Swedish House Mafia ‘Don’t You Worry Child’ Reaches Billion YouTube Views

Eleven years after its release, the video for Swedish House Mafia’s “Don’t You Worry Child” is still making history. On Wednesday (August 21), YouTube announced that the video had been viewed over 1 billion times on the platform, marking the trio’s first clip to join the elite group.

Released on September 14, 2012, “Don’t You Worry Child” was an instant dance hit that would go on to define the EDM era of the 2010s. The song itself currently has 547.8 million official on-demand U.S. streams, according to Luminate.

The video for “Don’t You Worry Child”, which was released on the same day as the song, expanded the lore surrounding the song and the group, who had announced their breakup three months earlier. The video’s narrative focuses on the breakup, working into news reports about the situation and also features footage from the group’s July 14, 2012, performance at England’s Milton Keynes Bowl, where they debuted the song.

“Don’t You Worry Child” spent 33 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2012 and 2013, peaking at number 6 in February 2013.

With this achievement, Swedish House Mafia joins the Billion Views Club, which already includes a host of hits such as Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito”, Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”, Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” featuring Charlie Puth, Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” featuring Bruno Mars and other videos from artists such as Rihanna, Drake, The Weeknd and Cyndi Lauper.

As for how much artists get paid for crossing the billion stream mark, royalties depend on factors like label affiliation, location and type of view. For example, artists signed to major labels — which represent the vast majority of members of the Billion Views Club — earn higher rates on the platform than artists who are unsigned or affiliated with an indie label.