Rowan Harrington (born 28 January 1987), better known by his artist name Secondcity, is a British DJ and record producer, best known for his song "
I Wanna Feel", which peaked at number one on the
UK Singles Chart.
Musical career
2014–present: Breakthrough
In May 2014, he released his debut single "
I Wanna Feel", the song was at number one on the official midweek
BBC Radio 1
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singles charts after being released on 25 May 2014 and has over 47,000,000 views on
YouTube
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.
On 1 June 2014 the song entered the
UK Singles Chart and the
UK Dance Chart
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at number 1. He has since been championed by
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and collaborated with
Route 94 for the third time.
The follow-up single to "I Wanna Feel", titled "What Can I Do", premiered on 26 July 2014 and featured vocals from
Ali Love.
In October 2020, he teamed up with
Paul Woolford (at the time in the UK top ten with
Diplo
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and Kareen Lomax on a track called "Looking for Me") and Andrea Martin for a track released by
Black Butter Records
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called "All I Want".
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
References
1987 births
Living people
American emigrants to England
English house musicians
English DJs
DJs from London
English record producers
People from Wealden District
English electronic dance music DJs
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