Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners

French producer Kungs and Australian duo Cookin' on 3 Burners came together in 2016 for 'This Girl,' a track that found its way onto charts in multiple countries. The song's simple, looping bassline and soulful vocal hook gave it an immediate presence in clubs and on radio. It became the kind of track that defined a summer, played everywhere from beach parties to mainstream pop stations.

Kungs, whose real name is Valentin Brunel, is from Toulon in France. Before 'This Girl,' he had put out a track called 'Don't You Know' in 2015. Cookin' on 3 Burners, the Melbourne-based duo of Tim Hoey and Matthew Coleman, brought a groove-oriented, instrumental feel to the collaboration. Their partnership was essentially a one-off studio project that turned into a massive, unexpected hit.

There was some noise around the track later, with claims it borrowed from another producer's work, but that was settled out of court. The song itself, 'This Girl,' remains the entire story of this collaboration, a single, global moment that came from putting a French house sensibility together with an Australian funk groove.