Diplo: Beyonce track started off as 'joke song'
Producer and DJ Diplo says a sample he came up with that Beyonce later used started off as a bit of fun. "I still think a lot of people don't even realise where that song came from," Diplo told Newsbeat. Beyonce's single, Run the World (Girls), contains parts of Pon De Floor, a track Diplo produced with his group Major Lazer. He added: "That song never really had a push. It was a song we did, kind of like a funny kind of a joke song." The 37-year-old American has produced tracks for Usher, Azealia Banks and Marina & the Diamonds. He recalls working with Beyonce as a surreal experience: "We had to finish up a few records we were working with her on," said Diplo. He also worked on Beyonce's latest single, End of Time. "That was super weird man. Like I remember we were in the studio working with her and I still couldn't believe it."
