Seek Bromance Explained

"Seek Bromance" is a single by Swedish producer and DJ Avicii, made while he was under the name Tim Berg (stylised as Tim/Berg) and is also his second released single. It was released on 17 October 2010 in the United Kingdom, where it charted at number 12. Earlier that year, on 14 April, Avicii released an instrumental song named "Bromance",^[1] which topped the Flemish charts, and peaked at number two in the Netherlands. "Seek Bromance" is a vocal version of this song, with the addition of re-recorded vocals from the track "Love U Seek" by Italian DJ Samuele Sartini featuring English singer Amanda Wilson, who, in the case of "Seek Bromance", is not credited as singer.^[2]

Composition

"Seek Bromance" is set in common time, in the key of C minor, with a tempo of 126 beats per minute.^[3]

Track listing

Dutch digital download "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Edit) – 3:23 "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Extended) – 8:08 "Seek Bromance" (Samuele Sartini Radio Edit) – 3:13 "Seek Bromance" (Samuele Sartini Extended Mix) – 5:26 UK CD single "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Edit) – 3:22 "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Arena Mix) – 8:18 UK digital download "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Edit) – 3:23 "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Extended) – 8:10 "Bromance" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 8:00 "Bromance" (Chris Reece Pinkstar Remix) – 7:04 "Bromance" (Avicii's Arena Mix) – 8:17 "Bromance" (Avicii's Arena Radio Edit) – 3:54

Danish digital download "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Edit) – 3:23 "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Extended) – 8:08 "Seek Bromance" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 8:21 "Seek Bromance" (Samuele Sartini Extended Mix) – 5:26 "Seek Bromance" (Samuele Sartini Radio Edit) – 3:13 "Seek Bromance" (Kato Remix) – 7:40 German digital download "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Edit) – 3:21 "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Extended) – 8:08 "Seek Bromance" (Bimbo Jones Vocal Remix) – 8:21 "Seek Bromance" (Samuele Sartini Radio Edit) – 3:13 "Seek Bromance" (Samuele Sartini Extended Mix) – 5:26 German CD single "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Edit) – 3:21 "Seek Bromance" (Avicii's Vocal Extended) – 8:09

Personnel

From liner notes:

• Songwriting

Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Maurizio Colella, Samuele Sartini, Maurizio Alfieri, Davide Domenella, Wendy Lewis, Andrea Tonici, Amanda Wilson, Massimiliano Moroldo

• Production

Tim Bergling

• Mixing

Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri

• Executive producer

Arash Pournouri

• Vocal production and programming: Wez Clarke
• Additional vocal recording and production: Tom Kent

Music video

The music video was filmed in California and showcases a road trip with two guys and a girl.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010–11)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA Dance Chart)[4]	7
Estonia (Eesti Top 40)[5]	8
European Hot 100 Singles[6]	65
Poland (Polish Airplay TV)[7]	5
Poland (Dance Top 50)[8]	3
Romania (UPFR)[9]	32

Notes

• The version that charted in Belgium and the Netherlands was the original instrumental as opposed to the vocal edit.

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10]	13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[11]	44
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[12]	63
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13]	7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14]	20
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	53
UK Singles (OCC)[16]	190

Chart (2011)	Position
France (SNEP)[17]	87
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[18]	19
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[19]	66
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[20]	94
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21]	69
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[22]	10

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Netherlands[23]	17 October 2010	Digital download	Zouk
United Kingdom[24] [25]	24 October 2010		Ministry of Sound
Denmark[26]	3 November 2010	Digital download	U&!
Germany[27] [28]	12 November 2010		Kontor

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14 April 2019 . Avicii Bromance History . edm.com.
2. Web site: Seek Bromance definition/meaning. Omnilexica. en. 2018-02-20.
3. Web site: Bromance from PinkStar Records on Beatport. www.beatport.com. 2018-02-20.
4. Web site: The ARIA Report: Issue 1063 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100710140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100711-0000/Issue1063.pdf . dead . 2010-07-10 . Pandora . ARIA Charts . 17 January 2011.
5. Web site: Estonian Airplay Chart. 2013-01-17. 2012-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306233420/http://www.uuno.ee/index.php?pid=194&lang=1. dead.
6. Billboard - Music Charts, Music News, Artist Photo Gallery & Free Video. Billboard.
7. Web site: Top 5 Airplay TV. ZPAV. . 2017-02-09.
8. Web site: Dance Chart :: Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video . . 2011-01-01 . 2011-09-23 . Polish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111011224630/http://zpav.pl/rankingi/listy/dyskoteki/index.php?idlisty=265 . 2011-10-11 .
9. Web site: Top 50 Airplay Romania. RomaniaLibera.ro. 2011-02-01. 2011-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20110129022429/http://www.romanialibera.ro/arte/muzica/video-topul-celor-mai-difuzate-50-de-videoclipuri-in-romania-214607.html. dead.
10. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2010. Ultratop. 16 October 2019.
11. Web site: Rapports Annuels 2010. Ultratop. 16 October 2019.
12. Web site: Dance Top 100 - a hazai DJ-k játszásai alapján - 2010. Mahasz. 27 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240327102032/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/dance/2010. 27 March 2024. live.
13. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2010. Dutch Top 40. 16 October 2019.
14. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 2010. Hung Medien. 19 December 2019.
15. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2010. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 16 October 2019.
16. Web site: End of Year 2010. UKChartsPlus. 14 April 2020.
17. Web site: Top de l'année Top Singles 2011. SNEP. fr. 18 July 2020.
18. Web site: Dance Top 100 - 2011. 20 December 2019. Mahasz.
19. Web site: MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 - radios 2011 . Hungarian . MAHASZ . 16 October 2019.
20. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart 2011. TopHit. ru. 14 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230310144359/https://tophit.com/ru/chart/top/radio/hits/russia/annual/2011-01-01. 10 March 2023.
21. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2011. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 16 October 2019.
22. Dance/Mix Show Songs – Year-End 2011. Billboard. 8 September 2019.
23. Web site: Seek Bromance - EP van Tim Berg - Download Seek Bromance - EP op iTunes. 17 October 2010 . iTunes Store. 31 October 2010.
24. Web site: Seek Bromance: Tim Berg: Amazon.co.uk: Music. Amazon.co.uk. 31 October 2010.
25. Web site: Seek Bromance by Tim Berg - Download Seek Bromance on iTunes. 22 October 2010 . iTunes Store. 31 October 2010.
26. Web site: Seek Bromance (Remixes) by Tim Berg - Download Seek Bromance (Remixes) on iTunes. iTunes Store. 12 November 2010.
27. Web site: Seek Bromance: Tim Berg: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads. Amazon.de. 27 November 2010.
28. Web site: Seek Bromance: Tim Berg: Amazon.de: Musik. Amazon.de. 27 November 2010.