"Sirens" is the seventh single release from British rapper

Rapping

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 Dizzee Rascal

Dizzee Rascal

Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...

, and the lead single

Lead single

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 from his third studio album Maths + English

Maths + English

- Track listing :*1 Samples Lyn Collins' "Think " and Galactic Force Band's "Space Dust Gurnhill EZI".*2 Co-mixed by Shy FX.*3 Samples "So You Wanna Be a Boxer" from the film musical Bugsy Malone.*4 Omitted from US version.-Charts:...

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The single was playlisted on BBC Radio 1's

BBC Radio 1

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 1-Upfront list and the music video for the single made the top thirty of that chart. Despite mediocre amounts of airplay on both television and radio, the single was a success for Dizzee Rascal, returning him to the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 after previous single "Off 2 Work

Off 2 Work

"Off 2 Work" is the sixth single from British rapper, Dizzee Rascal, a double A-side with "Graftin'", which was contained on Dizzee Rascal's second album Showtime....

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Graftin'

"Graftin" is the sixth single from British rapper Dizzee Rascal and the third and final single from his second album Showtime. The single was a double A-side with "Off 2 Work", which was a previously unreleased new song....

" was his first to miss the top forty. The song became his fourth top twenty hit and was his first single to be released on 7" vinyl

Gramophone record

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Track listing

CD

1. "Sirens"
2. "Dean"

7" Vinyl

1. "Sirens"
2. "Like Me"

12" Vinyl

1. "Sirens"
2. "Sirens" (acapella)
3. "Sirens" (Chase & Status remix)
4. "Sirens" (Chase & Status remix instrumental)

Music video

The video premiered in 2007. It shows him being chased by foxhunters on horse

Horse

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s chasing him through his house, then onto the streets and towards the end of the video, he is trapped down an alleyway and is seemingly killed, and his blood is smeared on the hunters' faces.

Charts

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Chart (2007)	Peak position