Ray Foxx (born 10 December 1985) is an English DJ and music producer who is best known for his hit single "

Boom Boom (Heartbeat) "Boom Boom (Heartbeat)" is a song by British DJ Ray Foxx featuring vocals from Welsh singer Rachel K Collier. It peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart, number 2 on the UK Dance Chart and number 13 on the Scottish Singles Chart The Scottish ...

" which has peaked at number 12 on the

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Music career

2011–12: Early career

In July 2011 Ray Foxx released his debut single "The Trumpeter" through

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. The track gained radio support from the likes of

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and DJ Target. In September 2011 he re-released the single as "La Musica", featuring vocals from Lovelle. The new vocal version became his first charting single peaking at number 65 in the

. The song also received success charting at number 15 in the

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and number 9 in the

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, as well as topping the

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. In April 2012 he released the single "Butterflies".

2013–present: Breakthrough

Newly signed to the Strictly Rhythm label, he released the single "

" in August 2013. The song features vocals from

Rachel K Collier Rachel K Collier is a Welsh electronic music producer and performer from Swansea, Wales. She studied Creative Music Technology (BMus) for four years at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama before moving to London to further pursue her music c ...

. The song has peaked to number 12 on the

, making it his first UK Top 20 single. The song has also peaked to number 2 on the

and number 13 on the

Scottish Singles Chart The Scottish Albums Chart is a chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) which is based on how physical and digital sales towards the UK Albums Chart fare in Scotland. The official singles chart for Scotland, the Scottish Singles Chart, ...

. His follow-up single, "Fireworks (Bang Bang)", featuring vocalist and fellow Londoner J Warner, was released mid-December the same year.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Official Website
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