Physical (Dua Lipa song): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

The accompanying [[High-concept|high concept]] [[music video]] was directed by Catalan production team Canada, and is based on a [[Venn diagram]] by Swiss artist duo [[Peter Fischli & David Weiss|Peter Fischli and David Weiss]] from their series of works, ''Order and Cleanliness'' (1981). The video shows Lipa dancing in various coloured warehouse stage sets and features [[anime]]-inspired animation. The music video received praise from critics for its high-concept nature and rejection of [[heteronormativity]]. The video received three nominations at the [[2020 MTV Video Music Awards]], ultimately winning one for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]], marking the first win of Lipa's career. "Physical" was further promoted with the release of a 1980s-inspired workout video, in which Lipa is an aerobics class instructor. A remix of the track, featuring South Korean singer [[Hwasa]] from South Korean [[girl group]] [[Mamamoo]], was released on 17 March 2020. A [[Mark Ronson]] remix with American singer and songwriter [[Gwen Stefani]] was included on Lipa's first remix album, ''[[Club Future Nostalgia]]'' (2020).

A remix of "Physical" by British DJ [[Mark Ronson]] featuring [[Gwen Stefani]] was released for [[contemporary hit radio]] on 19 February 2021 as the second single from Lipa and [[The Blessed Madonna]]'s remix album [[Club Future Nostalgia]] (2020). It was categorised as a EDM, electro-disco, power pop, synth-pop, future bass, and techno track, with a throwback disco and trance vibe, and an quickly tempo from the remix.

==Writing and production==

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Lipa delivered her first live performance of "Physical" on 29 February 2020 at the [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/smith-appears-in-surprise-mardi-gras-float-2616238|title=Sydney Mardi Gras: Smith appears in surprise float, Dua Lipa performs 'Physical' for the first time|last=Martin|first=Josh|website=NME|date=29 February 2020|accessdate=24 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414143857/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/smith-appears-in-surprise-mardi-gras-float-2616238|archive-date=14 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[vertical video]] for the song was released via Spotify on 14 March 2020.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=DUALIPA|number=1238776556417417218|date=14 March 2020|title=Physical @Spotify vertical video is OUT NOW!! You can find it on the Hot Hits UK playlist!! This is lots of little bits of bts footage from #FutureNostalgia 🌐 so far... ❤️}}</ref> On 17 March of that year, a remix of the song, featuring South Korean singer [[Hwasa]], was released.<ref name="Hwasa">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/international/9335384/dua-lipa-mamamoo-hwa-sa-physical-kpop-remix|title=Mamamoo's Hwa Sa and Dua Lipa Team Up For K-Pop Remix of 'Physical': Listen|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|website=Billboard|date=18 March 2020|accessdate=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526010509/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/international/9335384/dua-lipa-mamamoo-hwa-sa-physical-kpop-remix|archive-date=26 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> It features Hwasa singing the first verse in [[Korean language|Korean]] and the bridge in English, while the middle eight is performed bilingually by both singers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3160388/dua-lipa-physical-remix-hwa-sa-mamamoo/|title=Dua Lipa Unleashes 'Physical' Remix With Mamamoo's Hwa Sa|last=Roth|first=Madeline|publisher=[[MTV]]|date=18 March 2020|accessdate=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326123655/http://www.mtv.com/news/3160388/dua-lipa-physical-remix-hwa-sa-mamamoo/|archive-date=26 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> An [[extended play]] (EP) for remixes of "Physical", including those by [[Ofenbach (DJs)|Ofenbach]] and [[Claptone]], was released on 25 March 2020.<ref name = "Remixes"/> On 9 April 2020, a [[lyric video]] for "Physical" was shared to [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRdlnO9gMIY|title=Dua Lipa - Physical (Official Lyrics Video)|publisher=Warner Records|date=9 April 2020|via=YouTube|accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref> A remix of the song by Brazilian DJ [[Alok (DJ)|Alok]] was released on the same day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,em-live-com-dua-lipa-alok-divulga-remix-da-musica-physical,70003266511|title=Em live com Dua Lipa, Alok divulga remix da música 'Physical'|language=pt|trans-title=Live with Dua Lipa, Alok releases remix of the song 'Physical'|last=Malar|first=João Pedro|website=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]|date=9 April 2020|accessdate=12 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054756/https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/gente,em-live-com-dua-lipa-alok-divulga-remix-da-musica-physical,70003266511|archive-date=17 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Lipa and Alok appeared together in an [[Instagram Live]] video to promote the remix's release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.folhape.com.br/diversao/diversao/lancamento/2020/04/09/NWS,136712,71,1279,DIVERSAO,2330-ALOK-LANCA-VERSAO-REMIX-PHYSICAL-DUA-LIPA.aspx|title=Alok lança versão remix de 'Physical', de Dua Lipa|trans-title=Alok releases remix version of 'Physical', by Dua Lipa|website=Folha de Pernambuca|language=pt|date=9 April 2020|accessdate=23 May 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601192245/https://www.folhape.com.br/diversao/diversao/lancamento/2020/04/09/NWS,136712,71,1279,DIVERSAO,2330-ALOK-LANCA-VERSAO-REMIX-PHYSICAL-DUA-LIPA.aspx|archivedate=1 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

A remix of "Physical" by [[Mark Ronson]], featuring [[Gwen Stefani]] is included on Lipa and [[The Blessed Madonna]]'s [[DJ Mix]] crafted remix album, ''[[Club Future Nostalgia]]'', released 28 August 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/club-future-nostalgia-dj-mix/1528380270|title=Club Future Nostalgia (DJ Mix) by Dua Lipa & The Blessed Madonna|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (GB)|accessdate=13 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913155649if_/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/club-future-nostalgia-dj-mix/1528380270|archive-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> while the unmixed version was released on 11 September 2020,<ref name = "mark"/> along with the standard edition of the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/club-future-nostalgia/1530404355|title=Club Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa|publisher=Apple Music (GB)|accessdate=23 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913155640if_/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/club-future-nostalgia/1530404355|archive-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> An [[Electro (music)|electro]] track, Ronson took apart the original intending for a [[Ruff Ryders]] direction, and [[Electronic music|electronic]]-[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] mood. After being approached for a "[[Hollaback Girl]]" sample on [[Larry Heard|Mr. Fingers]]' "[[Hallucinate (song)|Hallucinate]]" remix, Stefani expressed her desire to be on the album. Ronson and The Blessed Madonna quickly incorporated a place for her on "Physical", shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7914076/interview-the-blessed-madonna-talks-club-future-nostalgia?ios=1&safari=1&chrome=1|title=Interview: The Blessed Madonna Talks 'Club Future Nostalgia'|work=Idolator|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=2 September 2020|accessdate=25 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.vn/eBQFZ|archive-date=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/lists/club-future-nostalgia-blessed-madonna-remix-album-dua-lipa/|title=Step inside 'Club Future Nostalgia': The Blessed Madonna breaks down her Dua Lipa remix album|work=[[Crack Magazine]]|last=Thomas|first=Katie|date=28 August 2020|accessdate=25 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904171938/https://crackmagazine.net/article/lists/club-future-nostalgia-blessed-madonna-remix-album-dua-lipa/|archive-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theface.com/music/dua-lipa-disco-club-future-nostalgia-yaeji-mark-ronson-larry-heard-gen-hoshino-the-blessed-madonna|title=Club Future Nostalgia: how Dua brought the dancefloor home|work=[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]|last=Szatan|first=Gabriel|date=27 August 2020|accessdate=25 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828170529if_/https://theface.com/music/dua-lipa-disco-club-future-nostalgia-yaeji-mark-ronson-larry-heard-gen-hoshino-the-blessed-madonna|archive-date=28 August 2020}}</ref>▼

==Critical reception==

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Guy Pewsey of ''[[Grazia]]'' said the workout video surpassed "Physical" by Newton-John and "[[Call on Me (Eric Prydz song)|Call on Me]]" by [[Eric Prydz]] to become "without question, the most iconic fitness-themed music video of all time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/dua-lipa-physical-video/|title=Dua Lipa's New Physical Video Is The Fitness Guide Of Our Dreams|last=Pewsey|first=Guy|website=[[Grazia]]|date=6 March 2020|accessdate=30 May 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601201011/https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/dua-lipa-physical-video/|archivedate=1 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Robin Murray of ''Clash'' described it as "[[tongue in cheek]] panache" and a homage to "the glory years of workout videos".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/videos/dua-lipa-goes-workout-crazy-in-lets-get-physical|title=Dua Lipa Goes Workout Crazy In 'Let's Get Physical'|last=Murray|first=Robin|website=Clash|date=6 March 2020|accessdate=31 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412212307/https://www.clashmusic.com/videos/dua-lipa-goes-workout-crazy-in-lets-get-physical|archive-date=12 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Newsbeat]]'' reporter Steve Holden said Lipa helped lead a re-emergence of 1980s inspiration in pop music in 2020 with the video, calling it "a camp and colourful homage" to televised aerobics classes from the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52109397|title=How Dua Lipa and The Weeknd are bringing the 80s back… again|last=Holden|first=Steve|website=[[Newsbeat]]|date=1 April 2020|accessdate=31 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515073427/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52109397|archive-date=15 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''The New York Times'', Joe Coscarelli wrote that the video's relevance was renewed during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="NYT"/>

==Mark Ronson Remix==

{{Infobox song

| name = Physical (Mark Ronson Remix)

| cover =

| type = song

| artist = [[Dua Lipa]] featuring [[Gwen Stefani]]

| album = [[Club Future Nostalgia]]

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|9|11}}

| recorded =

| genre =

* [[Power pop]]

* [[synth-pop]]

| length = 3:06

| label = [[Warner Records|Warner]]

| writer =

* Dua Lipa

* [[Jason Evigan]]

* Clarence Coffee Jr.

* [[Sarah Hudson (singer)|Sarah Hudson]]

| producer =

* Jason Evigan

* [[Stephen Kozmeniuk|Koz]]

| misc =

}}

===Release and promotion===

▲A remix of "Physical" by [[Mark Ronson]], featuring [[Gwen Stefani]] is included on Lipa and [[The Blessed Madonna]]'s [[DJ Mix]] crafted remix album, ''[[Club Future Nostalgia]]'', released 28 August 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/club-future-nostalgia-dj-mix/1528380270|title=Club Future Nostalgia (DJ Mix) by Dua Lipa & The Blessed Madonna|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (GB)|accessdate=13 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913155649if_/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/club-future-nostalgia-dj-mix/1528380270|archive-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> while the unmixed version was released on 11 September 2020,<ref name = "mark"/> along with the standard edition of the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/club-future-nostalgia/1530404355|title=Club Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa|publisher=Apple Music (GB)|accessdate=23 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913155640if_/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/club-future-nostalgia/1530404355|archive-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> An [[Electro (music)|electro]] track, Ronson took apart the original intending for a [[Ruff Ryders]] direction, and [[Electronic music|electronic]]-[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] mood. After being approached for a "[[Hollaback Girl]]" sample on [[Larry Heard|Mr. Fingers]]' "[[Hallucinate (song)|Hallucinate]]" remix, Stefani expressed her desire to be on the album. Ronson and The Blessed Madonna quickly incorporated a place for her on "Physical", shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7914076/interview-the-blessed-madonna-talks-club-future-nostalgia?ios=1&safari=1&chrome=1|title=Interview: The Blessed Madonna Talks 'Club Future Nostalgia'|work=Idolator|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=2 September 2020|accessdate=25 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.vn/eBQFZ|archive-date=13 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/lists/club-future-nostalgia-blessed-madonna-remix-album-dua-lipa/|title=Step inside 'Club Future Nostalgia': The Blessed Madonna breaks down her Dua Lipa remix album|work=[[Crack Magazine]]|last=Thomas|first=Katie|date=28 August 2020|accessdate=25 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904171938/https://crackmagazine.net/article/lists/club-future-nostalgia-blessed-madonna-remix-album-dua-lipa/|archive-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theface.com/music/dua-lipa-disco-club-future-nostalgia-yaeji-mark-ronson-larry-heard-gen-hoshino-the-blessed-madonna|title=Club Future Nostalgia: how Dua brought the dancefloor home|work=[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]|last=Szatan|first=Gabriel|date=27 August 2020|accessdate=25 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828170529if_/https://theface.com/music/dua-lipa-disco-club-future-nostalgia-yaeji-mark-ronson-larry-heard-gen-hoshino-the-blessed-madonna|archive-date=28 August 2020}}</ref> The song was then released as the second US single, and overall, from the remix album on 19 January 2021.

== Track listing ==

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|+Weekly chart performance for "Physical" (Mark Ronson Remix) featuring Gwen Stefani

! scope="col" | Chart (2020-present)

! scope="col" | Peak<br /> position

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Physical|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|accessdate=1 October 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Physical|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|accessdate=18 November 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal~~|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Physical~~|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2019|certyear=2020|idcertref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiogest.pt/documents/files/Top%20AFP-AUDIOGEST_39_20-imp.pdf|title=Top AFP/Audigest – Semana 39 de 2020|language=Portuguese|publisher=[[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa]]|accessdate=4 June 2020|page=4|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604130219/http://www.audiogest.pt/documents/files/Top%20AFP-AUDIOGEST_39_20-imp.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Physical|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|id=dua-lipa-physical|accessdate=15 April 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Dua Lipa|title=Physical|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|id=5092-4213-1|accessdate=26 June 2020|refname=UKcert}}

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| rowspan="4" |Original

| rowspan="89" | [[Warner Records|Warner]]

|{{Center|<ref name="Premiere" />}}

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| 11 September 2020

| rowspan="3"| [[Mark Ronson]] Remix

| rowspan="2"| {{center|<ref name = "mark">{{cite web|url=https://www.deezer.com/en/album/171915612|title=Physical (feat. Gwen Stefani) (Mark Ronson Remix) - Dua Lipa|publisher=[[Deezer]]|accessdate=19 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.vn/TlsPj|archive-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>}}

! scope="row"| United States

| 19 January 2021

| Contemporary hit radio

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