Jack Back Records

Jack Back Records is an electronic dance music label created by French DJ and producer David Guetta in 2012. The imprint was established as a more focused outlet for Guetta's electronic productions, distinguishing it from the dance-pop material associated with his mainstream recording career. Its name derives from Jack Back, a project associated with Guetta and producer Nicky Romero, and reflects the label's orientation toward club-oriented releases, producer collaborations, and instrumental or predominantly electronic material. The label was introduced during the period surrounding Guetta's Nothing but the Beat era. Its first identified release was "Metropolis," a collaboration between Guetta and Nicky Romero. The track also appeared in connection with Nothing but the Beat 2.0, linking the imprint to Guetta's broader album campaign while giving the label an independent identity within the electronic music ecosystem. Jack Back Records' releases were made available through Beatport, a major digital platform for electronic music, and the label's catalogue included work by Guetta's collaborators and other dance producers. Beyond the Guetta–Romero partnership, the imprint was associated with releases from Daddy's Groove and the production duo Spencer & Hill. These releases positioned Jack Back Records as a platform for contemporary electro-house and related club styles rather than as a conventional full-service label built around a large roster of pop artists. The label's public profile has consequently been closely tied to Guetta's own productions, aliases, collaborations, and DJ activity. Jack Back Records should be understood as an artist-led electronic imprint rather than a separately documented multinational music corporation. Public reference material provides limited information about its corporate structure, staffing, financial performance, headquarters, and long-term release schedule. David Guetta remains the central creative and ownership figure associated with the brand. The label's relationship with other music companies is also not sufficiently documented in the available material to identify a parent company or permanent distribution arrangement. Its historical importance lies primarily in providing a branded home for Guetta's club-focused work and in extending the reach of his producer network.

Jack Back Records was created by David Guetta in 2012 during the commercial peak of his Nothing but the Beat period. By that stage, Guetta had become a globally successful producer whose work combined electronic dance music with pop, hip-hop, and R&B vocals. The new imprint gave him a distinct vehicle for music that was more directly aimed at electronic and club audiences. The label's name came from the Jack Back project associated with Guetta and Nicky Romero. That connection shaped the imprint's initial identity: it was presented as a producer-oriented label built around electronic records and collaborations rather than around Guetta's vocal-led pop singles. Its debut release was "Metropolis," a Guetta–Romero collaboration that was also included in the broader Nothing but the Beat 2.0 context. This allowed Jack Back Records to operate both as a standalone label identity and as an extension of Guetta's album-era electronic work. The imprint subsequently included material from producers such as Daddy's Groove and Spencer & Hill, demonstrating an intention to release music beyond Guetta's own recordings. The catalogue was made available through Beatport, reflecting the label's focus on the digital club-music market and on DJs, producers, and electronic-music consumers. The available reference material does not establish a complete catalogue, a continuous release chronology, a separate corporate headquarters, or a permanent parent-company structure. Jack Back Records is therefore best characterized as a specialized, artist-controlled imprint. Its role was to separate Guetta's more explicitly electronic output from his mainstream dance-pop productions while providing a platform for selected collaborators. Publicly documented information about later operations is limited, so the label's current release activity, staffing, distribution arrangements, and financial performance cannot be confirmed here.

• 2012

  Jack Back Records is established

  [1]Jack Back Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  David Guetta creates the label to focus on electronic music releases, separate from his better-known dance-pop work.

• 2012

  Metropolis becomes the debut release

  [1]Jack Back Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  The Guetta and Nicky Romero collaboration is identified as the imprint's premiere release and is associated with the Nothing but the Beat 2.0 era.

An artist-led electronic dance music imprint focused on club-oriented productions, collaborations, and releases distinct from David Guetta's mainstream dance-pop catalogue.

• Electronic dance music single · 2012

  Metropolis

  A collaboration between David Guetta and Nicky Romero and the premiere release associated with Jack Back Records. The track represents the label's original purpose: promoting polished, club-oriented electronic production and emphasizing the producer identity behind the music. It was also connected to the Nothing but the Beat 2.0 release cycle.

• Electronic music releases · 2012

  Jack Back catalogue

  The imprint's broader output consists of electronic dance music releases linked to David Guetta, his collaborators, and selected external producers. Available reference material specifically associates the label with releases from Daddy's Groove and Spencer & Hill, while indicating that its records were distributed through Beatport. A complete verified catalogue is not available in the supplied sources.

• 2012

  Separate electronic releases from Guetta's dance-pop outputStrategy

  Background

  David Guetta's mainstream profile was built partly on crossover dance-pop productions, while he continued to make music aimed at electronic and club audiences.

  Action taken

  He created Jack Back Records as a label dedicated to electronic music releases and named it after the Jack Back project associated with Nicky Romero.

  Aftermath

  The imprint launched with Metropolis and provided a platform for selected collaborators, including Daddy's Groove and Spencer & Hill.

  Source

1. 1Jack Back Recordsen.wikipedia.org
2. 2David Guettaen.wikipedia.org
3. 3Jack Back Records official websitejackback.com