CALVIN HARRIS - FLASHBACK

FLASHBACK

CALVIN HARRIS

SONGWRITER: CALVIN HARRIS

COUNTRY: SCOTLAND

ALBUM: READY FOR THE WEEKEND

LABEL: FLY EYE RECORDS

GENRE: ELECTRO HOUSE

YEAR: 2009

 

           Adam Richard Wiles(born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. After focusing on self-sung projects, in 2012, Harris released his third álbum 18 Months, which involved various vocalists in its single records and gained international recognition. He has released five studio albums and runs his own record label, Fly Eye Records, which he founded in 2010.

           His debut studio album, I Created Disco, was released in June 2007. Its singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls" both reached the top 10 in the UK. In 2009, he released his second studio album, Ready for the Weekend, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and whose lead single, "I'm Not Alone", became his first song to top the UK Singles Chart. In 2012, Harris rose to international prominence with the release of his third studio album, 18 Months, which topped the UK Albums charts and became his first album to chart on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 19. All eight of the album's singles reached the top 10 in the UK, breaking the record for the most top 10 songs from one studio album on the UK Singles Chart with eight entries, surpassing Michael Jackson's record. In 2014, he released his fourth studio album, Motion, which debuted at number two in the UK and number five in the US. In 2017, he released his fifth studio album, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, which reached the top 2 in the UK and the US and became his third consecutive number one album on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

               In October 2014, he became the first artist to place three songs simultaneously on the top 10 of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart. He also became the first UK solo artist to reach more than one billion streams on Spotify. Harris has received 18 Brit Award nominations–winning British Producer of the Year and British Single of the Year for "One Kiss" with Dua Lipa, both in 2019, as well as five Grammy nominations, including a win for Best Music Video in 2013. In 2013 he also received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, and was named the Top Dance/Electronic Artist at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. He appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the United Kingdom. He topped Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid DJs for six consecutive years from 2013 to 2018.

          "Flashback" is a song by Scottish musician Calvin Harris from his second studio album, Ready for the Weekend(2009). The song was released in the UK on 2 November 2009 and features Jordanian singer Ayah Marar. Harris and Marar would later work together again on Harris' 2013 single "Thinking About You".

            "Flashback" was released as the album's third single on 2 November 2009. To promote the track, Calvin was originally scheduled to perform on the UK morning talk show GMTV, however the show declined Calvin's appearance as they thought the song was "too dancy" for the programme.

          The following week, Disney Channel promoted the message card for "Flashback" after the 4:30 showing of Hannah Montana, showing an image of Calvin wearing diamond sunglasses, as well as the words "Flashback [Calvin Harris]".

Im coming out and now my vision is so clear

If i could change my state of mind then I would disappear

The love i get from you is something I cant chance

Then I could let you slip away without a secong glance

 

Why cant I realise, Im fighting for my life

Woah-oah-oah-oah

Woah-oah-oah-oah X2

 

This is like a flashback

This is like a dream

This is like all the things you can fit inside a memory X2

 

This is like a flashback

Flashback

This is like a flashback

Flashback (why, why, why, why, why)

 

Why cant I realise, Im fighting for my life

Woah-oah-oah-oah

Woah-oah-oah-oah X2

 

This is like a flashback

This is like a dream

This is like all the things you can fit inside a memory X2.