Great DJ
Encyclopedia
"Great DJ" is the second single by English
Indie pop
band The Ting Tings
. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written by "playing a D chord on the guitar for hours, because that's all I could play. And then I put my finger on the wrong string, and got what I discovered was an augmented chord. And that was the riff!" The single was originally released as a double A-side along with "That's Not My Name
".
When "Great DJ" was re-released it did not enter the UK chart until 1 week after the individual re-release of single "That's Not My Name
" went to #1.
The cover sleeves for the single were in fact recycled: Katie White
and Jules De Martino gathered old 7" records from numerous car boot sales and charity shops in and around Manchester
, turned the sleeves inside out and customised them to create new sleeves for this single.
"Great DJ" was featured in the movie The House Bunny
as well as in the 2-hour season premiere of 90210
and in the movie Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
. The song was also used as an insert song for the Fuji TV 2010 spring Japanese television drama
Sunao ni Narenakute
. "Shut Up and Let Me Go" was also featured. The track also appears on the soundtrack of American Teen
. "Great DJ" is also the trailer music for the movies Slumdog Millionaire
and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
and was used in commercials for Year One. This song was also used in commercials for Indonesian energy drink Mizone.
The song also features in the console game Shaun White Snowboarding
.
The song also features in Episode 14 of the BBC series Waterloo Road
.
The song samples chords and drum beat from Eddie Money's
1978 hit "Baby Hold On
".
' free single of the week in Canada
where it received an average of 3½ stars.
)
One-sided 7" vinyl (2008, Columbia)
CD 1 (2008, Columbia)
CD 2 (2008, Columbia)
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Indie pop
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings are an English music duo comprising Jules de Martino and Katie White . They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford...
. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written by "playing a D chord on the guitar for hours, because that's all I could play. And then I put my finger on the wrong string, and got what I discovered was an augmented chord. And that was the riff!" The single was originally released as a double A-side along with "That's Not My Name
That's Not My Name
"That’s Not My Name" is the third single by British duo The Ting Tings from their debut studio album We Started Nothing. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written "with me ranting about my frustrations with the record industry." The song was originally released as a double A-side with...
".
When "Great DJ" was re-released it did not enter the UK chart until 1 week after the individual re-release of single "That's Not My Name
That's Not My Name
"That’s Not My Name" is the third single by British duo The Ting Tings from their debut studio album We Started Nothing. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written "with me ranting about my frustrations with the record industry." The song was originally released as a double A-side with...
" went to #1.
The cover sleeves for the single were in fact recycled: Katie White
Katie White
Katie Rebecca White is an English musician most famous for her work with pop group The Ting Tings. After some success with a girl group punk trio TKO supporting Steps and Atomic Kitten her father David White brought in Jules De Martino to write songs for TKO and Katie and Jules formed The Ting...
and Jules De Martino gathered old 7" records from numerous car boot sales and charity shops in and around Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, turned the sleeves inside out and customised them to create new sleeves for this single.
"Great DJ" was featured in the movie The House Bunny
The House Bunny
The House Bunny is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Fred Wolf, written by Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz, and starring Anna Faris as a former Playboy bunny who signs up to be the "house mother" of an unpopular university sorority after being conned by a rival into believing she's now...
as well as in the 2-hour season premiere of 90210
90210 (TV series)
90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...
and in the movie Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 British coming of age film film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha starring Georgia Groome. It is based on two teenage novels by Louise Rennison: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers...
. The song was also used as an insert song for the Fuji TV 2010 spring Japanese television drama
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
Sunao ni Narenakute
Sunao ni Narenakute
is a Japanese television drama on Fuji TV that aired from April 15, 2010 to June 24, 2010.-Plot:Nakajima looks up to his father, who was a war photographer, but can only get a job as an assistant for gravure magazines. Mizuno is a provisional high school teacher, currently on probation...
. "Shut Up and Let Me Go" was also featured. The track also appears on the soundtrack of American Teen
American Teen
American Teen is a 2008 documentary film directed by Nanette Burstein and produced by 57th & Irving. It competed in the Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Directing Award: Documentary...
. "Great DJ" is also the trailer music for the movies Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...
and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim , a young Canadian musician, meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers , an American delivery girl...
and was used in commercials for Year One. This song was also used in commercials for Indonesian energy drink Mizone.
The song also features in the console game Shaun White Snowboarding
Shaun White Snowboarding
Shaun White Snowboarding is a sports video game for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Xbox 360 systems. It was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released on November 14, 2008...
.
The song also features in Episode 14 of the BBC series Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
.
The song samples chords and drum beat from Eddie Money's
Eddie Money
Eddie Money is an American rock guitarist, saxophonist and singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums...
1978 hit "Baby Hold On
Baby Hold On
Baby Hold On is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money and well-known guitarist Jimmy Lyon from the album Eddie Money in 1977. It was released as a single and reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Money was sued by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for plagiarizing the lyrics of the song "Que Sera,...
".
iTunes free single
"Great DJ" was featured on iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
' free single of the week in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
where it received an average of 3½ stars.
Track listings
7" vinyl (2007, Switchflicker RecordsSwitchflicker Records
Switchflicker Records is an independent British record label based in Manchester, England. The company was established in 2000 by Jayne Compton...
)
- "That's Not My Name" - 3:43
- "Great DJ" - 3:23
One-sided 7" vinyl (2008, Columbia)
- "Great DJ" - 3:23
CD 1 (2008, Columbia)
- "Great DJ" - 3:23
- "Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix Edit)" - 6:37
- "Great DJ (7th Heaven Radio Edit)" - 3:31
CD 2 (2008, Columbia)
- "Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)" - 7:05
- "Great DJ (7th Heaven Remix)" - 6:38
- "Great DJ (7th Heaven Dub)" - 6:53
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... Singles Chart |
52 |
| Belgium Singles Chart | 47 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
35 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 47 |
| Japanese Hot 100 Singles Chart Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
5 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
33 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
3 |
End of year charts (2008)
| Country | Position |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
105 |