David Zowie
| David Zowie | |
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| Birth name | David Zowie Canada Batt |
| Born |
April 30, 1981 Chatham, Kent, England |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Positiva |
David Zowie Canada Batt[1] (born 30 April 1981),[2][3] known professionally as David Zowie, is an English DJ and producer. He is best known for his song "House Every Weekend", which topped the UK Singles Chart in July 2015 and became the first song to do so on a Friday since Adam Faith's "Poor Me" in March 1960.
Biography
Early life and career beginnings
Zowie was born in Chatham, Kent.[4] He has stated that he was named after David Bowie, as his father was a huge fan, and was once called "David Zowie Ziggy Stardust Aladdin Sane Thin White Duke Twig The Wonder Kid" before his mother changed his name by deed poll.[3] Zowie started producing music at age 12, when he bought a pair of wooden decks and then SoundLabs, commencing production when he was 14. Two years later he bought a pair of Technics SL-1200 from a club he was playing at.[5] He has also operated using an Atari ST.[6]
2015–present: Breakthrough
Zowie is best known for his 2015 song "House Every Weekend", which topped the UK Singles Chart, having debuted at number 80[7] and made its way to number 52 entirely based on streams.[8] On 8 July 2015, the Official Charts Company announced that it was number one in the Official Chart Update, and was scheduled to be the UK's first ever Friday number one in 55 years (they moved the date the chart was announced from Sunday to Friday, giving it five days of sales).[8]
The song reached the top spot in the UK Singles Chart on 10 July 2015,[1] and that same day, it debuted at number 62 in the Irish Singles Chart.[9] The record was later featured on the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 91,[10] and has also topped the UK Dance Chart,[11] charted at #4 on the Scottish Singles Top 40,[12] and charted at #19 on the Irish Singles Chart.[13]
In January 2016 Zowie became victim to a death hoax story as many of his fans confused him with the then-recently deceased musician, the similarly named David Bowie.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [7] |
AUS [14] |
BEL [15] |
IRL | |||
| 2015 | "House Every Weekend" | 1 | 64 | 64 | 19 | N/A |
References
- 1 2 Jones, Alan (10 July 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: Ed Sheeran tops albums, David Zowie nabs No.1 single". Music Week (Intent Media). Retrieved 31 July 2015. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ DZ on Twitter: "@assafmiah Thanks! I'm a year younger today!" Twitter
- 1 2 "David Zowie given five Bowie-inspired names". Virgin Media.
- ↑ "Rising star David Zowie hits the decks at the Macron for 'epic' concert". Theboltonnews.com.
- ↑ "David Zowie". Dmcworld.net.
- ↑ "House Every Weekend's David Bowie Exclusive Interview". Urbanhousemusic.net.
- 1 2 "DAVID ZOWIE | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- 1 2 "David Zowie's 'House Every Weekend' set to become first ever Friday Official Chart Number One". NME. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ↑ "GFK Chart-Track". Chart-track.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "Now That's What I Call Music 91 tracklisting revealed". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-07-16". UK Dance Chart. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-07-16". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "GFK Chart-Track". Chart-track.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (1 August 2015). "ARIA Singles: Lost Frequencies Is Number One For Second Week". Noise11. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie David Zowie". Belgium Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
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