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I Created Disco is the debut ___MASK42___ by Scottish musician Calvin Harris , released on 15 June 2007 by ___MASK99___ . It was preceded by the singles " Acceptable in the 80s " and " The Girls ", which reached numbers 10 and three on the UK Singles Chart , respectively . The ___MASK3___ debuted at number eight on the UK Albums Chart with first - week sales of 16 , 121 copies . On 23 May 2008 , it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ). " I Created Disco " had sold 223 , 845 copies in the ___MASK11___ by November 2014 . `` The Girls '' is a song by Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris . It was released on 4 June 2007 as the second single from his debut ___MASK42___ I Created Disco ( 2007 ) . `` The Girls '' was Harris ' highest charting single on the Official UK Top 40 , on 10 June 2007 , `` The Girls '' reached a peak of # 3 . A `` bootleg '' version of the song leaked on file sharing a several months before I Created Disco was released . The song has been covered by electropop outfit Dragonette , who changed the main lyric to `` The Boys '' . ___MASK99___ ( also known simply as Columbia ) is an American ___MASK98___ ___MASK70___ owned by ___MASK49___ ( SME ), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc ., the United States division of Sony Corporation . It was founded in 1887 , evolving from an earlier enterprise named the American Graphophone Company , the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company . Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business , being the second major ___MASK98___ company to produce recorded records . ___MASK99___ went on to release records by an array of notable singers , instrumentalists , and bands . From 1961 to 1990 , its recordings were released outside the U . S . and Canada by the CBS Records ___MASK70___ ( which was named after the Columbia Broadcasting System ) to avoid confusion with the EMI ___MASK70___ of the same name , before adopting the Columbia name internationally in 1990 . It is one of Sony Music ' s three flagship ___MASK98___ labels alongside RCA Records and Epic Records . Adam Richard Wiles ( born 17 January 1984 ), known professionally as Calvin Harris , is a Scottish ___MASK98___ producer , DJ , singer and songwriter . His debut ___MASK42___ " I Created Disco " was released in June 2007 , and was the precursor to his UK top 10 singles " Acceptable in the 80s " and " The Girls ". In 2009 , Harris released his second ___MASK42___ " Ready for the Weekend ", which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry within two months of its release . Its lead single " I ' m Not Alone " became his first number - one single on the UK Singles Chart . The ___MASK79___ ( currently entitled Official Singles Chart ) is compiled by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ), on behalf of the British ___MASK98___ industry , listing the top - selling singles in the ___MASK11___ , based upon physical sales , paid - for downloads and streaming . To be eligible for the chart , a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ) as either a ' single bundle ' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one ___MASK90___ audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence . The rules have changed many times as technology has developed , the most notable being the inclusion of ___MASK90___ downloads in 2005 and streaming in 2014 . " Acceptable in the 80s " is the debut single by Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris . It was released as the lead single from Harris ' debut ___MASK42___ , " I Created Disco " ( 2007 ), on 11 December 2006 . The song became Harris ' first hit in the ___MASK11___ , peaking at the number 10 position on the UK Singles Chart . The UK Albums Chart ( currently called the Official Albums Chart ) is a list of albums ranked by physical and ___MASK90___ sales and ( from March 2015 ) audio streaming in the ___MASK11___ . It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ) on Fridays ( previously Sundays ). It is broadcast on ___MASK8___ Radio 1 ( top 5 ) and published in " Music Week " magazine ( top 75 ), and on the OCC website ( top 100 ).