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(DJ)

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and Australian singer and DJ

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. It was released as a digital download on 9 June 2014. The song was written by Guetta, James, Ralph Wegner, Ebow Graham, Pavan Mukhi, and

Giorgio Tuinfort Giorgio Hesdey Tuinfort is a Dutch record producer and songwriter. Biography Born in Suriname, Tuinfort moved to the Netherlands at 9 months old. His musical career started at age 4, after he attended a special music class for toddlers. After b ...

. It features uncredited vocals by Ebow Graham (better known as Metropolis of

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), with additional uncredited guitar performed by Michael Nadeau. The composition is largely based upon the original instrumentation of the song "

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", by

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. In 2014, "Blast Off" was included in Guetta's ''

Lovers on the Sun "Lovers on the Sun" is a song by French music producer David Guetta from his sixth studio album, ''Listen''. It features vocals by American singer and songwriter Sam Martin. It was released as a digital download and the lead single from the album ...

'' EP. The track was also featured on the

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of the 2015 film ''

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''. It was later included in the 2015 re-release of Guetta's sixth studio album, entitled '' Listen Again'' as a bonus track.

Music video

The animated lyric video, directed by Olivier Boscovitch, was published onto YouTube through Fifth Harmony's official channel on 14 June 2013. Following the comic strip theme used for previous singles "

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" and " Me and My Girls", it features a skateboarding, guitar-playing girl who runs away from home.

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References

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