Astounded (Bran Van 3000 song)

"Astounded"
Single by Bran Van 3000 featuring Curtis Mayfield
from the album Discosis
Released	May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07)
Genre	Funk soul nu-disco
Length	5:57 (album version) 3:54 (long radio edit) 3:29 (short radio edit)
Label	Virgin Grand Royal
Songwriter(s)	James Di Salvio Gary McKenzie Curtis Mayfield Dominique Grand Sylvain Grand
Producer(s)	James Di Salvio Ric Ocasek Dominique Grand Sylvain Grand
Bran Van 3000 singles chronology
"Afrodiziak" (1999) "Astounded" (2001) "Call Me (I'll Be Around)" (2007)
Music video
"Astounded" on YouTube

"Astounded" is a song by Canadian musical collective Bran Van 3000 featuring vocals from American artist Curtis Mayfield. The song contains interpolations from Mayfield's song "Move On Up" and also contains a sample and an interpolated melody of The Doobie Brothers' "Rockin' Down the Highway". The song was first released for download on Bran Van 3000's website in January 2001.^[1] It was then officially released on May 7 of the same year as the lead single from their second studio album, Discosis (2001).

"Astounded" was successful in Canada, receiving heavy airplay on MuchMusic and reaching number three on the Canadian Singles Chart. Outside Canada, the song reached the top 40 in Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom; in the latter country, it peaked at number two on the UK Dance Chart. The song was among Canada's 40 most played radio tracks in 2001 and was ranked number 19 on MuchMore's list of "Top 50 Dance Songs".^{[citation needed]}