Antidote (Swedish House Mafia song)

"Antidote" is a song by Swedish house music supergroup Swedish House Mafia in collaboration with Australian electronic music duo Knife Party. It was released on 16 December 2011 in the United States as the second single from the Swedish House Mafia compilation album, Until Now. The remix EP was released on 15 January 2012 for the UK digital download in the iTunes Store. "Antidote" was written by Swedish House Mafia members Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, and Knife Party members (the members of the drum and bass band Pendulum) Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen. The song contains vocals by Swedish American hip hop recording artist Adam Baptiste (also known as ADL), whose vocals are uncredited, co-written by Swedish songwriter Klas Åhlund.

"Antidote"
Single by Swedish House Mafia and Knife Party
from the album Until Now
Released	16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)
Genre	Electro house
Length	6:14 (original mix) 2:57 (radio edit)
Label	Virgin EMI Astralwerks
Songwriter(s)	Axwell Steve Angello Sebastian Ingrosso Rob Swire Gareth McGrillen Adam Baptiste Klas Åhlund
Producer(s)	Swedish House Mafia Knife Party
Swedish House Mafia singles chronology
"Save the World" (2011) "Antidote" (2011) "Greyhound" (2012)
Knife Party singles chronology
"Antidote" (2011) "Centipede" (2012)
Audio sample
"Antidote" file help

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number four on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart with first-week sales of 46,757 copies. It is the Swedish House Mafia's fourth consecutive top 10 hit in the UK.

Music video

The music video was released via YouTube on 19 December 2011 in association with Vevo in two different versions (clean and explicit). Both videos feature a heist in a Japanese strip club, with certain people talking in Japanese. The explicit version contains violent and sexual scenes. The two videos are also cut differently, in the sense that the more graphic scenes are left out of the clean version of the video. Certain scenes are more understandable after watching the explicit version of the video.

The explicit video is filmed in first person as the protagonist and his gang put on masks and steal a briefcase in the strip club, shooting and killing many of their enemies. The protagonist escapes and gets into a van just before the driver is shot by the rival gang; the gang then shoots and presumably kills the protagonist.

Track listings

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Antidote" (radio edit)	2:57
2.	"Antidote" (original mix)	6:14
3.	"Antidote" (Knife Party Dub)	6:07
4.	"Antidote" (Swedish House Mafia Dub)	6:14
5.	"Antidote" (Tommy Trash Remix)	5:53

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2011–2012) Peak position Australia (ARIA)^[1] 100 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[2] 30 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[3] 35 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)^[4] 9 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[5] 13 France (SNEP)^[6] 93 Germany (Official German Charts)^[7] 63 Ireland (IRMA)^[8] 39 Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[9] 49 Poland (Dance Top 50)^[10] 38 Scotland (OCC)^[11] 3 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[12] 17 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[13] 70 UK Singles (OCC)^[14] 4 UK Dance (OCC)^[15] 2 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[16] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[17] 54 UK Singles (OCC)^[18] 122

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)^[19]	3× Platinum	120,000
United Kingdom (BPI)^[20]	Silver	200,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United States	16 December 2011^[21]	Digital download	EMI Records
Ireland	13 January 2012^[22]
United Kingdom	15 January 2012^[23]

References

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17. "Årslista Singlar, 2012" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
18. "End of Year 2012" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
19. (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
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22. "Antidote (Remixes) Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party". iTunes
23. "Antidote (Remixes) Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party". iTunes