Skream's La Roux Remix gone GOLD (400k sales!)

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:48 pm

skream's remix was on daytime and nightime rotations...not only on kiss but radio 1 as well. i listen to the morning shows on the beeb. they cained the fuck of the remix, and the original got barely any play. again, hats to skream.

twist2 · Post by **twist2** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:59 pm

shit, he'll be earning some nice royalties off that

kingcannibal · Post by **kingcannibal** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:40 pm

twist2 wrote:shit, he'll be earning some nice royalties off that

depends what was negotiated really, might have taken a flat fee - that is usually how most majors would do it - depends on your negotiating power really. Needless to say he has more then me

♫♪♫ · Post by **♫♪♫** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:44 pm

My hat's off to Skream for this one.

dj ill kid 505 · Post by **dj ill kid 505** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:20 pm

Great tune! I think it had alot to do with a timely release.

bellagio · Post by **bellagio** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:04 pm

Kaizen Beats wrote:

Gonna look nice over the fireplace!

BIG RESPECT

Yes yes!
Tune of 2009. Done

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:25 pm

Shamwow wrote:
your mum wrote:people don't seem to be clocking that it's gone gold cuz it was the b side to the actual single. still a good look though.
The B side MADE THE SINGLE. What are you smoking.

I work in a place where the single is sold

nobody asking for it knew who skream was when i mentioned he (being local) did the remix on the b-side

whether it's better or not people didn't buy it for the remix...

the album is in the top ten at the moment...do you think that's all down to the remix as well?

Snaps · Post by **Snaps** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:08 pm

Regardless of whether the a or b side had the majority of sales skream was part of a single thats gone gold, thats a major achievement. Props is due

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:15 pm

Dj SnapS wrote:Regardless of whether the a or b side had the majority of sales skream was part of a single thats gone gold, thats a major achievement. Props is due

not saying there isn't

just correcting incorrect statements

B_90 · Post by **B_90** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:15 pm

BIG ups skream well done, glad i bought this! feel part of it. youtube version has like 1.5 million views :O

wheez-ie · Post by **wheez-ie** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:28 pm

B-90 wrote:BIG ups skream well done, glad i bought this! feel part of it. youtube version has like 1.5 million views :O

i'm prolly the .5

dusty_head · Post by **dusty_head** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:22 am

large up skream

big look for everybody

coishii · Post by **coishii** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:06 am

Yeah a massive achievement. Wonder if he was drinking Tetley's Gold whilst making that one in his studio?

makak · Post by **makak** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:28 am

big up SKREAM!!!!!

the bangatang · Post by **the bangatang** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:05 am

your killing it skream.Big up!

shamwow · Post by **shamwow** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:21 pm

It's not just about if it was all over BBC radio one or kiss, think about those playing it out to a wider audience. Was all over NME. Regarding it being a top 10 track - I work for a media company and understand how digital distributors work. The remix was part of a bundle, whether you downloaded the remix or the original it still counts as a hit for that particular bundle - which is why it's in the top 10 in iTunes for a month or so.

I don't think La Roux would be as big as they are now (yes it's two people -technically at least) if Skream didn't do the remix. Everyone I've spoke to about it (unless they love the 80's) prefers the remix. It's the only version we bothered to queue on spotify.

The 400k is his remix alone. If someone bought the CD then that's 1 sale for each surely?

chef · Post by **chef** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:28 pm

Piston wrote:
Dj SnapS wrote:Regardless of whether the a or b side had the majority of sales skream was part of a single thats gone gold, thats a major achievement. Props is due
not saying there isn't

just correcting incorrect statements

Skreamz remix accounted for 3/4 of the digital sales.

Dark Reign · Post by **Dark Reign** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:37 pm

Big ups ollie heard about this on mista jams show! Massive for any dubstep artist to get this. im not the biggest fan of this tune but it goes off. I even heard 12 year old girls listening to this at the skatepark right after Jonas Brothers and yung jeezy

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:19 pm

Chef wrote:
Piston wrote:
Dj SnapS wrote:Regardless of whether the a or b side had the majority of sales skream was part of a single thats gone gold, thats a major achievement. Props is due
not saying there isn't

just correcting incorrect statements
Skreamz remix accounted for 3/4 of the digital sales.

I haven't looked at figures and for the record prefer the remix but working in a shop and talking to customers in croydon i can only say that the name skream mystified everyone buying the single when i told them the remix was done by a local artist....im' not trying to diss him....i do all i can to promote and sell his cds and as you may know have ordered in every dubstep cd available and we sell more titles than oxford street as a result.....i don't get the mentality i really don't on this forum....it makes dubsteppers look bad.....how did it account for 3/4 of sales exactly?

grime suspect · Post by **grime suspect** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:25 pm

was gonna do a remix but was jus beaten to it

good on him thts a good look

BIG UP skream !!

Skream's La Roux Remix gone GOLD (400k sales!)

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