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"Dynamite" is written in the key of E major, with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. [3] According to Cruz, "The song 'Dynamite' itself is about when you go to the club and when you go to a party and when you're just going out... you got to feel like, 'I'm just gonna explode.'" [1] Dr. Luke and Max Martin had written the melody, and asked Bonnie McKee to write lyrics.
English singer Taio Cruz has released three studio albums, one compilation album, one live album, one extended play, twenty singles (including six as a featured artist) and twenty-three music videos. After signing a publishing deal at the age of 19, [ 1 ] Cruz released his debut studio album, Departure in 2006; it reached number 17 on the UK ...
Jacob Taio Cruz (/ ˈ t aɪ oʊ /; born Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere, [a] 23 April 1980; stylised as TΛIO CRUZ) [b] [10] [11] is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. [ 12 ] Cruz was discovered in the mid-2000s by American record producer Tricky Stewart , joining the latter's record company RedZone Entertainment as in-house ...
The Rokstarr Collection is the first compilation album by English R&B recording artist Taio Cruz.It was released on 20 September 2010. [2] According to Cruz's website, the album combines "the biggest hits of Taio’s debut album 'Departure' and recent album 'Rokstarr'". [3]
The video, a parody of Mike Tompkins' a cappella music video for "Dynamite", [1] [8] was intended for the group's target audience in the New York Orthodox Jewish community [3] [7] but it quickly went viral, being viewed more than 2 million times in ten days. [2] [4] As of December 2018, it had logged more than 14 million views. [9]
Rokstarr is the second studio album by English singer and songwriter Taio Cruz.It was released on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom.On 11 June 2010, a revised version of the album was released in Europe and the United States, appearing as Cruz's debut album there.
In March, at a Danish award show, TV 2 Zulu Awards 2011, Cahill performed in a video where he was lip-synching the songs which were nominated for the Hit of the Year award. In April, he appeared with Brian Wilson and Cody Ross of the San Francisco Giants performing Taio Cruz's hit "Dynamite". [6]
Tompkins' music video for Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" was itself parodied by The Maccabeats, a Jewish a cappella group from Yeshiva University, in their cover version of "Dynamite" called "Candlelight" (2010). [13] [14] The very first cover that Tompkins did was the song Party in the USA. [15]