Singles
Homework featured singles that had significant impact in the French house and global dance music scenes. The first single from the album was "Alive", included as a B-side on single "The New Wave", released in April 1994. "Da Funk" followed as the second single, released first in 1995 by Soma, and re-released in 1996 by Virgin Records. The song became the first number-one single for the duo on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. The song also reached No.7 in the United Kingdom and France. The third single was "Around the World". The song became a critical and commercial success, becoming the second number-one single on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and reaching No.11 in Australia, No.5 in the United Kingdom and No.61 on the Billboard Hot 100. In October 2011, NME placed the song at number 21 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
The fourth single was "Burnin'", released on September 1997 and which peaked at No. 30 on the United Kingdom. The fifth and final single released from Homework was "Revolution 909", on February 1998. The song reached No.47 on the United Kingdom and No.12 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 1999, the duo released a video collection featuring music videos of tracks and singles from the album. It was named D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes. Its title derives from the appearance of dogs ("Da Funk" and "Fresh"), androids ("Around the World"), firemen ("Burnin'"), and tomatoes ("Revolution 909") in the videos, although there is no cohesive plot connecting any of the episodes.
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