Secondcity

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Secondcity
Birth nameRowan Harrington
Born (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Origin London, England
Genres House
Occupations
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active2013–present
Labels
Website secondcityuk.com

Rowan Harrington [3] (born 28 January 1987), [4] better known by his stage name Secondcity, is an American-born British DJ and record producer, best known for his song "I Wanna Feel", which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

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 singles charts after being released on 25 May 2014 [5] and has over 47,000,000 views on YouTube. [6] On 1 June 2014 the song entered the UK Singles Chart and the UK Dance Chart at number 1. He has since been championed by Disclosure and collaborated with Route 94 for the third time. [7] 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 and Kareen Lomax on a track called "Looking for Me" [8] ) and Andrea Martin for a track released by Black Butter Records called "All I Want". [9]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles released with year, artist(s) involved, selected chart positions, certifications and album name.
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[10]
UK
Dance

[11]
BEL (Vl)
[12]
DEN
[13]
IRE
[14]
SCO
[15]
"I Wanna Feel"201411935252Non-album single
"What Can I Do"
(featuring Ali Love)
851856
"All I Want"
(with Paul Woolford featuring Andrea Martin)
2020
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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  11. Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
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  15. Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
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