Blame (Calvin Harris song) Chart, giving Harris his seventh UK number-one single (and third consecutive) and Newman his third. John Newman initially approached Calvin Harris via Twitter about collaborating on a song he had worked on. Newman sent a demo with his vocals and a few chords and Harris built the music around it. Newman wrote all the lyrics. The single and its artwork were announced on Twitter on 8 June 2014. However, a different artwork cover was uploaded onto the iTunes Store as a replacement. "Blame" was originally scheduled for release on 25 August, but was delayed until 7 September. In August and
Summer (Calvin Harris song) "a shameless bid at nabbing an 'Umbrella'/'California Gurls'/'Blurred Lines'-like Song Of The Summer anthem". In September 2014, "Summer" was named the song of the summer by Spotify; it was the most listened track since June 2014 with more than 160 million plays. "Time" listed "Summer" as the seventh worst song of 2014. The music video for "Summer" was directed by Emil Nava and premiered on 6 April 2014, with a cameo appearance by English actor Jason Statham. As of April 2018, the music video has received over 1.2 billion views on YouTube. !scope="col" colspan="3"| Streaming Summer (Calvin Harris song) "Summer"