Following their massive collaboration with ATB on the BRIT-nominated track “Your Love (9PM),” which has amassed over one billion combined global streams, German-Croatian producer Topic and Swedish singer/songwriter A7S revisit another all-time dance classic on their powerful follow-up single – “Kernkraft 400 (A Better Day).”
“Kernkraft 400 (A Better Day)” is based on the iconic melody from Zombie Nation’s 1999 smash – itself a rework of a theme tune from a 1984 computer game. It’s a riff that can still be heard in sports stadiums around the world, but Topic and A7S have flipped it with surprising results.
A7S’ powerful vocals propel the song over Topic’s brooding melodic techno production, leading to the breakdown where his refrain mimics that melody, just before the riff itself drops into play in all its glory. Soft piano chords provide a melancholy counterpoint ahead of the drop, which pushes the track into stadium anthem territory.