"I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (also known by its censored title "In Ibiza" or its clean title "I Took a Plane to Ibiza")[citation needed] is a song by American singer Mike Posner. The song, originally acoustic guitar-based, was remixed by Norwegian production duo (now trio) SeeB and released digitally as a single in the United States on April 14, 2015.
The original version is on Posner's second EP The Truth, while both versions are on his second studio album At Night, Alone. The title references Ibiza, a Mediterranean island that is part of the Balearic Islands of Spain, while the pill was a "mystery" drug according to Posner. Posner later confirmed that the identity of the mystery substance was MDMA.
Although the original version of the song is relatively unknown, the SeeB remix peaked within the top ten of the charts in twenty-seven countries, including number one in Belgium, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. In the latter country, the song remained at the top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks.
It achieved high chart positions in Posner's native United States, where it reached number one on both the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart and the Billboard Pop Songs chart, also peaking at number four on the main chart Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.
The song became Posner's biggest single, outperforming his debut, "Cooler than Me" (2010), and was later nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year.The original version is on Posner's second EP The Truth, while both versions are on his second studio album At Night, Alone.
The title references Ibiza, a Mediterranean island that is part of the Balearic Islands of Spain, while the pill was a "mystery" drug according to Posner. Posner later confirmed that the identity of the mystery substance was MDMA.