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** Calvin himself stated that this was the case with We Found Love; as he was trying to find words that sounded good with what he had produced. This turned out to be his greatest hit of 2012.

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** Calvin himself stated that this This was apparently the case with We Found Love; as he Calvin was trying to find words that sounded good with what he had produced. This turned out to be his greatest hit of 2012.

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* BlackSheepHit: After releasing Ready For The Weekend, Calvin took to having other artists sing for him instead of singing vocals himself. However, two of his greatest hits; Feel So Close and Summer are probably his biggest hits that he's ever achieved, despite the fact that he sings them himself.



* WordSaladLyrics: "Open Wide". The track has Big Sean rapping about his ex-wife and oral sex, and has no verses that make sense when put together.

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* WordSaladLyrics: Despite only having 5 lines in the song, Summer makes ''no'' sense when you put it into context. [[WordOfGod Calvin himself has lampshaded this]].
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"Open Wide". The track has Big Sean rapping about his ex-wife and oral sex, and has no verses that make sense when put together.



** Early in his career, ''LadyGaga'' of all people asked Calvin if he wanted to work with her. Unfortunately due to Gaga not being quite as popular as she is now, Calvin declined the offer because he wasn't interested, [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude and her name sounded stupid to him]].

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** Early in his career, ''LadyGaga'' of all people asked Calvin if he wanted to work with her. Unfortunately due to Gaga not being quite as popular as she is now, Calvin declined the offer because he wasn't interested, [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude and her name sounded stupid to him]].him]].
** The beginning verse of Under Control was ''very'' different from how the final product turned out. WordOfGod states that Theo Hutchcraft, frontman of the english synthpop/rock duo Hurts was responsible for most of the changes provided.
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* WhatItCouldveBeen: Calvin revealed on his Instagram that he was mixing Jessie J's vocals in the studio sometime around 2014/2013, implying that there would be a collaboration between them. As of March 2016, this has not been expanded upon.

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* WhatItCouldveBeen: WhatItCouldHaveBeen: Calvin revealed on his Instagram that he was mixing Jessie J's vocals in the studio sometime around 2014/2013, implying that there would be a collaboration between them. As of March 2016, this has not been expanded upon.

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* WordSaladLyrics: "Open Wide." The track has Big Sean rapping about his ex-wife and oral sex, and has no verses that make sense when put together.

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* WordSaladLyrics: "Open Wide." Wide". The track has Big Sean rapping about his ex-wife and oral sex, and has no verses that make sense when put together.


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* WhatItCouldveBeen: Calvin revealed on his Instagram that he was mixing Jessie J's vocals in the studio sometime around 2014/2013, implying that there would be a collaboration between them. As of March 2016, this has not been expanded upon.
** Early in his career, ''LadyGaga'' of all people asked Calvin if he wanted to work with her. Unfortunately due to Gaga not being quite as popular as she is now, Calvin declined the offer because he wasn't interested, [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude and her name sounded stupid to him]].
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** Swedish producer and fellow collaborator Alesso criticized ''Iron'' for being extremely similar to his unreleased single ''Clash''.


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* WordSaladLyrics: "Open Wide." The track has Big Sean rapping about his ex-wife and oral sex, and has no verses that make sense when put together.
** Calvin himself stated that this was the case with We Found Love; as he was trying to find words that sounded good with what he had produced. This turned out to be his greatest hit of 2012.
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* CrowningMomentofFunny: Calvin Harris has been banned for life from attending any X-Factor shows, due to the fact that '''he came onstage with a pineapple on his head, while Jedward was performing'''. The

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* CrowningMomentofFunny: Calvin Harris has been banned for life from attending any X-Factor shows, due to the fact that '''he came onstage with a pineapple on his head, while Jedward was performing'''. The spectacle was caught on live TV, and drove many Jedward fans up the wall as a result.
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** ''I Need Your Love'' and ''Outside'' both have English singer Ellie Goulding on vocals, and are considered to be some of Calvin's best works to date. The latter is even considered a MagnumOpus by Calvin Harris himself.

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** ''I Need Your Love'' and ''Outside'' both have English singer Ellie Goulding on vocals, and are considered to be some of Calvin's best works to date. The latter is even considered a MagnumOpus masterpiece by Calvin Harris himself.
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* MagnumOpus: ''18 Months'' is seen as this for fans. Calvin himself is quite proud of the track ''Outside'', featuring Ellie Goulding.

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* CrowningMomentofFunny: Calvin Harris has been banned for life from attending any X-Factor shows, due to the fact that '''he came onstage with a pineapple on his head, while Jedward was performing'''. The



** London trio Disciples and singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen become ''much'' more popular after Calvin released a track with them in 2015 called ''How Deep Is Your Love''.

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** London trio Disciples and singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen become became ''much'' more popular after Calvin released a track with them in 2015 called ''How Deep Is Your Love''.
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** His track ''Blame'' featuring English singer John Newman, was able to propel John to become famous worldwide, who had previously only been known for 3 singles off of his debut album: ''Love Me Again'', ''Losing Sleep'', and ''Cheating''.

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** His track ''Blame'' featuring English singer John Newman, was able to propel John to become famous worldwide, who had previously only been known for mostly in the UK (with minor American prominence)for 3 singles off of his debut album: ''Love Me Again'', ''Losing Sleep'', and ''Cheating''.
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** ''Blame'' featuring John Newman became one of the fastest chart climbers in 2014, and is well-liked throughout many clubs. It probably has the most remixes out any other one of Calvin Harris's tracks.
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* AllStarCast: "18 Months" and "Motion" both feature many Europeans, as well as a couple of Americans.
* MagnumOpus: ''18 Months''.

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* AllStarCast: "18 Months" and "Motion" both feature many Europeans, as well as a couple of Americans.
Americans, and quite a few Swedish/Dutch producers, such as Nicky Romero, Ummet Ozcan, Firebeatz, and Alesso.
* MagnumOpus: ''18 Months''.Months'' is seen as this for fans. Calvin himself is quite proud of the track ''Outside'', featuring Ellie Goulding.



** ''Let's Go featuring Ne-Yo is slightly oldschool, but is also a well-known radio hit.

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** ''Let's Go Go'' featuring Ne-Yo is slightly oldschool, but is also a well-known radio hit.

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* SignatureSong: "Summer". It was his biggest hit to date worldwide and since Harris sings the song himself as opposed to collaborating with a guest vocalist, it prevents the song from being disassociated with him.

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* SignatureSong: "Summer". It was his biggest hit [[RecordProducer Being who he is]], Calvin's bound to date worldwide and have ''many'' signature calling cards, some of which include:
** ''We Found Love'' featuring Rihanna is probably the biggest,
since it's basically the track that got Calvin famous in America.
** ''Feel So Close'' and ''Summer'', have
Harris sings the song himself as opposed to collaborating singing the vocals, and are the songs that prevent people from getting him confused with another artist.
** ''We'll Be Coming Back'' featuring Example is also
a guest vocalist, it prevents the well-known song throughout the community.
** ''How Deep Is Your Love'' with Disciples, featuring (uncredited) vocals
from being disassociated Ina Wroldsen became a very big hit during the summer of 2015. It also helped Disciples become immensely popular in both the States, and the UK.
** ''Slow Acid'', is very popular
with him.underground music listeners, since it uses Acid House sounds prominently featured in the works of [[AphexTwin Richard D. James]] and DJ Pierre.
** ''I Need Your Love'' and ''Outside'' both have English singer Ellie Goulding on vocals, and are considered to be some of Calvin's best works to date. The latter is even considered a MagnumOpus by Calvin Harris himself.
** ''Pray to God'' featuring HAIM, while not as popular as his other works, still deserves some credit due to breaking a bit from the formula that Harris works with.
** ''Under Control'' with Alesso featuring Hurts is also very popular in clubs and on the radio.
** ''Let's Go featuring Ne-Yo is slightly oldschool, but is also a well-known radio hit.


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* StarMakingRole: Calvin was practically unknown in America until ''We Found Love'' and ''Feel So Close'' hit the charts. After that, he became the most sought-out artist that people wanted to work with.
** His track ''Blame'' featuring English singer John Newman, was able to propel John to become famous worldwide, who had previously only been known for 3 singles off of his debut album: ''Love Me Again'', ''Losing Sleep'', and ''Cheating''.
** ''Fly Eye Records'', Calvin's record label allowed BURNS and R3hab to become recognized internationally as well.
** London trio Disciples and singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen become ''much'' more popular after Calvin released a track with them in 2015 called ''How Deep Is Your Love''.
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* NightmareFuel: Calvin has been known to make some really weird Instagram posts...
** His music video for Slow Acid is creepy as well, with a blue girl stretching and turning into some kind of ghost (which happens to be the album's artwork). It really gets you wondering about what's in Calvin's head.


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** The guitar riffs in ''Pray To God'' are reminiscent to that of Stevie Nicks's ''One Winged Dove''.
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* SignatureSong: "Summer".

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* SignatureSong: "Summer". It was his biggest hit to date worldwide and since Harris sings the song himself as opposed to collaborating with a guest vocalist, it prevents the song from being disassociated with him.
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* SignatureSong: "Summer".
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* SophomoreSlump: ''Motion'' seems to be getting this treatment compared to ''18 Months''.
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* AllStarCast: "18 Months" and "Motion" both feature many Europeans, as well as a couple of Americans.
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* MagnumOpus: ''18 Months''.
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* TearJerker: ''We'll Be Coming Back'' has some melancholy lyrics. Fortunately, there's enough optimism in it to bring [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming happy tears]], too.

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* TearJerker: ''We'll "We'll Be Coming Back'' Back" has some melancholy lyrics. Fortunately, there's enough optimism in it to bring [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming happy tears]], too.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Thinking About You" is similar to Avicii's (Tim Berg at the time) "Seek Bromance".

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Thinking About You" is similar to Avicii's (Tim Berg at the time) Avicii/Tim Berg's "Silhouette" and "Seek Bromance".
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Thinking About You" is similar to Avicii's (Tim Berg at the time) "Seek Bromance".
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-->''Standing in the light till it's over out of our minds''
-->''Someone had to draw a line''
-->''We'll be coming back for you one day''
-->''We'll be coming back for you one day''
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* TearJerker: ''We'll Be Coming Back'' has some melancholy lyrics. Fortunately, there's enough optimism in it to bring [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming happy tears]], too.
-->''Standing in the light till it's over out of our minds''
-->''Someone had to draw a line''
-->''We'll be coming back for you one day''
-->''We'll be coming back for you one day''
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNeANt2H6M Crashing one of Jedwards’s performances]] on TheXFactor. [[FruitOfTheLoon While wearing a pineapple hat.]] By doing so, [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame he actually managed to troll a pair of trolls.]]
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNeANt2H6M Crashing one of Jedwards’s performances]] on TheXFactor. [[FruitOfTheLoon While wearing a pineapple hat.]] By doing so, [[BeyondTheImpossible he actually managed to troll a pair of trolls.]]

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNeANt2H6M Crashing one of Jedwards’s performances]] on TheXFactor. [[FruitOfTheLoon While wearing a pineapple hat.]] By doing so, [[BeyondTheImpossible [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame he actually managed to troll a pair of trolls.]]
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* YourMileageMayVary: Some like his complete lack of singing ability and think it’s uniquely charming, others not so much.
** Calvin himself knows he’s not a singer and perhaps as a response to this, he announced in 2010 that his next album wouldn’t feature any of his own vocals, but rather those of featured artists. His 2011 single “Bounce” seems to perpetuate this with {{Kelis}} lending her voice on the track, but its follow-up “Feel So Close” ''does'' feature his vocals, so he may have had a change of heart.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNeANt2H6M Crashing one of Jedwards’s performances]] on TheXFactor. [[FruitOfTheLoon While wearing a pineapple hat.]] By doing so, [[BeyondTheImpossible he actually managed to troll a pair of trolls.]]

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNeANt2H6M Crashing one of Jedwards’s performances]] on TheXFactor. [[FruitOfTheLoon While wearing a pineapple hat.]] By doing so, [[BeyondTheImpossible he actually managed to troll a pair of trolls.]]]]
* YourMileageMayVary: Some like his complete lack of singing ability and think it’s uniquely charming, others not so much.
** Calvin himself knows he’s not a singer and perhaps as a response to this, he announced in 2010 that his next album wouldn’t feature any of his own vocals, but rather those of featured artists. His 2011 single “Bounce” seems to perpetuate this with {{Kelis}} lending her voice on the track, but its follow-up “Feel So Close” ''does'' feature his vocals, so he may have had a change of heart.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfNeANt2H6M Crashing one of Jedwards’s performances]] on TheXFactor. [[FruitOfTheLoon While wearing a pineapple hat.]] By doing so, [[BeyondTheImpossible he actually managed to troll a pair of trolls.]]

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