shit
I wish I could love you down right now on the kitchen floor
'Cause we got something so real
However they feel doesn't really matter no more
So let's see you walk up out of that door
Come alive
Give it up girl before you lose your mind
Come alive
Got you under pressure, doing overtime
Come alive
Give it up girl before you lose your mind
Come alive
Got you under pressure, doing overtime
Come alive
Come alive
I can tell if you realize
@hrtwll.mp3
“Consider swimming if you start to sink”.
Toro being a savage tho
@Souleman561
2024 checking in
@L30GH05TDUD3
Ah yes, the memories of this song and many other awesome songs in Forza Horizon 2 on the Pulse Radio while cruising in my Shelby GT500 or my Lambo Huracan really gives me nostalgia feelings! I don’t regret it Thank you FH2 for those moments! :’)
@soupisamyth
The nostalgia from this song is insane, I would always wait so long for it to come on
@freddieparrydrums
Yeah man, FH2 my first Forza
@Cjbrown2x
Love it
@tmann9neyrgsalazar993
@@freddieparrydrums same
@megagamer69carpenter7
Fh2 is the best forza game of all time and will always be
@Marleykye_official
This song always make me think of 2014 summer to 2016 summer
@flackomartinez984
6 Years later and this song is still undefeated