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Neon Hitch
Hitch performing at the Highline Ballroom in New York City in October 2010.
Hitch performing at the Highline Ballroom in New York City in October 2010.
Background information
Born (1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 38)
OriginLondon, England, UK
GenresPop, electropop, dance pop, electro-rock
InstrumentVocals
Years active2007–present
LabelsThe Beats, Warner Bros.
Websitewww.neonhitch.net

Neon Hitch (born 25 May 1986) is a British singer and songwriter. She was signed to Mike Skinner and Ted Mayhem's label, The Beats, before it closed down. She was later discovered on MySpace by Benny Blanco who flew her to New York to work with him. Their work together earned her a music publishing deal with EMI and a record deal with Warner Bros. Records.

Life and career

Childhood and youth

Born in the east England countryside of London,[1] Hitch resented her parents for her birth name, Neon, and wanted to change it to something more conventional.[2] Her father was a lighting technician.[3] When their house burned down, her mother bought a caravan to live in.[4] They then began street performing, making and selling jewelry and clothing around Europe, and consequently, she never attended school.[1] By the age of four, Hitch was traveling and performing with the Archaos circus. At age of ten, she began writing poetry which led to her writing lyrics.[3] Her boyfriend noticed that she could sing and encouraged her to hone her singing.[5] By the time she was in her teens, Hitch was trained as a trapeze artist, fire swinger and stilt walker and had performed across Europe.[1] Her family was featured in a BBC documentary.[2] At the age of sixteen, Hitch moved to India for a few years before resettling in London to start her music career.[1]

Career beginnings: 2007–2010

Through Neneh Cherry's daughter, Hitch met Cherry and her husband, Cameron. He told her to cut a demo, after discussing Hitch's interest in pursuing a music career. Hitch then found a producer in Stage magazine to record a demo, with which Cameron got Hitch signed to 679 Recordings, the label that The Streets was on.[6] After singing on several tracks for Greensleeves Records, Hitch was signed to Mike Skinner's label The Beats, later going on tour with him.[1] She also toured with Professor Green and opened for 50 Cent at the Nottingham Arena before The Beats closed in 2007. She was originally supposed to feature on Professor Green's song Just Be Good To Green, but the song was put on hold and she was eventually replaced by Lily Allen. Soon after, Hitch was flown stateside by James Johnson, owner of Pilot Creative Services Inc, who asked her to go to New York to meet with him and his client, songwriter Benny Blanco, on MySpace.[4] She was homeless at the time, occasionally checking her MySpace account at friends' houses, and could not afford the plane ticket to meet him.[4] A little over a year later, she signed James and Pilot as her management and quickly landed a publishing deal with EMI.[3] Within the next year she co-wrote and sang background vocals for pop punk band Friday Night Boys' song "Stupid Love Letter", Kesha's "Blah Blah Blah" and 3OH!3's "Follow Me Down" from the Almost Alice soundtrack.[3] She was also featured on the song "What's Urban" by Wan-Cee. She was also featured on Benny Blanco's remix of Miike Snow's song "Burial". In early 2010, she was signed to Warner Bros. Records by Kara Dioguardi after a writing session between the two. Hitch later performed at Lollapalooza in the summer.[7] She also co-wrote "Traces" by Sky Ferreira.[8]

2011–present: Beg, Borrow, and Steal

Hitch began recording her debut album, Beg, Borrow, and Steal in March 2010 with Blanco.[3] She released promo single, "Get Over U", co-written by Sia, for free in January 2011. This was followed by "Silly Girl", "Bad Dog" and "Poisoned with Love", the latter which appeared in Teen Wolf and Now That's What I Call Music! 40. She also released a series of covers and mash-up covers of songs by other artists, including Wiz Khalifa's "On My Level", Waka Flocka Flame's "No Hands" and Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci". Hitch was also featured on "Ass Back Home" by Gym Class Heroes, which has peaked at number twelve in the Billboard Hot 100. Hitch's debut album will be released in the summer of 2012, preceded by the single, "Fuck U Betta". The video was released on March 8 of that year. The album will feature collaborations with Imogen Heap, Bruno Mars and Mike Posner.[9]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details
Beg, Borrow, and Steal[10]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK US
Dance
[11] 		US
Pop
[12] 		SWE
[13] 		AUS
[14] 		CAN IRL
[15] 		NOR
[16] 		NZ
[17] 		US
"Fuck U Betta" 2012 — 1 28 58 — — — — — 112 Beg, Borrow, and Steal

Promotional singles

Title Year Album
"Get Over U" 2011 Beg, Borrow, and Steal
"Silly Girl"
"Bad Dog"
"Poisoned With Love"
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK AUS
[14] 		CAN IRL
[15] 		NOR
[16] 		NZ
[17] 		US
"Follow Me Down"
(3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch) 		2010 — — 36 — — — 89 Almost Alice
"Ass Back Home"
(Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch) 		2011 9 1 24 10 15 11 12 The Papercut Chronicles II

Other appearances

Year Song Artist Album Credits Ref.
2009 "Stupid Love Letter" Friday Night Boys Off The Deep End Co-write, background vocals [3][18]
"What's Urban" Wan-Cee The Secret Diary of Wan-Cee Featured vocals
2010 "Blah Blah Blah" Kesha featuring 3OH!3 Animal Co-write, background vocals [3][19]
"Follow Me Down" 3OH!3 Almost Alice Co-write, featured vocals [3]
"Traces" Sky Ferreira As If! Co-write

Music videos

Title Year Director(s) Artist
"Derek" (Streets Remix) 2007 Mike Skinner[disambiguation needed][20] Neon Hitch
"What's Urban"[21] 2009 Wan-Cee
"Take It Off (K$ N' Friends Version)" 2010 Skinny[disambiguation needed][22] Kesha
"Get Over U" 2011 Jason Bergh[23] Neon Hitch
"Ass Back Home" Dugan O'Neal[24] Gym Class Heroes
"Fuck U Betta" 2012 Chris Applebaum[25] Neon Hitch

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Collar, Matt. "Neon Hitch: Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  2. ^ a b Bark, Theo. Neon Hitch Trades Circus Life for Music Industry – Top 100 Acts at SXSW 2011. Spinner. March 1, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Senior V.P. of A&R Kara DioGuardi Signs Neon Hitch to Recording Deal with Warner Bros. Records". Pr-inside.com. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  4. ^ a b c "Lollapalooza 2010 | Interview with Neon Hitch – Time Out Chicago". Chicago.timeout.com. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  5. ^ "Meet Amy Winehouse's room mate, Neon Hitch". Friedmylittlebrain. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  6. ^ Neon Hitch | The Fenuxe Interview | Fenuxe Magazine | Gay Atlanta | Gay Magazine | FENUXE Magazine – Atlanta's Gay Magazine. Fenuxe.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  7. ^ "Neon Hitch at Lollapalooza 2010". 2010.lollapalooza.com. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  8. ^ Neon Hitch to Tour with 3OH13 – ARTISTdirect News. Artistdirect.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  9. ^ “Fuck U Betta” coming soon. neonhitch.net/news. January 6, 2012
  10. ^ Neon Hitch | Beg, Borrow and Steal | Debut Album | January 2012. Fotpforums.com (1927-11-10). Retrieved on 2012-04-29.
  11. ^ Neon Hitch Shows Who's 'Betta' with First No. 1 Solo Hit. Billboard.com (2009-09-14). Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  12. ^ Billboard charts
  13. ^ "Neon Hitch – Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com/ Hung Medien.
  14. ^ a b "Neon Hitch – Australian Charts". australian-charts.com/ Hung Medien.
  15. ^ a b "Neon Hitch – Irish Charts". irish-charts.com/ Hung Medien.
  16. ^ a b "Neon Hitch – Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com/ Hung Medien.
  17. ^ a b "Neon Hitch – New Zealand Charts". charts.org.nz/ Hung Medien.
  18. ^ "( Off the Deep End > Credits )". allmusic. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  19. ^ Interview: Neon Hitch. alexkazemi.com. June 15, 2010
  20. ^ Video derek van NEON HITCH – Myspace Video. Myspace.com (2006-09-26). Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  21. ^ Wan-Cee ft. Neon Hitch "What's Urban?". YouTube. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  22. ^ Ke$ha – "Take It Off" (K$ n' Friends version). YouTube (2010-11-15). Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  23. ^ Warner Bros. Records new artist Neon Hitch | UX Entertainment. Uxe.uxentertainment.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  24. ^ Gym Class Heroes: Ass Back Home ft. Neon Hitch [OFFICIAL VIDEO. YouTube (2011-12-09). Retrieved on 2012-03-25.
  25. ^ Neon Hitch – Fuck U Betta [Explicit Version. YouTube. Retrieved on 2012-03-25.

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