The Business

“The Business” is the late 2020 deep house single from Dutch DJ and producer Tiësto, featuring uncredited vocals from James “Yami” Bell, who wrote the track along with Tiësto, Julia Karlsson and Anton Rundberg.

“The Business” tells the story of a person admitting that their relationship is no longer working, but giving it “one more night to get this”, but ultimately getting down to business – meaning breaking up.

The music video was released alongside the single, and was directed by Christian Breslauer. The video features US dancers Casey Frey and Kyla Bullings, with Frey playing the role of an zombie just come to life thanks to Bullings, who takes him to diners to show his dancing talents. As of late April 2021, the video has almost 91 million views with over 920 thousand likes.

Release Date: 25th September 2020

Songwriter/s: Tijs Verwest, James Bell, Julia Karlsson & Anton Rundberg

Producer/s: Tiësto & Hightower

Label/s: Musical Freedom & Atlantis

Music Video Release Date: 25th September 2020

Music Video Director: Christian Breslauer

Chart Rankings & Certifications: “The Business” performed extremely well globally, charting in many countries around the world for many weeks:

– #4 in Australia
– #7 in Austria
– #2 in Belgium
– #97 in Brazil
– #16 in Canada
– #1 on CIS (Tophit)
– #1 & #3 in the Czech Republic
– #4 in Denmark
– #15 in Finland
– #62 in France
– #3 in Germany
– #29 in Greece
– #1 & #10 on multiple charts in Hungary
– #1 in Ireland
– #2 in Israel
– #34 in Italy
– #1 in Lithuania
– #1 in the Netherlands
– #24 in New Zealand
– #10 in Norway
– #2 in Poland
– #7 in Portugal
– #1 in Romania
– #2 in Russia
– #1 & #2 in Slovakia
– #40 in Spain
– #11 in Sweden
– #4 in Switzerland
– #3 on the UK Singles chart
– #2 on the UK Dance chart
– #18 in the Ukraine
– #69 on the US Billboard Hot 100
– #2 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs
– #24 on the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40
– #34 on the US Billboard Rhythmic

“The Business” is certified:

– Platinum in Australia, Belgium, Canada and Poland
– Gold in Denmark, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the UK.

The lyrics to “The Business” can be accessed here.

Listen to “The Business” on Apple Music.

Listen to “The Business” on Spotify.