Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

Something that has always bothered me is how DJs like David Guetta and Tiesto get the major credit for hit songs when there's really someone else singing. We'll be having none of that with Calvin Harris, though, he actually provides his own vocals for his song. "Feel So Close" is an interesting mix of being both unique and redundant.

You will immediately notice that this is the usual pop song you'll hear on the radio. Calvin Harris sings in a laid-back style that you really don't hear too much right now. It's far from the upbeat dance tracks, yet it's more upbeat than the emotional ballads. It's something new and interesting that is sure to get people to notice. And, as he is still a DJ, the song is full of catchy electronic sounds. So it still is essentially a dance song, just with much more mellow vocals.

Calvin Harris got international fame early with Rihanna's hit "We Found Love" and this song shares a key similarity: It's the same sentence over and over again. "We Found Love" was catchy enough that it took a while for it to get old, but it got old all the same. I can see "Feel So Close" doing the exact same thing. It'll be fun for the start of its run then you'll get to the point where you think, "How many times to I have to listen to the same lyrics?" It could easily get stale and a pain to listen to.

Something that we've really learned about music lately is that it pays to be original. I think that this song has enough novelty to get people's attention and boost itself up the charts. However I don't think it's really number one material and it could easily fall as quick as it rises.