Benny Benassi ‘Satisfaction’ | The Making Of A Dance Classic

[@DJMag]

Which other dance anthems would you like to hear the story of? Watch other episodes here 👉 bit.ly/3yIzC4u

[@IamCreatorGod]

Feel the wife vibe - paul oakenfold remix

[@Onox]

Would love to know how Zombie Nation came across the Lazy Jones sample for Kernkraft 400 and turned it into a worldwide anthem

[@RomanLugina]

Scooter - Fire, or How much is the fish

[@polromeu]

Knight of the jaguar

[@spongebob8358]

Hardwell, about his album rebels never die.

[@djvoid1]

This hit so different in the club back then, it sounded massive like it was stressing the speakers out. It ushered in the 2000s electro-house era with a bang. Suddenly super heavy sidechain and farty bass was everywhere after this track

[@nofood1]

the sidechain was a game changer

[@rohanpoddar2562]

Farty bass is the best description I've heard for it till date. 🤣

[@monkeytennis8861]

Cheesy rubbish.

[@funkmachine9094]

techno producers had been doing that before this track came out lol

[@djvoid1]

@@funkmachine9094 History will honor them surely. What were their names again?

[@j4nv]

Simply an immortal song.

[@marsrecordings]

Yea but doesn’t slap in the club anymore for more than 60 seconds - the remake was necessary

[@FromFallToFlight]

TRACK FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bassmelody2868]

history of OSC 303 - Love is

[@bassmelody2868]

@@FromFallToFlight history of OSC 303 - Love is

[@apexsynthesis1]

Literally

[@RobVice]

I feel like Satisfaction was especially big in Eastern Europe and Russia, a lot of people still listen to Benny Bennasi with big nostalgia. A truly innovative artist who made his own sound and conquered the world with it.

[@lmpoopingpigeon]

it wasn't big in Eastern Europe, it was massive.

[@VadimkaMr]

in EE it was like supernova

[@RobVice]

@@VadimkaMr haha I am also from EE so can confirm!

[@RotchildFrancoisJr]

I remember when Cinema came out!

[@especial0]

yes, we had a disco club in our university campus, and this song played at least 2,3,4 times during the night in 2002-2003. I had my first computer back then, and I have downloaded an album of Benassi. I'm still amazed when I hear this song at almost every DJset, its amazing how immortal this song is.

[@chaimaamlouk]

I can believe Tunisia was the reason for this banger to exist. ❤️🇹🇳 Proud of you Tunisia and your traffic noises

[@gtullymusic]

one of the most legendary drops of all time never gets old

[@DaysOfFunder]

Absolutely 💯

[@tomcruise1]

"maybe it was not the proper way to use a compressor"

[@adolfemmanuelesparas3922]

Humanity innovates, compromises and experiment in everything.. curiosity is really a good thing..

[@TheSingularitarian]

Oh, modern EDM? How gross and sad.

[@tomcruise1]

@@TheSingularitarian ok, boomer, please be sad somewhere else

[@xxillicitxx]

Same thing happens in medical science all the time

[@cengawer]

I remember that I watched the video clip for the first time on MTV at my friend's apartment. After the video was over, we looked at each other, and our faces were surprised. Because we had never heard a music like this and seen a video clip like this... it was completely unique and ahead of its time. In my opinion, it was a real pioneer of electro house genre and shaped the mid-2000s electronic music industry. After 20 years, I still find the track fresh and unique.

[@theodorethompson9032]

looked kinda like a daft punk video from the mid 90's

[@RoskoBeatss]

Damn. This song got me into electronic music. I can say that as a DJ who has been working on my craft for 15 years, this single song was the reason why I do what I do now

[@AutPen38]

One of those rare songs that is an actual game changer. I remember being at a little underground electroclash club and hearing this for the first time. Within 30 seconds I was at the DJ booth demanding to know what the song was. I was fairly "with it" at the time, but had obviously never heard of Benny Benassi. Within a few weeks, he was on Top of the Pops and EVERYONE knew his name.

[@ramazanharmankaya]

I'm 42 years old and SATISFACTION, Sound Of San Fransisco and First Time (offernism Maya) are my best songs about 20 years. I definitely listen to these songs every week because they still make me feel like I'm in my 20s at this age :)

[@koryj886]

the song that introduced me to not only this legend, but a whole genre of music

[@dadamj]

Still gives me goosebumps.

[@joegadberry2221]

Same

[@marianna9502]

20 years??? I was 9 at that time and loved this track. And this is still on my Spotify list. :) Love this series DjMag! Huge thanks for that. Just so unreal to listen these stories from living legends.❤️

[@elmo9293]

I was 10!! Where has the time gone 😮

[@Mefistofy]

Soll playing the album every now and then. Just great.

[@sanches2]

I was 20 :) i played it like crazy

[@Salmanweedbro]

Born in 1996, he had fun with this song

[@abijahmaniaco]

It’s remarkable the impact the song had. I remember in 2006 the sound was still being obviously emulated, e.g., Oakenfold’s Faster Kill Pussycat. And around the same time, Andy Moor introduced that bass into trance. It changed dance music forever.

[@bassmelody2868]

history of OSC 303 - Love is

[@jsf5219]

Faster Kill Pussycat - what a record that is as well!

[@nickcollins9893]

Don't forget about Royal Gigolos as well, they also copied Benny Benassi a lot :D

[@Jurico_Noes]

Hearing this song in the mid 2000s was different man idk it’s the fact that technology was just getting more innovative and for me this song sounds futuristic? All I know is that whenever I listen to this song I reminisce like crazy man

[@zsoltbartos7802]

What a masterpiece and what a legend! Satisfaction,Illusion,Hit my heart,Every single day.

[@nicolasciampone1515]

I was 9 years old when I first heard this. we were having a sleepover at the pool and it played on the radio, totally blew my little mind. when it finished I asked for it to play again and they told me it was the radio but I never forgot that tune. that was 20 years ago 🥲

[@daniellee1722]

What a great visual story man I felt like I was there 🏊‍♀

[@dcpowered]

The tune and bass are just unique! Immediately recognizable and a forever classic of dance and trance. It can be remixed every 20 years!

[@orquell]

I can't imagine my dj sets without this iconic track

[@thefatnav]

Satisfaction still feels like a fresh tune 20 years on! I remember the first time I heard this song was a Saturday morning sat in my dad's car listening to the radio, as Peat Tong came on to introduce the track, "this is one to really rattle your rib cage" he said - it blew my tiny mind 🙌

[@Bigturboguy]

the set he played at Platinum niteclub after Summerfieldayze on the gold coast, australia in 2006/7.....still rates as a top3 set ive experienced live. thank you for the memories sir!

[@shubhamagarwal.]

Satisfaction - that evergreen song that refuses to be called old 😁

[@Altimir_]

Yesss

[@karlkoch9324]

This was sent to me by an older sister of a friend via msn in the early/ mid-2000s. One of the first electronic music tunes I ever heard, instantly hooked. Still incredible.

[@emmanuelreuven7350]

I think this song will live forever. It’s still existing to have it in a mix, it’s just perfect, such a groove 👑

[@TVINCONSERT]

A music that has shapped a whole generation of deejays, producers and EDM fans. Thanks DJ MAG! If I could suggest: "The Story Behind Destination Calabria" would be awesome too :D

[@EKAATPT]

And "The Story Behind Call on Me" would finish this trinity of stories of hot music video stories haha

[@TVINCONSERT]

@@EKAATPT hahahahaa well spotted. I wasn't thinking under this point of view.

[@joaobluz]

@@EKAATPT that story is quite simple, Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) and Dj Falcon made an edit of ‘Valerie’ by Steve Winwood, which they played a lot when they toured together in the early 00s, and they never intended to release. So later on, Eric Prydz must’ve heard the edit they did and remade it, with Steve Winwood redoing the vocals, and boom, bob’s your uncle!

[@robertybob]

@@joaobluz Wrong. There’s a video on KZbin of the true story. Eric Prydz had nothing to do with the song, Ministry of Sound just needed a name to put on a bootleg track they wanted to release.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/raq8cpyLaal-i7s

[@funkerman7]

I mean, its just a mashup lol

[@justblaze7907]

Benassi started my dance music obsession more of a trance fan now but I never forget how Benassi started it all for me

[@reesrowlands8430]

I’m 20 years old, born in 2003 and according to my mum when this song came out and I was only a few months old she used to watch MTV around me a lot and the satisfaction video would always get my attention and that I’d laugh, smile and stare at it, apparently I did the same with All the things she said too which honestly explains a lot about me lmao.

[@hunterst.hunter9222]

Definately one of those classic dance tracks that STUCK with me. Everyone's waxing nostalgic about their 00's club days but i was nine, listening to sounds that were so foreign to the classic rock my parents played.

[@tdawg719]

Been a complete electronic head since 1998. Never loved this song but there’s no question it was massive and it’s legendary

[@Salmanweedbro]

The timeless banger is here to stay 🔥

[@taridean]

I still have this on vinyl from when I first bought it in 2002. Timeless classic and one of the most clever music videos ever made if you look beyond the distractions 😁.

[@djdimapasoc7988]

Bought the CD back in 2023 for a house party. Then our lives were changed forever.

[@ryanperrault8174]

This song was EVERYWHERE back in the early and mid 2000's. Instant classic from the first time I heard it.

[@marcoantoniofilho8023]

Benny, if you can read this, this song is definitely the main song of my childhood. I was born in 94 and I was a child when I heard this bass and drums. Luv u man

[@rohanpoddar2562]

This documentary has revived my love for this song. Thanks.

[@vijaysenthil9883]

One of the greatest drops... The "boom" shook the very core. So iconic that almost every modern DJ is revisiting the track and spinning off their own version. Still rules

[@michelefalco85]

Several of the best dj's of 2000 coming from Italy...a generation of talented djs

[@Stpetersburginjurylawyersmp]

I saw Benny live about 3 years ago, and he put on a great show

[@Meechooilka]

If "Love Don't Let Me Go* introduced me to the sound of house music, then "Satisfaction" solidified my complete and utter obsession with it for years to come. This track changed my life. My entire undergrad at Trent University was done to this.

[@TheZimmermanner]

I simply love Benny. He is legend and he knows that but you can see how humble and purehearted this guy is. He carved his way into dance music pantheon, he kept innovating and merging new things into his sets up to this day. His winter music conference mixes from 2009-2011 are pure gold, I remember listening to them and how he essentially lost his voice shouting with the crowd and how happy he was. Also, Alle's credited as songwriter, this makes my happy somehow. Thanks Benny.

[@Marine5D]

I clearly remember the day this hit dropped. It was nothing i have ever heard before - absolutely unique. So first i felt goosebumps and i was shocked, later on it completely changed my mind about the music, especially club house music. What a f***** banger.

[@MRblazedBEANS]

I got to see him drop this song at freaknight Seattle Washington in like 2008.mabye 2009. Man the whole place went insane when he opened his set with satisfaction. Getting goosebumps thinking about it.

[@j.3854]

dang youre lucky. that era and this song? and live?! awesome 🎉🎉

[@M4rciuZ]

I remember the same kind of feeling while in Mykonos, Benny was playing live, the sunrise at Cavo Paradiso in the background and was 2009.. Amazing!

[@ZoneOne2150]

I got to see him in 2007 on sunset in Hollywood at the music box drop this hit. Epic!

[@JacobAndJamal]

Crazy 20 years ! 🤯 I discovered this track at the CD listening stations of Barns & Noble , of all places 😂

[@HAZARDOUS88]

Still one of my favourite tracks ever. That bassline and kick combo never gets old.

[@hanconscious]

Benny Benassi is the main artist that first got me into electro house. He will forever be an inspiration for my music. Thanks Benny 🙏🏼

[@halfwaythere1832]

This song and album changed my life

[@DJRomaM]

This song was the begging of my journey into the electronic and house music! I still have this album in my car's play list. Massive love and respect to Benny for this! ❤️

[@nicolaso3183]

Same for me, the song that started all!

[@dududududu6019]

this song was so ahead of time and still is it s crazy

[@MihaiDolganiuc]

This song will never age. In Eastern Europe in the 2000’s this was a banger.

[@naguoning]

Everything ages but it was a banger well beyond Eastern Europe, in Taiwan it was too even if most people here didn't notice it.....

[@tunafishboi4236]

One of the best! He seems so humble too. Such great memories of this track and having the fortune to see him live was unreal! Absolutely everyone filled the floor to dance to Benassi. This music brought people together.

[@alessandrodonadeo7514]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM, Italian vibes&talent.

[@MH-rj4hq]

Inspiring Tunisia 🇹🇳

[@saardean4481]

imagine when you have a traffic jam in front of your building you can choose between following options A) start being frustrated B) catch an idea for a dance track that is a world wide hit

[@Dubya-]

The impact of this track is immense.

[@Coversofalbums]

This song really changed music.

[@Impuhlz]

Not sure which is crazier- that this came out 20 YEARS AGO or that Benny may have inadvertently invented side-chaining (as it's used stylistically today) in the process of this legendary banger... all the more in awe of this iconic man

[@LASHH9669]

hate to be that guy, but daft punk did it before in tn this way

[@daanothoff]

Sidechaining back then was already a known technique. He did not invent anything,

[@TrueFilter]

Lol what?

[@SE-dn7xl]

This song will go down in history for electronic music

[@DJMag]

Agreed!

[@rzero21]

20 years later and it still sounds amazing

[@b-rare]

It got better

[@vilisstraumens8469]

Timeless Classic! Still in the playlist! buy the original album "Hypnotica" cassette in back in 2002. Still is my collection. His sound be completely different than others. Real hypnotic tech! He is a legend who i still listening!

[@jameswilson6770]

I'll never forget the night in Aruba in the hotel room and the club across the street playing this song so fucking loud it just shook the place and kept us awake all night! Hearing this song now so many years later just takes me back to that awesome time!

[@fxjh21]

My granddad used to blast this when I was 4. Absolute banger. Good times.

[@m.a.n5324]

Benni is a great guy ! very humble - met him many times . Legend !

[@jackedkerouac4414]

This made me feel extra old. Could've sworn this song blew up in the 2010's time flies.

[@candyman3]

a timeless classic

[@drminkers]

This track is still an absolute beast imo, such a timeless banger❤️

[@schoovaertssimon7904]

hate it or love but that song defined the sound of that decade....And remains an absolute banger to this day.

[@Sonoshee]

Discovered Satisfaction in middle school back in 2007. This track was one of the few that was a launchpad for my love into electronic music. Kids thought I was weird for listening to this kind of music back then, but look at where we are now

[@jcgvieira]

Timeless music, in 2002 I was 16 years old, how fast time flies.

[@firstclasshousemusicradio7046]

I still remember listing the first time to this unique sound. It was in a media store in 2003. There were 10 TV‘s playing the same tv channel - VIVA (German Music TV). And the video was played and the sound was really quiet. So I searched for a remote to turn up the volume. One employee there thought that I was interested in the TV😂. So he started telling me some about that machine. And I was just answering : Please be quiet. I wanna listen.😅 So I watched the song till the end to see who it was. Later I bought the album and went to Benny Benassi‘s live show in Hamburg Reeperbahn. In my opinion it changed a lot about the house music sound. Remixes from Global Deejays, Fedde le Grand and others took that influence in their later hits and it was viral - all over in every disco. For maybe 3-5 years… Legendary

[@FAT8893]

Still loving this tune 20 years later in 2023. Even all the remixes of this tune is equally great.

[@greggodfrey6516]

shortly before this song was released here in canada i dj'd a "rave" in alberta canada with benny benassi.. i say with because i was second on the list & he was last. for the first time i actually stayed instead of heading to the next gig right away. he played this song, it blew my mind because i was such a fan of the acidy sound (mostly trance) it wasnt until months later, that i saw this video on bpmtv & much music that i remembered this song.. the night after flying back i was out with my mates (a tues night) & i was humming the riff over & over & over.. they all told me shut up & either make it a song or get lost (not really) so i explained to them that i had heard it while "working" & it stuck in my head, when it was released i played it for them & they were mind blown i had "worked" with the artist (even tho they had only just heard his name). great memories with a great track! even the new remixes are deadly, especially the hardwell & maddix remix.. dirty, acidy & raw just like the original was

[@StrasnusDude]

first time i heard this song, i was probably 16 or 17 but as a young kid who only listened to heavy rock music, this is one of the songs that introduced me to other genres that i still listen to this day. i am 32 right now.

[@deewave2000]

2002, 2012, 2022 and we will still gonna want it in 2042 !

[@cassettedisco6954]

Recuerdo está canción empezaba en el mundo del djing y la música electrónica fue genial a pesar que todos la escuchaban thanks Benny from México 🇲🇽❤️!!!

[@dhamaka9233]

🔥The music of this song is close to my heart.🔥

[@mumukitty]

I love learning about the construction of a song! So interesting. AFROJACK remix from 10 years ago is quite good too ! Thanks for that interview, i love this song

[@Bthelick]

The Lesson is kids, even a simple saw wave can kill with the right riff and production! 🔥

[@neo8888i]

I will never forget the first time I heard this song haha, my friend told me he had the coolest track ever its going to blow my mind and it indeed blew my mind 😂 never underestimate the homies goods lol

[@chesterchester1249]

Гениальный DJ с большой буквы!!!

[@NeWo9670]

Yes satisfaction is nice. But for me, ''Love is gonna save us'' and ''Illusion'' are legends. Benny Benassi is proof that such legendary things can be done with such simple sounds.

[@altruso9595]

I feel so lucky that I found this video. 😊 thank you for uploading this.

[@DJMag]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nomad1517]

I saw him at spring awakening in soldier field in 2012 right before skrillex's set. He dropped cinema better in my opinion. I love how he has such a heavy Italian accent, yet the guy has some of the smuttiest songs in English, I love it.

[@johnwd22]

good to see and to hear the power what benny has in him as himself and as a DJ !

[@im_damdin]

Benny Benassi legend

[@FuadArtist]

such a timeless song

[@lil_uiara]

1:52 I love the fact that he said that maybe he was using the compressor the wrong way, but it didn't avoid the track to become a big hit. Its a reminder that you don't need to worry so much about being perfect, just have fun while producing! Sometimes you think you're doing all wrong and don't know you're making a big hit!

[@jeanbedo]

Very cool! Blaster bass! I can remember the day I first saw the video clip on TV. And the effect of the kick and bass on my body

[@oceanrosesmusic]

only a legend can create an immortal song🔥

[@Lorix_music]

Che bella storia, orgoglioso di essere italiano! ❤

[@pedrotopam]

One of the best sawtooth wave songs of our era! It's hard but smooth. Crazyness!

[@utlhopia3210]

When you go beyond certain patterns and set them yourself, music takes on a new dimension.

[@destroy_television]

When I turned 18, I moved south to Los Angeles. It was a 12 hour drive. I stopped in Berkeley and went to Amoeba to get a couple cds for the drive. I got a lot of industrial stuff and this album was the one thing that was vastly different. I remember putting it on first and not taking it out of the player for the rest of the drive that night. The whole album is great. I do love the tracks "Let It Be" and "I love my Sex" the most though. Good memories.

[@rallerallesson408]

I wish I was old enough to hear this in the club back in the days. It was crazy enough on computer speakers at home parties though!

[@JimGryp]

I will never forget how much I loved not only satisfaction but the whole album and the tons of remixes in the style of satisfaction to anything at that period. Great times!

[@milhouse777]

Atemporal classic! So simply yet so modern

[@Airooonsteeer]

The first party i ever joined they played his tracks, everybody goes nuts! Was the initial point for my musical journey, thanks man!

[@CloudSpirals]

Satisfaction is a supreme classic, but the whole album Hypnotica was pure Gold as well...! 'Let it be'.... is one of my favourite tracks from that whole era. The true Golden Egg that came from a brilliant artist!!

[@nik_bnv]

Benny Benassi ❤❤❤

[@safextreinamentoseconsulltoria]

This is an awesome song! I remember to listen the song in the radio Joven Pan SP here in Brazi (00's) l! All respect for this legend song!!!🎉