Levels (Avicii song)

"Levels" is a song produced by Swedish DJ Avicii. The song premiered as an untitled track on Pete Tong's Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 on 11 December 2010. Bergling promoted "Levels" through live performances throughout 2011, building anticipation for the song pre-release. Universal Music Group issued it as a single on 28 October 2011 on iTunes. Musically, "Levels" is a progressive house, electronica, and EDM track built around a motif, consisting of a synth lead and a chord progression that is asynchronous with the bass and vocal motifs. The song lifts vocal samples from Etta James's "Something's Got a Hold on Me" during a brief intermission.

Following its release, Avicii regularly performed "Levels" in his live performances. A music video, directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos, posted to YouTube on 29 November 2011. The video is about a businessman who inexplicably starts dancing at his workplace, where he is tased unconscious and sent to the hospital. There, upon waking, he influences the hospital's inhabitants to inexplicably dance as well. The music video was nominated for Best Electronic Dance Music Video at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.

"Levels" received critical acclaim for its composition. The song won Best Song at the 2012 Grammis Awards and was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in 2013. It was commercially successful, topping charts in Sweden and Norway and peaking within the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, it has received platinum certifications in multiple countries, including being certified eight times in Sweden by the GLF. "Levels" served as Bergling's breakout hit and signature song, in addition to being one of the first commercially successful songs released during the 2010s mainstreaming of EDM music in the United States.