I’ve been listening to his album non-stop. His song “Colours” is one of my favorites and because it has some samples from “Fade to Gray” is begging for a mashup.
Anyway Calvin Harris (born 17 January 1984) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born in and grew up in Dumfries.
His first album I Created Disco was released on 29 June 2007. The album contained uptempo electroclash songs that were influenced by music from the 1980s. To promote I Created Disco, Harris embarked on a tour of the UK, supporting Faithless and Groove Armada.
The first release from the album was “Vegas” on limited edition vinyl and the first charted single released from the album was “Acceptable in the 80s”, a tribute to the style and culture of the decade. The song reached the top ten on the UK singles chart, remaining on the chart for fifteen weeks.
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“The Girls” was the album’s second single, it reached the top 5 in the UK singles chart. The fourth release from the album was “Merrymaking at My Place” which reached #43 in the UK chart.
In 2007, Dragonette released their cover of Calvin Harris’ “The Girls,” now retitled “The Boys,” during which the band alludes directly to Calvin Harris: “I even like those scrawny, Scottish, into pop music but not like sorta like pop dance electro music.” It was Dragonette’s version of the song, however, that made its way onto Karl Lagerfeld’s Spring/Summer 2008 runway show.
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Finally like I said, my favorite is “Colours”
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