"Great DJ" is the debut single by English

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band

The Ting Tings The Ting Tings are an English indie pop duo formed in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 2007. The band consists of Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, cowbells) and Jules De Martino (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, ...

. The song was originally released as a double A-side with "

That's Not My Name "That's Not My Name" is the debut single of British musical duo the Ting Tings. The song was originally released as a A-side and B-side, double A-side with "Great DJ" by independent record label Switchflicker Records on 28 May 2007. After heavy ...

" by independent record label Switchflicker Records on 28 May 2007.

Composition

Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written by "playing a D chord on the guitar for hours, because that's all I could play. And then I put my finger on the wrong string, and got what I discovered was an augmented chord. And that was the riff!" The single was originally released as a

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along with "

Re-release

When "Great DJ" was re-released on 3 March 2008, it did not enter the UK Singles Chart until one week after the individual re-release of single "That's Not My Name" went to number one. The cover sleeves for the single were recycled:

Katie White Katie Rebecca White (born 18 January 1983) is an English musician and member of the indie pop duo the Ting Tings. After some success with a girl group punk trio TKO, which supported Steps and Atomic Kitten, her father David White brought in Ju ...

and Jules De Martino gathered old 7-inch records from numerous car boot sales and charity shops in and around

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, turned the sleeves inside out and customised them to create new sleeves for this single.

iTunes free single

"Great DJ" was featured on

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' free single of the week in

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where it received an average of 3½ stars.

Track listings

7-inch vinyl (2007, Switchflicker Records) # "That's Not My Name" – 3:43 # "Great DJ" – 3:23 One-sided 7-inch vinyl (2008, Columbia) # "Great DJ" – 3:23 CD 1 (2008, Columbia) # "Great DJ" – 3:23 # "Great DJ" (Calvin Harris remix edit) – 6:37 # "Great DJ" (7th Heaven radio edit) – 3:31 CD 2 (2008, Columbia) # "Great DJ" (Calvin Harris remix) – 7:05 # "Great DJ" (7th Heaven remix) – 6:38 # "Great DJ" (7th Heaven dub) – 6:53 Digital EP # "Great DJ" (Calvin Harris remix) – 7:05 # "Great DJ" (7th Heaven remix) – 6:38 # "Great DJ" (Demo version) – 3:23

Charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Great Dj 2007 songs 2008 singles 2009 singles Columbia Records singles Songs written by Jules De Martino Songs written by Katie White The Ting Tings songs