Slow Acid

2014 promotional single by Calvin Harris

"Slow Acid"

Promotional single by Calvin Harris
from the album Motion
Released	14 October 2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	Acid house^[1]
Length	3:41
Label	Deconstruction Fly Eye Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Calvin Harris
Producer(s)	Calvin Harris

Music video
"Slow Acid" on YouTube

"Slow Acid" is a song by Scottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris for his fourth studio album, Motion (2014). It was released on 14 October 2014 as the album's first promotional single.

Music video

The official music video for the song, directed by Emil Nava,^[2] was uploaded onto Calvin Harris' Vevo channel on 15 October 2014. It has since been viewed over 9,000,000 times. It features a woman in blue going around in a city at night under the influence of drugs and alcohol, the blue colour indicating that she is under severe drug and alcohol use and has a hangover. She wakes up the next day lying on a road looking normal, apparently recovered from the hangover she experienced the previous night.

Track listing

Digital download – single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slow Acid"	3:41

Credits and personnel

Calvin Harris – vocals, production, arrangement

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Scotland (OCC)^[3]	34
UK Singles (OCC)^[4]	86
UK Dance (OCC)^[5]	18
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)^[6]	19

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format(s)
Worldwide	14 October 2014	Fly Eye	Digital download

References

^ Turner, Dave (16 October 2014). "Calvin Harris goes acid on new single". Mixmag. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "Calvin Harris Slow Acid – Emil Nava".
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
^ "Calvin Harris Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard.

Calvin Harris

Studio albums

I Created Disco	"Acceptable in the 80s" "The Girls" "Merrymaking at My Place"
Ready for the Weekend	"I'm Not Alone" "Ready for the Weekend" "Flashback" "You Used to Hold Me"
18 Months	"Bounce" "Feel So Close" "Let's Go" "We'll Be Coming Back" "Sweet Nothing" "Iron" "Drinking from the Bottle" "I Need Your Love" "Thinking About You"
Motion	"Under Control" "Summer" "Blame" "Slow Acid" "Outside" "Open Wide" "Pray to God"
Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1	"Slide" "Heatstroke" "Rollin" "Feels" "Faking It"
Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2	"Potion" "Stay with Me" "New to You"