John Summit & Sub Focus, Go Back | Bangerz N Bopz

In the 66^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2024), we highlight “Go Back” performed by John Summit and Sub Focus featuring Julia Church.  

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 66^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2024), we break down “Go Back” performed by John Summit and Sub Focus, featuring Julia Church.

“Gave you a part of my soul to keep / Forever, forever.” Deep. Julia Church provides sweet vocals on “Go Back”, the penultimate/11^th track from Comfort in Chaos. “I’m frozen in that time / But melting in your eyes,” she sings in the second verse, continuing, “Feel our worlds realign / I’m a dreamer, take me deeper.” Word. Comfort in Chaos is the debut album by DJ/producer John Summit.  In addition to collaborating with Church, who sounds composed and poised, never breaking a sweat, Summit collabs with Sub Focus. Summit, Sub Focus, and Eddie Jenkins produced “Go Back.” It features a dizzying, hazy instrumental intro. The production is rhythmic and driving with some mean synths.  The drop is electrifying, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.  I love the building intensity of the music during the pre-chorus.

The chorus is tuneful – the section to beat.

“When I hear that sound, and the lights go down

I wanna go back, I wanna go back

When the silence fades, and I fall like rain

I wanna go back, I wanna go back.”

Besides impressive instrumental effects and sounds, there are stellar vocal effects (during the drop/instrumental sections) that keep things fresh. The best moment from “Go Back” not named the chorus or drop is the build-up when the tempo accelerates past the two-minute mark. After the new, quicker tempo settles in during the second drop (“I wanna go back, I wanna go back…”), it lasts the remainder of the song. Of the accelerando, Sub Focus asserts, “We came up with the idea of speeding up the tempo in the middle of the song between House and Drum & Bass, and the crowd reaction has been amazing every time we play it.” It was a dope musical choice.  John Summit, Sub Focus, and Julia Church dropped a whale of a banger with “Go Back”. It’s giving a BOP!

John Summit // Comfort in Chaos // Experts Only / Darkroom // 2024

John Summit & Sub Focus, Go Back: Bangerz N Bopz No. 66 (2024) [: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Experts Only / Darkroom; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]