Hello (Martin Solveig and Dragonette song)

"Hello"
Single by Martin Solveig and Dragonette
from the album Smash
Released	6 September 2010 (2010-09-06)
Genre	Electro house electro rock[1]
Length	4:42
Label	Mixture Stereophonic Mercury Spinnin' 3Beat
Songwriter(s)	Martin Solveig Martina Sorbara
Producer(s)	Martin Solveig
Martin Solveig singles chronology
"Boys & Girls" (2009) "Hello" (2010) "Ready 2 Go" (2011)
Dragonette singles chronology
"Fire in Your New Shoes" (2010) "Hello" (2010) "Animale" (2010)
Music video
"Hello" short version on YouTube "Hello" long version on YouTube

"Hello" is a song performed by French DJ and record producer Martin Solveig and Canadian synth-pop band Dragonette, taken from Solveig's fifth studio album, Smash (2011). The song was released as the album's lead single on 6 September 2010 by Mercury Records.

It is Solveig's most successful single to date, peaking at number one in Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Czech Republic and the Netherlands, while charting within the top 10 in ten other countries. It also reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. Additionally, the song became Solveig's and Dragonette's first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2011, eventually peaking at number 46 in June. It has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 1,000,000 units.

The song has been featured in 90210,^[2] The Vampire Diaries,^[3] Gossip Girl,^[4] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Skins, Some Girls, and Ted Lasso.^[5] It was also featured in Tim Hortons' 2013 ad for their 'Roll up the Rim to Win' promotion. It also used as the intro theme to the TV series Cheer! on CMT. The song appears in the video game Dance Central 3.