Secondcity

Rowan John 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 to number one on the UK Singles Chart.

This article is about the musician. For other uses, see Second City.

Secondcity
Birth nameRowan John Harrington
Born (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987
Chicago, Illinois, US
OriginForest Row, East Sussex, England
GenresHouse
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active2013–present
Labels
Websitesecondcityuk.com

Musical career

Career beginnings

Harrington was part of the house duo Taiki & Nulight before leaving to focus on his solo career.[5] His production partner, Erka Chinbayar, has now changed the alias to Taiki Nulight and continues to produce under the moniker.

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[6] and has over 47,000,000 views on YouTube.[7] 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.[8] 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"[9]) and Andrea Martin for a track released by Black Butter Records called "All I Want".[10]

Discography

As lead artist
List of singles released with year, artist(s) involved, selected chart positions, certifications and album name.
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[11]		 UK
Dance
[12]		 BEL (Vl)
[13]		 DEN
[14]		 IRE
[15]		 SCO
[16]
"I Wanna Feel" 2014 11935252 Non-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.

References
  1. iTunes (25 May 2014). "I Wanna Feel (Radio Edit) - Single". iTunes. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. iTunes (27 June 2014). "Groove 'N' On - Single". iTunes. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. "I Wanna Feel - SecondCity (Vocal Backing Track MP3)". www.karaoke-version.com.
  4. Twitter / SecondCity_uk: It's my birthday today Twitter
  5. "9 Producers Who Changed Their Alias to Create Deep House". Stoney Roads. 3 February 2014.
  6. "The Official UK Singles Chart Update". BBC Radio 1. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  7. "This Week's Fresh Music Top 20". 4Music. 30 May 2014. 4Music.
  8. "This Week's Fresh Music Top 20". 4Music. 15 June 2014. 4Music.
  9. https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/
  10. https://change-underground.com/secondcity-paul-woolford-release-all-i-want-feat-andrea-martin/
  11. "SecondCity > UK Charts". Official Charts Company.
  12. Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
  13. Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Secondcity". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Secondcity". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  15. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Secondcity". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  16. Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
  17. "BPI Certified Awards > Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2019.


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