David Zowie

Not to be confused with David Bowie.
David Zowie
Birth name David Zowie Canada Batt
Born (1981-04-30) April 30, 1981
Chatham, Kent, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active 1993–present
Labels

David Zowie Canada Batt[1] (born April 30, 1981),[2][3] known professionally as David Zowie, is an English DJ and record producer. He is best known for his song "House Every Weekend", which topped the UK Singles Chart in July 2015 and became the first song to do so on a Friday since Adam Faith's "Poor Me" in March 1960.

Biography

Early life and career beginnings

Zowie was born in Chatham, Kent.[4] He has stated that he was named after David Bowie, as his father was a huge fan, and was once called "David Zowie Ziggy Stardust Aladdin Sane Thin White Duke Twig The Wonder Kid" before his mother changed his name by deed poll.[3] Zowie started producing music at age 12, when he bought a pair of wooden decks and then SoundLabs, commencing production when he was 14. Two years later he bought a pair of Technics SL-1200 from a club he was playing at.[5] He has also operated using an Atari ST.[6]

2015–present: Breakthrough

Zowie is best known for his 2015 song "House Every Weekend", which topped the UK Singles Chart, having debuted at number 80[7] and made its way to number 52 entirely based on streams.[8] On July 8, 2015, the Official Charts Company announced that it was number one in the Official Chart Update, and was scheduled to be the UK's first ever Friday number one in 55 years (they moved the date the chart was announced from Sunday to Friday, giving it five days of sales).[8]

The song reached the top spot in the UK Singles Chart on July 10, 2015,[1] and that same day, it debuted at number 62 in the Irish Singles Chart.[9] The record was later featured on the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 91,[10] and has also topped the UK Dance Chart,[11] charted at #19 on the Irish Singles Chart.[12]

Discography

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[7]
AUS
[13]
BEL
[14]
IRL
2015 "House Every Weekend" 1 64 64 19 N/A

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