Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ breaks record for most Shazamed song in a single day ever after Paris Olympics closing ceremony

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Kavinsky‘s ‘Nightcall’ has broken the record to become the most Shazamed song ever in a single day.The 2010 song was played by the French electro-pop pioneer during the closing ceremony at the Stade de France on Sunday (August 11), when he performed alongside Phoenix, Air and Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig.French electronic icons Phoenix and Air were both heavily rumoured to be making an appearance last week, and came together to perform a medley of songs, surrounded by Olympic medallists who had competed at the event since the opening ceremony on July 26.Among the songs featured was Kavinsky’s hit ‘Nightcall’, which was shared in 2010 but gained huge popularity after being featured in the movie Drive starring Ryan Gosling.

CSS singer Lovefoxxx sang on the original version.The track then went on to gain more notoriety in the music world, having been covered by London Grammar in 2013, sampled by The Weeknd – with the two later joining forces for the song ‘Odd Luck’ – and played as the track Avenged Sevenfold enter the stage to during their most recent tour dates.Now, it has been confirmed that its feature at the 2024 Olympics has led to it breaking the record as the song to be Shazamed the most times in a single day.The song is currently sitting tight at the top of the Top 200 Global chart on Shazam and, at time of writing, has 6,921,000 Shazams on the app.