"Ghost" | ||||
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Single by Mystery Skulls | ||||
from the album Forever | ||||
Released | December 10, 2013 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Length | 4:18 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Luis Dubuc | |||
Producer(s) | Luis Dubuc | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Ghost" on YouTube |
"Ghost" is a song written, recorded, produced and performed by American musician Luis Dubuc for his solo project Mystery Skulls. The track was released by Warner Bros. Records as the lead single off the project's debut album Forever described as an electro retro funk track, written, produced and performed by Dubuc, is about him wanting to "disappear completely and start over" after he didn't let anyone know about him moving from Dallas to Los Angeles, as reflected in the song's chorus. The official music video for the track, directed by Josh Thomas, was released in February 2014 by Vice Media's electronic music channel Thump. However, a fan-animated music video for the song, which garnered over two million views in less than a month, helped put the track in the top 20 of the American Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart. The song was also very well received from music critics.
"Ghost" is a four-minute, eighteen-second song described by Vibe as an "electro retro funk" track with harmonies influenced from disco. "Ghost" is about wanting to "disappear completely and start over" again, as it was inspired by Dubuc relocating from Dallas to Los Angeles without letting anyone know. The concept of the song is sung in the hook "This time I might just disappear." He described it as "really special song. The moment I wrote it, I thought, 'Wow, this could really be something." Written and produced by Dubuc, the original mix that appears on Mystery Skulls' debut album Forever was mixed by Jeremy Wheatley for 365 Artists at 4db Studios in London, with Adam Looker assisting. Colin Leonard mastered the track at SING Mastering in Atlanta using SING Technology.