The Heavy is an English rock band from Bath, Somerset, England, formed in 2007. They have released six albums as well as a wide array of singles.
Their music has been widely used in the media, with their 2009 single "How You Like Me Now?" becoming their biggest hit.
members: Kelvin Swaby, Chris Ellul, Spencer Page, Daniel Taylor
formed in: Bath
labels: BMG Rights Management
genres: indie rock
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Formed in 2007, the band included five members: Kelvin Swaby (lead vocals), Dan Taylor (guitar), Spencer Page (bass guitar), Chris Ellul (drums) and Amanda McWhirter (backing vocals). Swaby and Taylor became friends in 1998 when they bonded over vintage R&B music and Jim Jarmusch films and soon formed the band.
AllMusic described the Heavy's sound as a "potent fusion of funk, soul, hip-hop, and gritty rock" and an "amalgam of soul, funk, R&B, and garage rock".
"How You Like Me Now?" is a song by English rock band The Heavy. It was released as the third single from their second studio album The House That Dirt Built in August 2009.
The song interpolates "Let a Woman Be a Woman" by Dyke and the Blazers. The song has been used in media on countless occasions and peaked at number 122 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Singer Kelvin Swaby said the song is about "when you can take advantage of a situation, and it doesn't matter what you do. I'm trying to say that I've been really, really, really bad, you shouldn't love me after all. And I'm telling you I've done this and this and this, so how do you like me now? And it's almost like you're just being cocky with it, because you know that you can do it."