"Splash" is the fourth single from

drum and bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...

artist

Sub Focus Nicolaas Douwma (born 13 April 1982), better known by his stage name Sub Focus, is an English DJ, record producer, songwriter, musician and sound engineer from Guildford, Surrey. He has been releasing records since 2003. On 12 October 2009, ...

to be released from his self-titled debut album ''

''. The single features vocals from British singer Coco and managed to reach number 41 in the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

upon release. The song is featured in the soundtrack to the video game ''

F1 2010 The 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 64th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Red Bull Racing won its maiden Constructors' Championship with a 1–2 finish in Brazil, while Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Driv ...

''.

Track listing

*Digital download (EP) *Vinyl No. 1 (drum and bass) *Vinyl No. 2 (dubstep)

Music video

A music video accompanying the single was released on 24 April 2010. The video features an actor posing as Sub Focus and Coco performing the song in an unknown location in East London, where Coco takes out her anger on a drum kit. At various stages throughout the music video, Coco is seen singing in front of the

Grand Union Flag The "Grand Union Flag" (also known as the "Continental Colours", the "Congress Flag", the "Cambridge Flag", and the "First Navy Ensign") is considered to be the first national flag of the United States of America. Similar to the current U.S. f ...

. To accompany the music, the lights flicker on and off throughout the music video, while Coco appears distorted for effect.

Chart performance

"Splash" debuted on the

at number 41 on 23 May 2010 as well as number seven on the

UK Dance Chart The UK Dance Singles Chart and the UK Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre (e.g. house, trance, drum and bass, garage, synthpop) in record ...

. The following week, the single fell to number 73 and number eight, respectively. On 6 June 2010, "Splash" fell to number 91 before falling out of the top 100 the following week.

Release history

References

2010 singles Sub Focus songs RAM Records singles Songs written by Karen Poole 2009 songs Songs written by Sub Focus {{2000s-electronic-song-stub