The thing that makes it work is that there’s an in-song reason for one performer to overpower the rest. You’d think that Rockabye, the song they did with Anne-Marie and Sean Paul, would end up criminally overloaded given that it features not one but two guest artists, yet it’s actually quite controlled. Too far to either end of the spectrum and you get stuff that doesn’t work: there’s a specific vocal style that serves Clean Bandit well, but it’s so percise that no-one quite seems to know what it is yet. Similarly, place it next to a wholly uncomplicated artist like Jess Glynne and you get music which is entirely unsupported by its lyrics, resulting in something unsatifyingly meaningless. Place one of Bandit’s precise, complicated instrumentals next to an over-singer like Louisa Johnson and you get a track with no room to breathe, forcing their less ostentatious sound into the background and allowing the song to be dominated by it’s worst element. The issue is that they keep collaborating with their contemporaries despite them never quite seeming to gel. They’re certainly the best instrumentalists working in mainstream pop at the moment their songs sound sublime and are musically so far ahead of their contemporaries that it’s almost embarrassing. I’ve historically been a bit conflicted with Clean Bandit. Let’s pretend this song is still immediately relevant to the charts, yeah? As of 2016, Clean Bandit have sold over 13 million singles and 1.6 million albums worldwide.I’m way behind on my attempt to review every UK No. Their second album, What Is Love?, was released in November 2018. "Symphony" featuring Zara Larsson became their third UK number one single in 2017.
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The song became an international chart topper for the band, additionally charting at number nine in the US. Their 2016 single "Rockabye", which features Jamaican artist Sean Paul and singer Anne-Marie, became their second number one hit in the UK and the Christmas number one single for 2016. The band's debut album New Eyes was released in June 2014 and has received a gold certification from the BPI. In 2015, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
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The song also reached number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100. In January 2014, they scored their first UK chart topping single with "Rather Be", a collaboration with Jess Glynne.
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The band released their debut single "A+E" in 2012, followed by their 2013 single "Mozart's House", the latter of which reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Notable collaborators include Marina, Demi Lovato, Jess Glynne, Anne-Marie, Sean Paul, Zara Larsson, Julia Michaels, Luis Fonsi, Ellie Goulding, Iann Dior, Mabel, and Lizzo. Jack Patterson is the principal songwriter and has been awarded two Ivor Novellos for the writing of “Rather Be.” Many of their projects are known for blending elements of both classical and dance music, and featuring guest vocalists. The group currently consists of founder Grace Chatto and brothers Jack and Luke Patterson. They direct and produce their own music videos, many of which have been nominated for Brit Awards and VMAs, while two of them, Symphony and Rockabye, each have over 1 billion views on YouTube, with Rockabye having reached over 2.5 billion views. They have had four number 1 hits and ten top ten hits on the UK Singles Chart. Clean Bandit are a British electronic music group formed in Cambridge, England in 2008.