Digital Rock Star | ||||
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Released | 20 October 2009 | |||
Genre | Electronic, dance, house, pop | |||
Length | 37:28 | |||
Label | Cherrytree, Interscope, Tiger Trax | |||
Producer | Space Cowboy, Martin "Cherry Cherry Boom Boom" Kierszenbaum, RedOne | |||
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Singles from Digital Rock Star | ||||
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Digital Rock Star is the fourth studio album by French-English recording artist Space Cowboy. It was released in the United States on 26 October 2009 by Cherrytree Records.
In April 2009, a new song by Space Cowboy and Chelsea Korka from the Paradiso Girls, entitled "Falling Down", leaked onto the Internet. The song, as announced in the intro, was produced by RedOne. The video, directed by Good Fellas, premiered soon afterwards. The song was also played in a scene of the 2009 Walt Disney Pictures film G-Force . The physical single was released on 15 May 2009.
The album's second single, "I Came 2 Party", a collaboration with the German band Cinema Bizarre, was released on 7 August 2009. The song is also included on the band's second studio album ToyZ and their debut US album, BANG! . On his work with the band, Space Cowboy stated: "It's a pretty awesome time for people experimenting; we just did a song with a band called Cinema Bizarre, who are from Germany. The song's very glam-rock but with a synth-pop style and we just shot the video for it in a German country house."
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Just Play That Track" (featuring Natalia Kills) | Nick Dresti | Space Cowboy | 0:48 |
2. | "Falling Down" (featuring Chelsea from the Paradiso Girls) | Dresti, Martin Kierszenbaum, Nadir Khayat | Space Cowboy, RedOne, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom | 2:57 |
3. | "I Came 2 Party" (Cinema Bizarre featuring Space Cowboy) | Dresti, Kierszenbaum, Khayat | Space Cowboy, RedOne, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom | 3:26 |
4. | "Boyfriends Hate Me" | Dresti, Kierszenbaum, Khayat, Savan Kotecha | RedOne | 4:18 |
5. | "Devastated" (featuring Chantelle Paige and Cherry Cherry Boom Boom) | Dresti, Kierszenbaum | Space Cowboy | 4:11 |
6. | "Invisible" | Dresti, Kierszenbaum | Space Cowboy | 3:05 |
7. | "Party Like Animal" (featuring Kee and Vistoso Bosses) | Dresti, Khayat, Kinnda Hamid | RedOne | 3:56 |
8. | "Talking in Your Sleep" (New Version) | Dresti, Kevin Rudolf | Space Cowboy | 2:45 |
9. | "I'ma Be Alright (Rent Money)" | Dresti, Khayat, Novel Jannusi, Bilal Hajji | RedOne | 3:24 |
10. | "I Want You Back" | Dresti | Space Cowboy | 2:39 |
11. | "My Egyptian Lover" (New Version) (featuring Nadia Oh) | Dresti | Space Cowboy | 2:52 |
12. | "Falling Down" (Party Rock Remix) (featuring Chelsea from the Paradiso Girls and LMFAO) | Dresti, Kierszenbaum, Khayat | Space Cowboy, RedOne, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom | 3:03 |
Total length: | 37:24 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Falling Down" (Stereotypes Remix) (featuring Far East Movement) | Dresti, Kierszenbaum, Khayat, Jonathon Yip, Roy Romulus & Jeremy Reeves | Space Cowboy, RedOne, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom (remix and additional production by Stereotypes) | 2:58 |
Total length: | 40:19 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Never Again" | 2:53 |
Total length: | 40:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Falling Down" (Stereotypes Remix) (featuring Far East Movement) | Dresti, Kierszenbaum, Khayat | Space Cowboy, RedOne, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom | 2:58 |
14. | "Never Again" | 2:53 | ||
Total length: | 43:15 |
Country | Date | Label | Format |
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Germany | 20 October 2009 [2] | Universal Music | CD, digital download |
Japan | 21 October 2009 [3] | ||
United States | 26 October 2009 [4] | Cherrytree, Interscope, Tiger Trax |
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