How Benny Benassi's 'Satisfaction' Was Inspired By Honking Cars

Benny Benassi has spoken to DJ Mag about the formation of his smash hit Satisfaction. 

He spoke to the website about the inspiration behind the track's famous melody, meeting Craig David, its iconic film clip and going up against Beyonce in the charts.

Benassi explains that his cousin Ale was in a classic band.

"Sometimes I asked Ale sometimes to come with me and play the saxophone in the club during my set."

"We lived in the same building so we built a home studio together. 

In the studio, Benassi explains the story of when his cousin came back from tour in Tunisia. A trip that would inspire the iconic bassline to the track.

"When my cousin came to the studio after his tour in Tunisia, he played me a bunch of notes."

Ale described that "When I was in Tunisia I was playing the clarinet in my room and there was a traffic jam under the street. And it fixed a bunch of notes into my brain."

In the video, Benassi proceeds to hum the iconic bass line from the track. 

"Wow this is crazy we can start from here."

He also explains that Satisfaction started as an instrumental club track but needed a message to become a hit. 

He explains that "getting a vocalist" in Italy was not easy, so he, "tried with this vocoder," which would eventually make one of the most iconic dance vocals of all time.

You can check out the full video below.