Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya)

Album: The Ascent (2012)
Charted: 3
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Songfacts®:

  • This single from Wiley's tenth studio album, The Ascent, premiered on August 24, 2012, on DJ Target's BBC Radio 1Xtra show. The track features verses from rapper Skepta and grime artist JME, while R&B singer Ms D - who also featured on Wiley's hit tune "Heatwave" - sings the hook. The Rymez-produced song was officially released on October 28, 2012.
  • Wiley told NME he almost didn't ask JME to do the song because he thought the rapper would refuse. "Then I thought, 'No, let me let him hear the beat. I can't say that before he's heard the beat.' And then he heard the beat, and he was alright," he said.

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