Craig David's biggest hits from 'Fill Me In' to 'Who You Are'
His tunes have lasted the test of time
Craig David is one of the most popular British artists of all time, known for his huge songs from the iconic '7 Days' to featuring on 'Abracadabra' with Wes Nelson. We've taken a look back at his musical journey, starting with his debut single 'Fill Me In' - which he performed at Wembley with Coldplay.
As well as being a talented singer, he's also a brilliant DJ, and you can read about Craig David's career, including his amazing TS5 set which he has performed all over the world. Now let's take a look some of his biggest hits of all time...
2000 – 'Fill Me In'
Craig’s debut track ‘Fill Me In’ hit the UK charts at Number 1 back in April 2000, after being released as the lead single on his debut album ‘Born To Do It’. Not only was it Number 1 song here, it was Top 10 around the world.
2000 – '7 Days'
Who can forget this classic? Still a popular tune now, ‘7 days’ was released as Craig’s second single in 2000. It was another Number 1 in the UK and despite the official video only being added to YouTube in 2017, it's had more than 60 million views at the time of writing.
2002 - 'Walking Away'
Yet another song released in 2002, 'Walking Away' was another Top 10 hit for Craig David! The song was re-recorded for the pop star's Greatest Hits album in 2008 and is still very popular on YouTube today.
2002 – 'What’s Your Flava?'
'What’s Your Flava?' is a classic tune released as Craig’s first single from his second studio album ‘Slicker Than Your Average’ back in 2002.
2005 – 'Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)'
One of Craig David’s most successful singles to date, 'Don't Love You No More' peaked at Number 4 in the charts and spent 15 weeks in the UK Top 75.
2016 – 'When The Bassline Drops'
After a break of five years, and in what was one of the greatest comebacks ever, Craig teamed up with Big Narstie for this epic track, 'When the Bassline Drops'.
2016 – 'Nothing Like This' featuring Blonde
Craig then collaborated with deep house duo Blonde on their summer anthem ‘Nothing Like This’. The song was his second single from his sixth studio album.
2017 - 'I Know You' featuring Bastille
Craig David had huge success in 2017 with Bastille on the Top 5 track 'I Know You'.
2019 - 'Do You Miss Me Much'
Craig David's 'Do You Miss Me Much' was released in 2019 and his fans loved this catchy song.
2019 - 'When You Know What Love Is'
On 31 May 2019, Craig released a single 'When You Know What Love Is', and even performed the hit in the Love Island villa to delighted Islanders.
2020 - KSI ft Craig David & Digital Farm Animals - 'Is It Really Love'
In October 2020, in the peak of the Coronvirus pandemic, Craig featured on KSI's tune 'Is It Really Love'. KSI admitted that working with Craig on the track was a 'dream come true'.
Craig was proud too, saying: "Working with KSI has been an amazing experience for me and also a lot of fun. He’s a great guy with an amazing energy."
2021 - Craig David ft MNEK - 'Who You Are'
In October 2021, Craig surprised fans and told them about a collaboration 'Who You Are' which saw join forces with Grammy-nominated artist and acclaimed songwriter MNEK.
Talking about the track, he tweeted: 'This song holds a special place in my heart. I really hope it helps you feel seen, heard & ultimately be able to express who you are.
'I have a really special feeling about this song and I’m so excited it’s finally happening and that you’re gonna get to hear it!'
In July 2022, Craig released his collab with Galantis called 'DNA' along with the lyric video which featured Galantis' mascot the SeaFox along with a DNA animation with the lyrics over them.
Since the song's release, the music video has now been shared on YouTube.
2024 - Wes Nelson feat Craig David - 'Abracadabra'
Craig teamed up with Wes Nelson on the huge track 'Abracadabra', which was released in February 2024. The pair even delivered an incredible performance of the track together in the Love Island: All Stars villa!
You can hear songs by Craig David on heat radio.
Check out Craig David's career timeline:
1991 - 'Re-Rewind'
Music is definitely in Craig David's blood. As a child, he was surrounded by music. His father George even played bass in a reggae band.
Despite being well-known in the underground MC world in the 90s and writing songs for British group Damage, Craig David only got his big break in 1999 when he featured on the track 'Re-Rewind' by garage duo Artful Dodger.
The song reached Number 2 in the charts and Craig soon became a household name.
2000 - 'Fill Me In'
In 2000, Craig released one of his greatest tunes to date, 'Fill Me In', and it was his first! The garage banger soared to the top of the charts.
2000 - First album 'Born To Do It'
Craig's debut album 'Born To Do It' was released 14th August 2000 by Wildstar Records. It went to Number 1 and eventually went 6x Platinum. It also achieved major success in the US, selling over a million copies.
Hosting smash singles including '7 Days' and 'Walking Away', the album placed Craig at the top and earned him three Ivor Novello Awards as well as six BRIT Award nominations in 2001.
Later in April 2009, MTV viewers voted 'Born to Do It' as number 2 on their 'Greatest Album of All-Time' poll. What an accolade!
2002 - 'Slicker Than Your Average'
Craig's first album was definitely hard to beat and his second, 'Slicker Than Your Average', was released in 2002. It had huge hits, 'What's Your Flava?', 'Hidden Agenda' and 'Rise & Fall' and reached Number 4 in the charts.
2005 - Change of sound and third album 'The Story Goes...'
In 2005, Craig announced that he had signed with Warner Music and put together his third album, 'The Story Goes...'. His sound shifted slightly and he began exploring more contemporary R&B. His song 'All The Way' put him back in the Top 3 in the charts and the album still did well.
2007 - 'Trust Me'
Craig switched up his look on his fourth album 'Trust Me'. He successfully sought permission from David Bowie to sample his 1983 Number 1 single 'Let's Dance'. The single was a top ten hit but his fourth record didn't perform as well as his first three.
2007 also saw him team up with UK grime legend Kano for their collaboration 'This Is The Girl' that sampled Jay Z's song 'Big Pimpin'.
2008 - 2009 Greatest Hits and new direction
In 2008, still quite early on in his career, Craig released a Greatest Hits album, full of his best known hits as well a new song 'Where's Your Love' featuring Tinchy Stryder and Rita Ora.
Craig then signed another new record with Universal Motown and released sixth album 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered'. It featured covers of classics from Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and Al Green.
In 2009, he moved to Miami and took a break. Craig bought a luxurious all-white penthouse in the sunny city, and began taking major interest in body-building and getting into shape.
Although he didn't go on an official hiatus, Craig reportedly resented the caricature of himself on Leigh Francis' TV show Bo' Selecta!, in which he was frequently parodied.
Craig told The Sunday Times in 2007: "The whole Bo' Selecta! thing was killing me for a while because this idiot had a cult following and I was the main caricature. It was hurtful beyond belief. There were times when I thought I just want to knock this guy out."
2011 - The Craig David comeback and TS5
Craig started making his way back to the mainstream in 2011 when his DJ name TS5 started uploaded the sets to Soundcloud, and on the back of this success Craig embarked on a huge world tour that took him all over the globe.
TS5 remains hugely successful to this day, taking Craig everywhere from Ibiza to Glastonbury.
In January 2013, David announced on Twitter that he had signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, he then took his TS5 shows on tour.
In 2015, Craig appeared on The X Factor and performed his breakthrough single 'Re-Rewind' with Reggie 'n' Bollie.
In 2016, he signed with Sony and was preparing for the ultimate comeback.
2016 - 'Following My Intuition'
Craig's comeback single 'When The Bassline Drops', featuring Big Narstie, flew straight into the Top 10.
In September 2016, he dropped his long-awaited comeback album 'Following My Intuition' and it was his first album to hit Number 1 since his debut 'Born To Do It'. He then headed on tour and played almost every festival under the sun.
2017 - 'The Time Is Now'
In 2017, Craig announced the release of the seventh studio album, 'The Time Is Now', which was released in January 2018 and featured hits like 'Heartline' and 'I Know You' featuring Bastille.
2019 - 2020 New songs and Love Island
Two years later, he released 'Do You Miss Me Much' and 'When You Know What Love Is' - which he performed in the Love Island villa during a guest DJ slot.
2021 - New music tease
In October 2021, Craig surprised fans and told them a collaboration 'Who You Are' which saw join forces with Grammy-nominated artist and acclaimed songwriter MNEK.
He's also hinted at a new album.
2021 - Craig David received an MBE from Prince Charles
In December 2021, Craig David received an MBE at Windsor Castle from Prince Charles. The singer too to Instagram to share some photos of him receiving the award telling his fans: 'As I sit here after a beautiful day with my mum at Windsor Castle 🏰 I just wanna say thank you to everyone that has played a part in my career to date & to everyone that supports me & enriches my life. I'm so grateful & I Love You ❤️💫 xxx'
2022 - Craig Davi performs at the Platinum Party at the Palace
Craig David was among the talented artists who performed at the Platinum Party at the Palace concert as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Jubilee celebrations on 4th June.
After his performance, he took to Instagram to say: 'After the last few years we've all had to face our own challenges individually & collectively, but in that time I've seen so many acts of courage, humility & grace from all of You that makes an occasion like this even more special to be a part of' (sic)
2022 - Craig releases his eighth album
On 30th September 2022, Craig released his eighth studio album, celebrating 22 years of his epic career! Aptly names '22', the album included tracks such as 'DNA' with Galantis, 'Who You Are' with MNEK and 'My Heart's Been Waiting for You' with Duvall.
2022 - Craig David's first book
In September 2022, Craig David announced he would be releasing his first book called What's Your Vibe?. The book covers this whole career and was released on 6th October of that year.
2024 - Love Island: All Stars performance
Craig delivered an incredible performance in the Love Island: All Stars villa in February 2024, delighting Islanders including superfan Anton Danyluk. Craig was also joined by Wes Nelson, with the pair teaming up for an epic performance of their collab 'Abracadabra'.
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