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Following his <em>Britain’s Got Talent</em> run in 2015, Scott released his own version of <a href="https://www.audacy.com/topic/robyn"><strong>Robyn</strong></a>’s “Dancing On My Own,” which was a hit during the competition although he ultimately came in sixth that season. Years later, during the Philadelphia Phillies’ run to the 2022 World Series, a dance version of the song was used to hype the crowd and has been a staple in the city ever since.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1gk8oqo005c3b7mgcka04iy@published'}, {'data': {'text': "“It's been a couple of years now, and they used it for two years consecutively, which is just crazy,” says Calum. “I first heard about it because three years ago, the Boston Red Sox had adopted it from <strong>Kyle Schwarber</strong>, I believe, and then he moved to Philly. He brought that song along with him… and the Phillies used it for the whole year. I was like, ‘That was so great. I'm so grateful to be a part of that moment with you,’ and I just assumed that they would retire the song.” As luck would have it, they brought it back. “I think going back to Philadelphia after everything that's happened the last few years is just gonna be electric,” he adds.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1gk8oqo005d3b7m2lexurh1@published'}, {'data': {'text': "“I went to a restaurant in New York last time I was here, and the waiter was like, ‘I've been playing it cool, but I'm from Philadelphia,’ and he was like, ‘You realize you're a god there?’ He was like, ‘You should be going there, and you'll walk into a restaurant, people just give you food for free,’ and I'm like, ‘I'm not a dog. Just put it on the floor.’ I think it's just super lovely that they, obviously the people of Philadelphia, have adopted that song and adopted me as a consequence and I am just super grateful.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1gk8oqo005e3b7mfk405qct@published'}, {'data': {'_version': 2, 'autoPlay': False, 'contentId': 'q31tGyBJhRY', 'videoType': 'Editorial', 'isPlaylist': False, 'origSource': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q31tGyBJhRY', 'videoValid': True, 'videoSource': 'video', 'playerCaption': None, 'videoLocation': 'article', 'videoPlaylist': '', 'playerHeadline': None, 'playerBorderTop': False, 'autoPlayNextVideo': True, 'componentVariation': 'youtube', 'playerBorderBottom': False, 'playerBorderTopCTA': 'Watch', 'previousTypeRelated': False}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/youtube/instances/cm1gkae7s00623b7mjk4rug5j@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Initially, the song was chosen by Calum first because he’s a huge fan of Robyn, but also with the goal of\xa0finding his “original voice.” “I was like, ‘I'm not proficient enough for any instrument to be able to play my own music,' and I wasn't writing songs at the time, so I was kind of living off of karaoke versions on YouTube,” he explains. “I wanted something that felt like I could put my own stamp on it, and I found this beautiful piano ballad orchestral version of ‘Dancing On My Own,’ and I was just like, ‘I love the song.’ I recorded it, I played it to my mom, she sat crying. And then I realized that I hadn't changed the pronouns and then I kind of wanted to make that intentional. So, when we rerecorded it, I kept it as is. I'm so glad I've done that because that has resonated with so many people who have spotted that. They've gone, ‘I'm so glad… because it's sung from the perspective of a gay man.’ At the time, you didn't get a lot of that really, so I'm very proud of it. I suppose at the time it was a brave thing to do without me realizing.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm1gk8oqo005f3b7ms574godm@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“I\'ve sung it maybe thousands of times now, and I never bore of singing it, because there is a lot of things embedded in that song that continue to give me inspiration,” Calum says of the track. “It was the song that I took to the ‘Britain\'s Got Talent’ audition, and it was the song that I got my golden buzzer from <strong>Simon </strong>[<strong>Cowell</strong>] with -- but it was also the song that my sister had me singing in my room. All this, and then the Phillies adopting the song and <a href="https://www.audacy.com/topic/tiesto"><strong>Tiësto</strong></a> making <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCIPC17-O6g&amp;ab_channel=CalumScottVEVO">the remix</a> and it being the birth of my career... 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