It began at the number-one spot in the French-speaking part of Switzerland (Romandy), where it stayed 5 weeks.
In Switzerland, the single debuted at number 3 and peaked at number 2. In the Netherlands, it was ranked for two weeks atop, eleven weeks in the top 10 and 17 weeks in the top 40. In Belgium, the single entered at number 40 on 28 November 2009 and reached a peak of number 2 eleven weeks later. On the issue date 22 November 2009, "Stereo Love" debuted at number 2 on the French Physical Singles Chart and became number one on 27 December 2009. The song remained at number one for a total of eight-consecutive weeks. It reached its highest-weekly sales on 3 January 2010 with 9,763 sales. It became number one on 22 November 2009, with more than 6,142 copies sold. On the issue date 17 October 2009, the song debuted at number 12 on the French Digital Singles Chart. The keyboard riff of this song was also used as a theme to "Zalim", a ubiquitous song written by the Turkish singer and songwriter Sezen Aksu, first recorded and released in 1995 by her former bassist and backing vocalist Levent Yüksel which was a smash hit that year, and then in 1996 by Sezen Aksu herself. On 19 January 2010, Edward Maya arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he signed an agreement with Eldar Mansurov affirming their co-authorship of "Stereo Love". Maya commented by saying he was "fascinated" by the accordion version of "Bayatılar" he had come across on the Internet earlier in 2009 and claimed he had tried to contact the author but failed due to his busy schedule. Both the Office and Edward Maya later confirmed that Mansurov's work was in fact used in the making of "Stereo Love". In the video clip, the composer of "Stereo Love" was indicated as "anonymous". In the autumn of 2009, during his stay in Greece, Azerbaijani composer Eldar Mansurov contacted the Romanian Office for Copyright claiming the refrain of "Stereo Love" was a copy of a tune from his popular 1989 composition " Bayatılar". Lyrically, the song speaks of a passionate love between two people that is now dying, and their struggle to rekindle that flame. The song is most notable for featuring a riff played with an accordion by Maya. It is set in the key of C# minor with a simple chord progression of C#m-A-E-G#m. "Stereo Love" is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 127 beats per minute. The song won the Top Dance Song Award at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. The music video was filmed in Mykonos, Greece, as Edward Maya stated in an interview that Greece "was a place that I fell in love with". The song and the music video were both included on the compilation NRJ Music Awards 2010. It also became the second best-selling song from Romania after " Dragostea Din Tei". It became a worldwide hit in nightclubs and rose to the top of eleven national music charts and was certified eight-times Platinum in Norway, seven-times Platinum in Sweden, and Gold or higher in ten additional countries. The refrain is from " Bayatılar", composed by Azerbaijani musician Eldar Mansurov. " Stereo Love" is a 2009 song recorded by Romanian DJ Edward Maya with Moldovan-Romanian musician Vika Jigulina, released as their debut single in late 2009 from Maya's album, The Stereo Love Show. Stream this single and many more Classic EDM Essentials below – follow here.2009 single by Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina In 2011 ‘Stereo Love’ win his first Billboard Music Award in the Top Dance Song category as the only Romanian song in the history of competition. Edward Maya is the first Romanian featured in the US Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 as the single ‘Stereo Love’ reaching the number one Dance Airplay. He garnered international attention with the song ‘Stereo Love’, which has been played about 700 million times on YouTube. Featuring uplifting synths, a blissful flute top line playing a catchy melody along with memorable lyrics, this summer jam will be played for years to come.Įdward Maya is a Romanian film composer, songwriter, painter & DJ producer. ‘Stereo Love’ by Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina has been delivering wonderful feel-good summer vibes for over a decade now. When it comes to summer anthems, it’s hard to disagree about a certain single that may be deemed as one of the greatest summer dance singles in recent history.