Flava

Album: Natural (1996)
Charted: 1
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Songfacts®:

  • This song about a wild party in Room 211 was Peter Andre's first UK #1 single. Some sources state the rapper to be a young Cee-Lo Green, who later became known as the vocalist of Gnarls Barkley and a solo star with his hit "Forget You." However, the original sleeve notes lists the credit merely as "Cee," so it is possible that the rap was contributed by someone else altogether.
  • Andre co-wrote this with Wayne Hector who also supplied backing vocals. This was the first hit that Hector contributed to, but he's gone on to co-pen numerous #1 songs for the likes of Westlife, Olly Murs and The Wanted. "If I'm honest, it's not the coolest song in the world," he told Digital Spy in 2013. "But I appreciate what it did for my career!"

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