Secondcity Explained

Secondcity
Birth Name:Rowan Harrington
Birth Date:28 January 1987
Years Active:2013–present
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, US
Origin:London, England
Genre:House

Rowan Harrington[1] (born 28 January 1987),[2] 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.

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[3] and has over 47,000,000 views on YouTube.[4] 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.[5] 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"[6]) and Andrea Martin for a track released by Black Butter Records called "All I Want".[7]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[8]
UK
Dance

[9]
BEL (Vl)
[10]
DEN
[11]
IRE
[12]
SCO
[13]
"I Wanna Feel"20141 1 9 35 25 2

Platinum[14]

rowspan="3"
"What Can I Do"
(featuring Ali Love)
85 18 56
"All I Want"
2020
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: I Wanna Feel - SecondCity (Vocal Backing Track MP3). www.karaoke-version.com.
  2. https://twitter.com/SecondCity_uk/status/428129223086456832 Twitter / SecondCity_uk: It's my birthday today
  3. Web site: The Official UK Singles Chart Update. BBC Radio 1. 2014-05-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130715205040/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatesingles. 15 July 2013. dmy-all.
  4. This Week's Fresh Music Top 20. 30 May 2014. 4Music. 4Music.
  5. This Week's Fresh Music Top 20. 15 June 2014. 4Music. 4Music.
  6. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company. Official Charts.
  7. Web site: Secondcity & Paul Woolford release 'All I Want' feat. Andrea Martin – Change Underground .
  8. Web site: SecondCity > UK Charts. Official Charts Company.
  9. Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
  10. Web site: Discografie Secondcity. Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Hung. Steffen.
  11. Web site: Discography Secondcity. Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Hung. Steffen.
  12. Web site: Discography Secondcity. Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Hung. Steffen.
  13. Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
  14. Web site: BPI Certified Awards > Search . . 22 April 2019.