The Chemical Brothers' 'Go' Skyrockets in Streams Following 'Apex' Feature

‘Go’ by The Chemical Brothers has seen a 429 per cent increase in streams, thanks to its use in the Charlize Theron film Apex .

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The 2015 track, from the album ‘Born In The Echoes’, was used in the thriller at a key moment, where hero Sasha (Theron) is being hunted by the antagonist Ben ( Taron Egerton ).

The villain gives her a head start, saying she has until the end of the track until he starts pursuing her. The moment has seen the song experience a jump popularity, going from 92,000 US streams in the period of April 17-23 to 487,000 total U.S. between April 24-30, the period after the film’s release (per Billboard ).

The song was not originally part of the movie, until it was suggested by star Egerton.

Director Baltasar Kormákur told Decider : “Originally in the script, [the line was] ‘10 minutes, and I’ll come after you.’ We came up with this idea that he was going to to put on a song, and when the song is over [he comes after her]. Then came all kinds of ideas of songs. I didn’t want a disco song or something like that. Taron brought this song by The Chemical Brothers, and I was like, ‘That’s perfect.’”

Apex has topped the charts for distributor Netflix , being the most watched film globally on the service the week after its release (April 27-May 5). At the premiere for the film, Theron walked back comments she made about A.I. replacing actors , in relation to criticism of Timothée Chalamet’s dismissal of ballet and opera as art forms.

In Chemical Brothers news, TOMORA , the dance-pop duo consisting of AURORA and Tom Rowlands, was announced as part of the line up for the new series of Later… With Jools Holland , alongside Squeeze and former One Direction member Niall Horan.

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