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. It was released as a digital download on 9 June 2014. The song was written by Guetta, James, Ralph Wegner, Ebow Graham, Pavan Mukhi, and

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. It features uncredited vocals by Ebow Graham (better known as Metropolis of

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), with additional uncredited guitar performed by Michael Nadeau. The composition is largely based upon the original instrumentation of the song "

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. In 2014, "Blast Off" was included in Guetta's ''

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''. It was later included in the 2015 re-release of Guetta's sixth studio album, entitled '' Listen Again'' as a bonus track.

Music video

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theme used for previous singles " Miss Movin' On" and " Me and My Girls", it features a skateboarding, guitar-playing girl who runs away from home.

Track listing

Charts

References

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