“Dance wiv Me” by Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome

"Dance wiv Me" is where Dizzee Rascal dragged grime onto the dancefloor. A single from his fourth album, Tongue n' Cheek, it sets his bars against Calvin Harris's glossy dance production and a chorus Harris sings himself, while British R&B singer Chrome takes the pre-hook and bridge. Harris produced, with extra production from Cage, who helped Dizzee and Harris write the words. Oddly for a track this tight, Dizzee and Harris cut their parts apart, swapping them back and forth over the phone; only Chrome sat in the studio with Dizzee.

It went straight in at number one in the UK and camped there for four weeks, his first chart-topper, and finished as the 12th best-selling single of 2008 in Britain. An extended mix later turned up on Harris's album Ready for the Weekend, and the three busked an off-the-cuff acoustic version for the BBC at Glastonbury 2008.

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