The Spark (Afrojack song)

This article is about the 2013 song by Afrojack. For the song by Kabin Crew and Lisdoonvarna Crew, see The Spark (Kabin Crew and Lisdoonvarna Crew song).

"The Spark" is a single by the Dutch DJ and record producer Afrojack, featuring vocals by American singer Spree Wilson. It was released on 11 October 2013, through Island Records, as the lead single from his debut studio album Forget the World (2014).^[1]

"The Spark"
Single by Afrojack featuring Spree Wilson
from the album Forget the World
Released	11 October 2013
Genre	Electro house dance-pop
Length	4:03 (radio edit) 6:55 (club edit)
Label	Wall Recordings PM:AM Universal Island Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Nick van de Wall Joseph Young III Mark Maxwell
Producer(s)	Afrojack
Afrojack singles chronology
"As Your Friend" (2013) "The Spark" (2013) "Ten Feet Tall" (2014)
Spree Wilson singles chronology
"The Only One" (2013) "The Spark" (2013) "Ghostchild" (2015)

It was re-released in November and entered the UK singles chart at number 17. The song was also featured on the promos for the MTV EMA 2013 on 10 November. One of the locations in the video is Parisian Palace, by Nico Santucci.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "The Spark" was first released on YouTube on 11 October 2013.^[2]

Track listing

Digital download – single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Spark" (featuring Spree Wilson)	5:11

Digital download – EP^[3]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Spark" (Tiësto vs. Twoloud remix)	4:36
2.	"The Spark" (DubVision remix)	6:00
3.	"The Spark" (Michael Calfan remix)	6:02
4.	"The Spark" (Tetsuya Komuro remix)	4:04
5.	"The Spark" (Blasterjaxx remix)	5:22

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2013–14) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[4] 37 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 39 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[6] 5 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 16 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[8] 4 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 17 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[10] 16 Denmark (Tracklisten)[11] 37 Germany (GfK)[12] 36 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 14 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 19 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[15] 9 Poland (Dance Top 50)[16] 44 Scotland (OCC)[17] 10 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[18] 59 Slovenia (SloTop50)[19] 43 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 73 UK Singles (OCC)[21] 17 UK Dance (OCC)[22] 5 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[23] 8 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[24] 21

Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[25] 77 Chart (2014) Position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[26] 98 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[27] 73

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[28]	Platinum	70,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI)[29]	2× Platinum	40,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.