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
Calvin Harris album. It reached number 27 on The UK Singles Chart. The song marked the last time Harris regularly sang on his records, he opted to focus more on music production while having guest singers provide the vocals for him. The same year, shortly after his "Ready for the Weekend tour" wrapped, Harris parted ways with members of his band in which he served as lead vocalist and made the decision to stop doing live shows. In an interview with "Billboard", Harris said: "I thought I'd exhausted every avenue [on the two albums] and it takes a long time to make