Martin Garrix’s ‘Don’t Look Down’ Hits 10th Anniversary

In the early days of Martin Garrix’s music he stuck to making Big Room House where he produced some huge tracks like ‘Tremor’ and ‘Animals.’ When 2015 came around he started to really diversify his sound entering into the realms of progressive house and pop which is a journey that began with his fantastic collaboration with Usher, ‘Don’t Look Down.’

This collaboration wasn’t planned and came around purely by chance when Garrix sent a demo of the track to his manager who happened to have the king of RnB Usher visiting. When Usher heard the track, he quickly showed interest in providing vocals for it and shortly after was on facetime with Garrix to talk through working with him.

Despite ‘Don’t Look Down’ being a song that was stylistically out of both artists comfort zones, they managed to create exactly what they aimed for, a song that would make people smile. Usher’s rich vocals combined with Garrix’s unparalleled melody writing made for a chart hit as it went to number 3 on the Billboard US Dance Club Songs and reached the top 10 in the UK and the Netherlands.

At Ultra Music Festival 2015 the crowd was treated to hearing the song live with Usher joining Garrix on stage to sing in a simply historic moment. 10 years and 287 million streams later, ‘Don’t Look Down’ remains one of Garrix’s greatest collaborations that helped make him a household name.