Best Kelli-Leigh Collaborations
One partnership made her name uncredited. The same voice now gets the credit it always deserved.
The partnership that changed everything
Duke Dumont is the producer who brought out something in Kelli-Leigh that nobody else quite reached. I Got U (2014) featuring Jax Jones became the record that carried her voice to millions, and then she spent years uncredited for that exact work. She's also worked with Duke Dumont on The Giver (Reprise) and Melt. That partnership is foundational.
The double chart hit: Second City
While I Got U was climbing, Second City released I Wanna Feel with Kelli-Leigh on uncredited lead vocal. Also UK number one. Same year. It shows how much her voice was in demand, even before anyone knew to ask for it by name. Two number ones in 2014, neither with her credited.
The credited breakthrough: James Hype
More Than Friends (feat. Kelli-Leigh) (2017) matters because it's different. UK number 8. Her name is actually on the record. It's a marker of the shift from invisible vocal to recognised artist, the moment the credit caught up to the reality of how much her voice was carrying these records.
The deeper house work
So Real with Low Steppa and Love Too Deep with Ferreck Dawn and Redondo show a different side of her collaborative work. Deeper house rather than big room dance-pop, but still built entirely around that same soulful vocal. Different producers, different settings, same irreplaceable voice.
The writing reach
Beyond the vocal features, Kelli-Leigh has writing credits with Tiësto, Sub Focus, Benny Benassi and Sonny Fodera. It shows how far her reach extends beyond her own singles. The voice everyone noticed. The writer they wanted in the room.