"Doctor Pressure" is a song by
Mylo and
Miami Sound Machine, from the re-issue of Mylo's debut studio album Destroy Rock & Roll (2004). The song was written by
Elias Enrique Garcia and the producer Mylo. It was released by
Sony BMG and Breastfed Recordings on 5 September 2005, as the sixth
single from the album. Initially created as a
bootleg recording by Phil 'N' Dog, the
mashup contains a
sample of the songs "Drop the Pressure" and "
Dr. Beat" by Mylo and Miami Sound Machine respectively.
"Doctor Pressure" peaked at number three on the
UK Singles Chart, number five on the
Irish Singles Chart, and at number 12 on the Australian
ARIA Singles Chart. An accompanying
music video was directed by
Hexstatic member Stuart Warren Hill and released in 2005, which uses a
DVJ to
scratch and insert footage. The video is considered to be one of the first official
mashup videos, while the song was later sampled by One Bit and
Noah Cyrus on "My Way".
Background and release
Mylo released the
electro song "Drop the Pressure" in October 2004,[1][2] which was included on his debut studio album Destroy Rock & Roll (2004).[3] During its production, Mylo used
Reason 2.5 to incorporate a
vocoder module in the song.[4] Phil 'N' Dog released a
bootleg recording titled "Doctor Pressure" that
spliced "Drop the Pressure" with
Miami Sound Machine's 1984 song "
Dr. Beat", which Mylo then made minor alterations to the song.[5] "Doctor Pressure" was written by
Elias Enrique Garcia and the producer Mylo, while it was
mastered by John Davis at Alchemy Soho.[6] The song contains a
sample of "Dr. Beat",[7] which is included in a
mashup with "Drop the Pressure".[8]
"Doctor Pressure" was released as the sixth
single from the re-issue of Destroy Rock N Roll on 5 September 2005, which included three new songs.[3] Both
Sony BMG and Breastfed Recordings believed that the song would introduce the album to a wider audience.[9] Writing for the National Post in 2007, Maryam Siddiqi stated that fans of the
dance genre would "[clap] their hands for more" mashups such as "Doctor Pressure".[10]
Commercial performance
"Doctor Pressure" debuted at the number three peak on the
UK Singles Chart dated 11 September 2005,[11] with 19,881 copies sold in the first week.[3] The song subsequently peaked higher than both "Dr. Beat" and "Drop the Pressure" on the chart,[12] and remained for 26 weeks.[11] It was eventually
certified gold by the
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 25 August 2023 for track-equivalent sales of 400,000 units.[13] In Ireland, "Doctor Pressure" debuted on the
Irish Singles Chart dated 8 September 2005. The song bowed at number five and remained on the chart for 11 weeks.[14] It additionally debuted at the number five peak on the
Scottish Singles Chart dated 11 September 2005.[15] On the Australian
ARIA Singles Chart dated 11 June 2005, "Doctor Pressure" bowed at number 12, where it remained for 11 weeks.[16]
Music video and legacy
An accompanying
music video was released in 2005 and directed by Stuart Warren Hill of English
electronic music duo
Hexstatic.[17] Warren Hill utilized a
DVJ to
scratch sections, with the footage inserted in the video's
cut.[18] Chris Mugan of The Independent acknowledged that it is "one of the first officially sanctioned
mash-up visuals" along with
Addictive TV's video for "Rapture Riders", a mashup of
Blondie's 1981 song "
Rapture" and
the Doors' 1971 song "
Riders on the Storm".[19] In 2017, British duo One Bit and American singer
Noah Cyrus sampled "Doctor Pressure" on the song "My Way",[20] which consequently sampled "Drop the Pressure" too. Writing for The Fader, Owen Myers stated that Cyrus' "full-bodied" vocals modernised "Drop the Pressure".[1]
^Lyons, Beverley; Bennett, Cath (13 January 2006). "Mylo Deaf; Superstar Scots DJ stuck in Cape Town after an ear infection left him temporarily unable to hear". Daily Record. p. 18 – via
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^"Reviews - Records released 05.09.05: Singles". Music Week. 5 September 2005. p. 24.
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^Doctor Pressure (German maxi single liner notes). Mylo, Miami Sound Machine. Germany: Superstar Recordings,
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