{{Short description|2005 single by Mylo and Miami Sound Machine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox song | name = Drop the Pressure | cover = | caption = | alt = | type = single | artist = Mylo | album = Destroy Rock & Roll | released = May 2004 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = {{duration|m=4|s=15}} | label = * Breastfed | writer = * Myles MacInnes | producer = MacInnes | chronology = Mylo | prev_title = Muscle Car | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Valley of the Dolls | next_year = 2004 | misc = }}
"'''Drop the Pressure'''" is a song by the Scottish electronic dance musician Mylo. It appears on Mylo's first and only album ''Destroy Rock & Roll'' and was released as a single in the UK on 18 October 2004. The song is constructed from an instrumental and a single vocal line recording by Mylo, who used Reason 2.5 to incorporate a vocoder module.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kleinfeld |first=Justin |date=March 2006 |title=Mylo |magazine=Remix |page=18 |volume=8 |issue=3 |issn=1532-1347}}</ref>
"Drop the Pressure" peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, yet topped the charts in the UK in both the Independent Singles Chart and Dance Singles Chart.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-10-30 |title=DROP THE PRESSURE |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/mylo-drop-the-pressure/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}</ref> A mash-up of "Drop the Pressure" and Miami Sound Machine's 1984 song "Dr. Beat" was released in 2005 as "Doctor Pressure".
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "Drop the Pressure" !scope="col"|Chart (2004–2005) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Australia|46|artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Flanders|27|artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|France|34|artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Germany|43|artist=artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024|songid=82351}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Italy|43|artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|Dutch100|32|artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|UK|19|artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024||date=20041030}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|UKindie|1|artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024||date=20041030}} |- !scope="row"{{single chart|UKdance|1|artist=Mylo|song=Drop the Pressure|access-date=17 November 2024||date=20041030}} |}
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Category:2004 songs Category:2004 singles Category:Mylo songs Category:Songs written by Mylo Category:UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles