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Eternity

2012 single by Paul van Dyk featuring Adam Young

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"Eternity" is a song by German DJ, Paul van Dyk. It was released on March 8, 2012, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Evolution. The song features American electronica artist Adam Young. Background In an interview with Billboard, van Dyk spoke about collaborating with Young; "He's probably one of the most insanely great people I've ever met. We got in contact three or four years ago, before he had a big hit with 'Fireflies'... The first track I sent him, he didn't know what to do with, because it was basically finished. I went back to the studio and wrote another piece of music that had more space for him to do his magic." Composition "Eternity" was written by Paul van Dyk and Adam Young, while production was also handled by van Dyk. He composed the track while touring in Greece and Young wrote the lyrics whilst he was touring in Australia. Recording took place in New York City and the final production occurred in Berlin in van Dyk's studio. Critical reception "Eternity" was met with positive reviews from music critics. David Greenwald of MTV stated, "The track gets some big-hearted vocals from Owl City's Adam Young, who borrows a page from Coldplay... The blinking four-on-the-floor beat strikes a balance between Young's breathy vocals and dance floor electricity, with the drums dropping out for the chorus before climbing back into the mix for a rave-y explosion." Scott Shetler of PopCrush called the track a "dance song" that complements well with Young's vocals. He also added that Young was a "good fit" for the song. Katie Hasty of Uproxx stated that the song feels inspired by Owl City's hit song "Fireflies".

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Notable quotes

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.”
— Henry Brooks Adams, in The Education of Henry Adams (1907), Chapter XX
“If we consider eternity, into that time never entered; eternity is not an everlasting flux of time, but time is as a short parenthesis in a long period; and eternity had been the same as it is, though time had never been.”
— John Donne, Book of Devotions, Meditation 14 (1624)
“Eternity has no gray hairs! The flowers fade, the heart withers, man grows old and dies, the world lies down in the sepulchre of ages, but time writes no wrinkles on the brow of Eternity.”
— Reginald Heber, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 213
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
— Norman Fitzroy Maclean in A River Runs Through It
“The youth of the soul is everlasting, and eternity is youth.”
— Jean Paul Richter, reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 213
“Eternity! — Didn't it give you the cold shivers?”
— Tennessee Williams, in Summer and Smoke (1948)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.”
— Henry Brooks Adams, in The Education of Henry Adams (1907), Chapter XX
“If we consider eternity, into that time never entered; eternity is not an everlasting flux of time, but time is as a short parenthesis in a long period; and eternity had been the same as it is, though time had never been.”
— John Donne, Book of Devotions, Meditation 14 (1624)
“Eternity has no gray hairs! The flowers fade, the heart withers, man grows old and dies, the world lies down in the sepulchre of ages, but time writes no wrinkles on the brow of Eternity.”
— Reginald Heber, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 213
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
— Norman Fitzroy Maclean in A River Runs Through It
“The youth of the soul is everlasting, and eternity is youth.”
— Jean Paul Richter, reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 213
“Eternity! — Didn't it give you the cold shivers?”
— Tennessee Williams, in Summer and Smoke (1948)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).