"Drop the Pressure" is a song by the Scottish electronic dance musician Mylo. It appears on Mylo's first and only album Destroy Rock & Roll and was released as a single in the UK on 18 October 2004. The song is constructed from an instrumental and a single vocal line recording by Mylo, who used Reason 2.5 to incorporate a vocoder module.[1]

"Drop the Pressure"
Single by Mylo
from the album Destroy Rock & Roll
ReleasedMay 2004
Length4:15
Label
  • Breastfed
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)MacInnes
Mylo singles chronology
"Muscle Car"
(2004)
"Drop the Pressure"
(2004)
"Valley of the Dolls"
(2004)

"Drop the Pressure" peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, yet topped the charts in the UK in both the Independent Singles Chart and Dance Singles Chart.[2] A mash-up of "Drop the Pressure" and Miami Sound Machine's 1984 song "Dr. Beat" was released in 2005 as "Doctor Pressure".

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Drop the Pressure"
Chart (2004–2005) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 46
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 27
France (SNEP)[5] 34
Germany (GfK)[6] 43
Italy (FIMI)[7] 43
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 32
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 19
UK Indie (OCC)[10] 1
UK Dance (OCC)[11] 1

References

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  1. ^ Kleinfeld, Justin (March 2006). "Mylo". Remix. Vol. 8, no. 3. p. 18. ISSN 1532-1347.
  2. ^ "DROP THE PRESSURE". Official Charts. 30 October 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Mylo – Drop the Pressure". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Mylo – Drop the Pressure" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Mylo – Drop the Pressure" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  6. ^ "artist=Mylo – Drop the Pressure" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Mylo – Drop the Pressure". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Mylo – Drop the Pressure" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2024.