{"id":66308,"date":"2016-09-03T19:43:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T19:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.aws.dancingastronaut.com\/?p=262226"},"modified":"2016-09-03T19:43:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T19:43:27","slug":"the-chainsmokers-new-anthem-closer-now-co-credited-to-the-fray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/?p=66308","title":{"rendered":"The Chainsmokers\u2019 new anthem \u2018Closer\u2019 now co-credited to The Fray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports are coming in that\u00a0<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/the-chainsmokers\/\" >The Chainsmokers<\/a>\u00a0are now crediting the Colorado-based band The Fray for co-writing their new hit &#8220;Closer,&#8221; which features Halsey on vocal duty.\u00a0Initial observations found a striking similarity between the band&#8217;s 2005 record &#8220;Over My Head,&#8221; which is considered one of their most popular works alongside &#8220;You Found Me&#8221; and &#8220;How To Save A Life.&#8221;<\/p><p>Since news of the discovery, The Chainsmokers&#8217; single on ASCAP has been updated to reflect guitarist Joe King and vocalist Isaac Slade&#8217;s participation. A representative for The Fray also confirmed their official status as co-writers. The Chainsmokers and ASCAP have yet to comment.<\/p><p>The Chainsmokers&#8217; &#8220;Closer&#8221; <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2016\/08\/chainsmokers-closer-billboard-hot-100\/\" >recently topped<\/a> Billboard&#8217;s Hot 100 Chart, and was performed by the duo at the <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2016\/08\/watch-chainsmokers-halsey-perform-live-mtv-vmas\/\" >MTV VMAs<\/a>.<\/p><p><em>Via: <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/dance\/7495958\/chainsmokers-closer-the-fray-songwriting-credits\">Billboard<\/a><\/em><\/p><p><strong>Read More:<\/strong><\/p><p\nclass=\"item-title\"><a\ntitle=\"The Chainsmokers\u2019 \u2018Closer\u2019 has topped Billboard\u2019s Hot 100\" href=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2016\/08\/chainsmokers-closer-billboard-hot-100\/\">The Chainsmokers\u2019 \u2018Closer\u2019 has topped Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 <\/a><\/p><p\nclass=\"item-title\"><a\ntitle=\"Watch The Chainsmokers and Halsey perform live at the MTV VMAs\" href=\"http:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2016\/08\/watch-chainsmokers-halsey-perform-live-mtv-vmas\/\">Watch The Chainsmokers and Halsey perform live at the MTV VMAs <\/a><\/p> <img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DancingAstronaut\/~4\/i-w6a0H-jNw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keen fans of The Chainsmokers might notice that new co-writers have been added to the &#8216;Closer&#8217; list: Issac Slade &amp; Joe King of The Fray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66308"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66309,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66308\/revisions\/66309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}