


The iconic ‘la la la la’ bits follow as a post-chorus, only adding to the outrageous catchiness of it all. For her new single ‘My Head & My Heart’, part of a re-release of said debut album, she interpolates the melody of Russian 90s banger ‘Pesenka’ by Ruki Vverh!, mostly known through cover ‘Around the World’ by German band ATC.Īva Max and producers Cirkut, Jonas Blue and Earwulf used the insanely catchy melody of the euro dance classic for the verses and wrote new lyrics to it that fit perfectly. So far she used famous hooks in songs like ‘Kings & Queens’ (uses the melody of Bon Jovi’s ‘You Give Love A Bad Name and Bonnie Tyler’s ‘If I Was A Woman and You Were A Man’), ‘Torn’ (production seems to sample ABBA’s ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)’), David Guetta collaboration ‘Let It Be Me’ (samples Suzanne Vega’s ‘Tom’s Diner’) and one of the strongest tracks of her debut album ‘Born To The Night (uses the melody of Peter Schilling’s ‘Major Tom (Coming Home)’. Ava Max is queen of borrowed bops with excellent new singleĪva Max is quickly becoming the queen of giving well known melodies new purpose in her own songs.
