Giorgio Moroder - Giorgio by Moroder [Live] - Hammersmith Apollo - 02-04-2019

Italian music producer Giorgio Moroder performs live on stage during his first live tour, at Hammersmith Apollo, on April 02, 2019 in London, England.

"Giorgio by Moroder" is a song written and recorded by French electronic music duo Daft Punk for their fourth studio album, Random Access Memories (2013). It is the third track on the album. The song features a monologue by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder, who speaks about his early life and musical career. "Giorgio by Moroder" charted in France and Sweden due to downloads of the album.

Background

"Giorgio by Moroder" features the voice and story of Giorgio Moroder.
Giorgio Moroder first publicly mentioned his collaboration with Daft Punk in May 2012; he revealed that he had recorded a monologue about his life for a track on the album. Daft Punk's pitch to Moroder was to conduct an extensive interview with him, and to edit excerpts of the resulting monologue into a documentary song. "Giorgio by Moroder" was created to serve as a metaphor about musical freedom, as Daft Punk believed that a monologue by Moroder about his career would serve as an analogy for music's history regarding exploration of genres and tastes. The duo had been in contact with Moroder in relation to a possible contribution for the Tron: Legacy (2010) film score, but this never occurred.

Moroder clarified that he was not involved in the composition of the track: "They did not let me get involved at all. Thomas asked me if I wanted to tell the story of my life. Then they would know what to do with it." Moroder further explained that he was unaware of how the duo would incorporate his monologue, at one point thinking the duo "might cut it up into a rap". Daft Punk based the composition on a demo the duo had made years earlier, specifically because they felt that the piece resembled Moroder's style. Among the topics Moroder spoke of in his monologue was his creative process behind Donna Summer's album I Remember Yesterday (1977) and its closing track "I Feel Love". Upon hearing "Giorgio by Moroder" in complete form, he felt that it had been inspired by his own recordings, particularly "I Feel Love".