"Overload" is a song by English

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/ producer Zeph Ellis as

Dot Rotten Joseph Ellis-Stephenson (born 19 October 1988), better known by his stage name Dot Rotten, Zeph Ellis or Who's British is a British grime MC, rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Lambeth, South London. Having released a series of ...

. The song was first released on 3 June 2012 in the United Kingdom as the third single from the rapper's upcoming debut studio album, '' Voices in My Head''. The track heavily samples "

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"—the number-two hit from

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composer

Robert Miles Roberto Concina (; 3 November 1969 – 9 May 2017), known professionally as Robert Miles, was an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ. His 1995 composition "Children" sold more than 5 million copies and topped the charts worldwid ...

; and credits producers

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as the featured artist. "Overload" was selected as

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's ''Hottest Record in the World'' on 26 March 2012. The track debuted at number fifteen on the UK Singles Chart, marking Rotten's third appearance—also the highest peaking of these—after " Teardrop" (#24, 2011) and " Are You Not Entertained?" (#53, 2012).

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Overload" was first released onto YouTube on 8 May 2012 at a total length of three minutes and nine seconds. Sections of the video were filmed in the Snowdonia National Park, around the Ogwen Valley and Nant Ffrancon area. It was directed by a young British film-director called Quason Matthews.

Track listing

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References

{{Zeph Ellis 2012 singles Dot Rotten songs Mercury Records singles 2012 songs Song recordings produced by TMS (production team) Songs written by Peter Kelleher (songwriter) Songs written by Tom Barnes (songwriter) Songs written by Ben Kohn