"When the Bassline Drops" is a song by British singer

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and British rapper

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. It was David's first single in six years, it was released on 27 November 2015 by Insanity and Speakerbox Media as the lead single from his sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2016). The song was written by David, Scott Wild and Tyrone Lindo, and peaked at number ten on the

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Background

The song sees David return to his

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roots, and is his first single release since " All Alone Tonight (Stop, Look, Listen)" in May 2010. The "Ravers Edition" music video was released on 10 December. The song premiered on

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's show on

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on 7 November 2015.

Chart performance

The song entered at number fifty on the

on 4 December 2015 – for the week ending dated 10 December 2015 – before climbing to number ten nine weeks later. This gave David his first top ten hit since "

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" in 2007.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "When the Bassline Drops" was first released onto YouTube on 10 December 2015 at a total length of three minutes and five seconds.

Live performances

David and Big Narstie performed "When the Bassline Drops" on ''

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'' on 30 January 2016.

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Charts

Weekly charts

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Release history

References

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