Hype (song)

"Hype" is a song by English rapper Dizzee Rascal and Scottish DJ Calvin Harris. The song was released as a single on 24 June 2016. Rascal and Harris had previously collaborated on the 2008 single "Dance wiv Me", the 2009 single "Holiday" and on "Here 2 China", a song from Harris's third studio album, 18 Months (2012).

Released24 June 2016 (2016-06-24)

Recorded2016

Genre

• Big beat^[1]
• hip hop
• future house^[1]
• techno
• EDM^[2]
• hip house^[2]

Length3:31

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"Hype"
Single by Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris
Released	24 June 2016 (2016-06-24)
Recorded	2016
Genre	Big beat[1] hip hop future house[1] techno EDM[2] hip house[2]
Length	3:31
Label	Dirtee Stank Island
Songwriters	Dylan Mills Calvin Harris
Producer	Calvin Harris
Dizzee Rascal singles chronology
"How Love Begins" (2016) "Hype" (2016) "Space" (2017)
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"This Is What You Came For" (2016) "Hype" (2016) "My Way" (2016)
Music video
"Hype" on YouTube

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Although Harris and Rascal had previously worked together on several singles they did so remotely, emailing the track components back and forth, "Hype" marks the first song they worked on together in the same studio at the same time.^[3] Dizzee claims the words were written in the studio in an hour, and the vocals recorded and finished in a further half hour.^[3]