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“The Greatest Hits is the history of my work so far and the catalyst to my future.”

Conventionally a summary of an artist’s career to date, Craig David has utilised the Greatest Hits format as a means of rediscovering his roots and pushing on with fresh styles and new sounds for his fifth studio album – the latest in a line of releases that have already accumulated over 13 million sales to date.

“It’s the new material that’s so important to break the next steps for you,” he explains with his passion undiminished by almost a decade of critical and commercial success. “So it means you have to step up your game as a songwriter as you’re going against proven hits by yourself.”

Having cut his teeth as a garage DJ in his teens, the collection’s new songs highlight Craig’s roots and his continuing interest in the underground music scene. ‘Where’s Your Love’, his collaboration with Tinchy Stryder, the new Prince of Grime (“lyrically he was on top of his game, he can really bring something to the table”), is based upon the garage classic from Colours featuring Stephen Emmanuel. “It was a big garage tune at the time but it never got embraced commercially,” recalls Craig. “You know what, I may not have made many garage tracks along the way as leading singles, but this one I'm fully behind because I feel like it brings back all the great memories of what the scene was about and I really hope that it does it justice."

If ‘Where’s Your Love’ looks back to where Craig David came from, the other new track ‘Insomnia’, with its juddering, nervy beats and insistent hooks looks very much to the future. ‘Insomnia’ is the “one that really shone out” from Craig’s sessions in Philadelphia with Jim Beanz of Timbaland Productions. Offering an exciting glimpse into his upcoming musical direction, the track also draws parallels with what made him such a hot talent when he burst onto the scene with ‘Rewind’.

“I wanted to show what made me jump from being this kid from Southampton to this kid on the scene was being creative, being innovative and being able to push the boundaries. So I went to Philadelphia with that same attitude,” he says with the infectious enthusiasm of a debuting artist. “I don't want to make a Ne-Yo record or an Usher record or a Justin Timberlake record, I want to make a Craig David album.”

Outside of the new songs, the ‘Greatest Hits’ compiles many of Craig David’s most loved songs to date including the chart-topping hits ‘Fill Me In’ and ‘7 Days’, the collaborations ‘Rewind’ (with Artful Dodger) and ‘Rise & Fall’ (with Sting) that both peaked at number two as well as a further five top ten singles.

The breakthrough hit ‘Rewind’ almost never was. “I was going crazy, thinking I can’t wait for people to hear this in the clubs,” he reminisces. “I felt it was very different to what was going on in the scene… it was a no brainer that it would be a hit.” Craig and Artful Dodger’s Mark Hill would take cassettes of their work to listen to in their car as a final test of their quality, but on this occasional a technical glitch had meant the recording was lost. Devastated, the duo thought they’d never recapture the magic that the original had and were forced to set about rerecording the track. Clearly the magic had survived, as ‘Rewind’ became UK garage’s signature tune and one of the biggest hits of the year.

While ‘Rewind’ was a huge hit in its own right, is was the consecutive number one singles ‘Fill Me In’ (“An exciting moment because the sound of the song was a hybrid between the garage scene which was starting to blow-up and R&B”) and ‘7 Days’ (“The song that actually got me my record deal”).

As Craig David’s career continued to evolve, his list of hit singles continued to flow. Of ‘Don’t Love You No More (I’m Sorry)’, Craig says, “When you go with simple songs with a simple melody and a sentiment everybody can relate to, usually they're the ones that do the best.” That theory certainly proved to be correct as it became one of his most played radio hits. Last year’s ‘Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance)’ also powered into the higher reaches of the charts, buoyed by the patronage of David Bowie himself, whose classic track the single sampled. His approval was clearly respected: “He knows his soul music, he had Luther Vandross as a backing vocalist for x amount of years and then pushed him to the forefront and encouraged him to be a solo artist."

Declaring the proudest moment of his career to date being when he arrived at Wembley Arena to find that he’d sold-out three consecutive nights, Craig David has also lifted numerous industry awards three Ivor Novello Awards (including the two highly prestigious awards for Songwriter Of The Year and Best Contemporary Song), four MOBOs (one for Best UK Act) and two MTV Europe Awards. “I didn’t really know what the Ivor Novello awards meant at the time, I knew it was a prestigious award ceremony but when I was looking at the kinds of people who had actually won this award and, especially for Songwriter of the Year, it was the great artists – people like Elton John and Bernie Taupin. So for my first year in, to pick up Songwriter of the Year with Mark Hill was incredible.”

“I’m very blessed and privileged to still be here with a Greatest Hits. It’s the catalyst, the means, to get to my fifth album,” he concludes as his looks towards a future every bit as exciting as what has preceded. “Musically, I’m so passionately involved with different styles and sounds that I haven’t had the opportunity to put out there yet. Lyrically, I’ve got new things to talk about, I’ve been inspired by listening to some great sounds and songs from travelling around, I’ve worked with some great producers, found my strengths and my weaknesses. So I want to pave out a long-term career, I want to be putting music out for ten, twenty, thirty years.”





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Jul 5 2009 9:50 PM

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Jul 5 2009 7:04 PM

Hey!!! Thanks for being our friend! We appreciate all the support! When you get a chance you should check out our 2 new songs!

Leave us a comment and let us know what you think, or just to chat! We love talking to our fans/friends. We are looking forward to hearing from you! :-)
FAN CLUB OFFICIEL FRANCAIS DE SHAKIRA





Jul 5 2009 6:32 PM

Ola,
Venga para visitar el myspace oficial del fan club francais de shakira y venga para escuchar su nuevo single: " LA LOBA "

Hello,
You can visit the myspace oficial fan club of shakira, you can listen the new son "LA LOBA" and you can ad shakira oficial fan club to see some exclusive news, vidéos and photo.
Pfundsweibpetra





Jul 5 2009 6:25 PM

Danke für Deine/Eure Online-Freundschaft.
Ich wünsche Dir/Euch noch alles Gute.

Thank you for the Add.
Have a nice Day
♥ Petra Bastani alias Pfundsweibpetra from www.petraspfundsweiber.de ♥
Black Arrow (follow me @ twitter.com/BlackArr0w)





Jul 5 2009 5:52 PM

Hey, Craig David!!
Check out my newest uploaded track "Freestyle feat. Shyla E - Just Have To Know" prod by me!! It's staight and pure HEAT!! ;)

It is also featured on the "The Timbaland Buzz Mixtape Vol. 2" as a Bonus track.
The Mixtape also has productions by Timbaland, Danja, Venture, DMR, Moe Masri, James Englis, Astro and Black Arrow(me)!!
Download it and comment on it here: http://tinyurl.com/mpeptb

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Black Arrow
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Jul 5 2009 4:55 PM

Hey thanks 4 the Add... LOve your Music
StormyShea_1





Jul 5 2009 4:14 PM

Craig David, I just stopped by to say Hello. Actually, the possiblity that you have a new song is awe inspiring. This is my long awaited experience: To see you in the news and on top of the world.I for one can't wait for your spine tingling beats, your soft, soothing, voice and your personal gifts that you continue to bring to me. I am so excited for you ... well ... US!!! It is all happening the way time stands still in outer space, and life is emerging from all points of the globe like jet-lag. I wished this for you with all my heart. Your fame and success seems to come together for you at once; however, now my life is on a travel-course toward Pluto again, and gaining momentum. Light Years have passed ... or so it seems since you recorded a new hit, or at least, I hope it is a hit! You WILL hear from me, but then you already know that. LOL "Bye, bye." Love you mucho, Stormy Shea
Heather





Jul 5 2009 3:43 PM

Check out my profile And Let me know Do you like me YES or NO http://www.doulike.us/photos/4236984.html?b=4&w=46
Haziza





Jul 5 2009 1:56 PM

thanks for the add! i can't forget your albums and my holidays in algeria...first love;Unfortunatly I never see you. musically yours.
Bela





Jul 5 2009 11:12 AM

Kisses,
Kisses,
Kisses... ;)
~Bela~
Mario Productions. BEST NEW PRODUCER IN THE UK!!!!





Jul 5 2009 10:41 AM

OK SO YOU WANNA HEAR SOMETHING FRESH, UNIQUE, NOT LIKE OTHER PRODUCERS RIGHT??? WELL I GOT IT ALL ON MY PAGE!!! COME AND LISTEN I'M SURE YOU WILL LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR!!! MAJOR RECORD LABELS AND ARTISTS GET IN TOUCH!!! THANKS ALOT!!! Mario Productions. (UK)
Lady Lethal 2 New Tracks, Check It!!!





Jul 5 2009 10:38 AM

Hey, U Kl?

Ive Got A New Track Up Called

"Ur Not Betta Then The Rest [Makteeno Murk]"

Have A listen Plz, Maybe Leave Some Feed Bk

And Fanks For Pass Threw If Ya Do

Stay Blessed

Lady Lethal x
karman





Jul 5 2009 4:35 AM

love uuuuuuu!!!!
Rosilynn





Jul 5 2009 3:45 AM

Check out my profile And Let me know Do you like me YES or NO http://www.doulike.us/photos/7443520.html?b=4&w=46
Loopaveli da Don





Jul 5 2009 12:14 AM

Wassup Craig! Hope you will sing at my wedding one day.
Keep it going cuz
ħHLȥ





Jul 4 2009 11:41 PM

Hey, Craig just droppin' by to say Hi" hope all is well with you & your video's were Great!! keep doin' your thing~
L-Nize





Jul 4 2009 9:45 PM

ATTENTION ARTISTS !!!

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CLUB HIT THAT WILL TAKE YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT STEP ?

YOU CAN'T PAY 10.000+ DOLLARS FOR A BIG NAME PRODUCER ?

MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU OUT...

...WITH HIGH QUALITY CLUBBANGIN BEATS !

STYLES: RNB - HIPHOP - URBAN POP

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Jul 4 2009 6:37 PM

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!
Paolo





Jul 4 2009 5:11 PM

Love u!
Lady Lethal 2 New Tracks, Check It!!!





Jul 4 2009 4:24 PM

Hey U Kl?
Ur Page Is Lookin Gd
Tracks R Alot
Keep Em Comming
Bless
Lady Lethal x
Miss Jones™





Jul 4 2009 3:36 PM

still love the music.
*.* Quenn of Tequila *.*





Jul 4 2009 2:07 PM

Check out my profile And Let me know Do you like me YES or NO http://www.doulike.us/photos/3232070.html?b=4&w=46
R.O.P


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Jul 4 2009 1:31 PM

was geht alles klar??

es gibt ein neuer track von mir
jetzt einfach kostenlos runterladen ;-)

Vetima - Wir ficken euch (feat. R.O.P)
DOWNLOADLINK: http://ul.to/gq3m3g

viel spass damit

Meine MySpace Seite
www.myspace.com/roprecords

ciao ciao ;-)

R.O.P
echuldudul(:





Jul 4 2009 11:18 AM

thx fo app .. (:
Firefly





Jul 4 2009 8:14 AM

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