According to hip-hop producer RedOne, the updated version "is meant to sound more now and current, while keeping the feeling and vibe of the original."

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"We won when we wrapped the movie. It was already a victory for us, so all this is it's been a really lovely, slow trajectory, and for me to be standing here now is kind of bananas, but what a wonderful feeling."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18