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The main idea was to be free." Daft Punk discussed their method with Spike Jonze, director of the "Da Funk" music video. To be in control, we had to finance what we were doing ourselves. īangalter stated that "to be free, we had to be in control. It was mastered by Nilesh Patel at the London studio The Exchange. It is basically used to make the single a double-feature." The album was mixed and recorded in Daft Punk's studio, Daft House in Paris. Bangalter later stated that the B-side "was never intended to be on the album, and in fact, 'Da Funk' as a single has sold more units than Homework, so more people own it anyways than they would if it had been on the album. We're happy for them." Virgin re-released "Da Funk" with the B-side " Musique" in 1996, a year before releasing Homework. Their departure was noted by Richard Brown of Soma, who affirmed that "we were obviously sad to lose them to Virgin but they had the chance to go big, which they wanted, and it's not very often that a band has that chance after two singles. The increasing popularity of Daft Punk's singles led to a bidding war among record labels, resulting in the duo's signing to Virgin Records in 1996. – Thomas Bangalter, in regards to the duo's creative control and freedom

People say we're control freaks, but control is controlling your destiny without controlling other people. We live in a society where money is what people want, so they can't get the control. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play number-one singles " Da Funk" and " Around the World", the latter of which reached number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album features singles that had significant impact in French house and global dance music scenes, including the U.S. Overall, Homework received positive critical response. By February 2001, the album had sold more than two million copies worldwide and received several gold and platinum certifications.

Homework charted in 14 different countries, peaking at number 3 on the French Albums Chart, number 150 on the United States Billboard 200 and at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. Homework 's success brought worldwide attention to French house music. After working on projects that were intended to be separate singles over five months, they considered the material good enough for an album. The duo produced the tracks without plans to release an album. Homework is the debut studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 20 January 1997 by Virgin Records and Soma Quality Recordings.