Calvin said of the collaboration, "Dizzee texted me, saying he'd done this a cappella over someone else's music, but his verse was too good for their music, so could he do it with me instead? So I spent a long time on it, to make sure it lived up to his expectations. I sent him the track, and he called me at 2 in the morning to say it was amazing, so I knew it was good. Calvin's next major collab came in the form of summer anthem 'Bounce' starring Kelis.
The song also marked Calvin's decision to stop singing on his tracks; he said, "I'll do tracks with people who can sing well — proper artists, proper performers. I can focus on what I'm much better at, which is making music. I'm just not cut out for that role.
I kind of fell into it a few years ago — the live show had to happen, I had to be the frontman because I was doing the vocals on the songs. It went all right. I spent a few years trying to get it really properly good, but it dawned on me it wasn't going to get much better. I've taken the singing thing as far as I can.
Teaming up with Rihanna for another summer banger, 'We Found Love' went to Number 1 in the UK and was certified 3X Platinum, selling over 10 million copies worldwide. Former X Factor star Leona Lewis was originally going to sing the song, but she didn't commit and it went to Rihanna instead. Calvin said of the song, "'We Found Love,' is the most successful thing I've done ever It's not strictly a song by me, obviously, it's by Rihanna.
She sings it It was great to work with her No one could have taken it as far as she did. You can't escape it in America. I've heard it a lot. I've heard it probably more times today than I did when I was mixing it. Which is a good thing. Watch the video on YouTube here. After working on a remix of Florence and the Machine's single 'Spectrum' from their second album 'Ceremonials', Calvin became interested in working with lead singer Florence Welch.
She wasn't immediately available, but he finally tracked her down and they worked together on 'Sweet Nothing'. He said, "With Florence, she was really busy at that time. She was in the middle of a tour and she had like three days to record something, so I wasn't there, anything could've come back. I didn't think she'd do it. She seemed a really unattainable artist to reach for. I think she would've done it if the song was right and the people were right and it was all at the right time.
Calvin worked with Tinie Tempah on single 'Drinking from the Bottle' which appeared on his album '18 Months', peaking at Number 5. Ellie and Calvin sparked dating rumours with their collaboration 'I Need Your Love' in , appearing on '18 Months' as well as Ellie's album 'Halcyon'. Calvin worked with John Newman on 'Blame', which appeared on his fourth album 'Motion'. The artists worked together to write the song, along with John's brother James Newman - it peaked at Number 1. It appeared on Calvin's album 'Motion' and Ellie's album 'Delirium'.
It peaked at Number 4 in the UK. It has since been changed. It peaked at Number 10 in the UK charts. The song was certified Silver in the UK. It was the biggest-selling song of , and was also the third longest-running Number 1 of the century by a female artist. Calvin's next big collaboration was with Sam Smith - 'Promises' was released in August , and will appear on Sam's upcoming third album, due to be released in However, back when he was a teenager he also saw Nirvana, known in the 90s for their hits such as 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and 'Heart-Shaped Box', as a huge influence.
Calvin Harris is a talented musician as shown in a video he uploaded in with the making of his song 'Slide', where he can be seen playing the piano. Unfortunately in preparation for the release of his collab with The Weeknd, he has deleted all of his previous tweets.
According to Glamour magazine, Calvin Harris stopped drinking alcohol in and has been teetotal ever since. A number of sources state that while Calvin Harris was writing his second album 'Ready for the Weekend', his laptop - with some of the album - was 'lost' at Heathrow Airport.
However, the DJ apparently said that to buy himself a bit of extra time! It was worth the wait though as the album went to Number 1 in the UK. Calvin Harris created his own record label in called Fly Eye Records. He has also released some of his own music through it including his collaboration with Kelis, 'Bounce'.
For three years in a row Calvin Harris topped Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid DJs in , and Despite rumours that his song 'My Way' was written about his ex Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris revealed in an interview it's actually about leaving his job at a supermarket before he made it famous. I thought of the concept years ago, when I left Safeway.
I was like, damn this grocery store! Returning home to Dumfries, Harris began posting homemade solo recordings to his MySpace page. Following a pair of successful singles, Harris released his debut album, I Created Disco , in the summer of It featured two Top Ten hits "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls" , and climbed high in the album charts. Along with his work as a solo artist and touring in front of a full live band, Harris quickly became an in-demand remixer, working on singles by Jamiroquai , Groove Armada , All Saints , and CSS.
He also wrote and produced songs for Kylie Minogue 's comeback album, and collaborated with Dizzee Rascal on "Dance wiv Me," which reached number one in the U.
That album, Ready for the Weekend , topped the U. It was released in October , hit number one on the U. Nine singles from the album went Top Ten in the U. The following May, his songwriting was acknowledged when he was given the top Ivor Novello Award. Harris continued to roll. Each one of the first three singles from 's Motion topped the U. The song was a hit, reaching number two in the U. The next year he returned with two further hits: the Top Five U.
Despite the popularity of those singles, they would not appear on his next album and remained standalone releases. His fifth effort, Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. Later that year, Harris scored a pair of '90s-house-tinged U. He also reached number two in the U. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age.
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