Deee-Lite
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This article is about the act on Elektra Records, the act called De-Lite that reached Number 93 in the UK Charts in October 1989 on Circa Records is another act featuring the singer Osca Child.
Deee-Lite was a house music group formed in New York City. Their most successful single was "Groove Is In the Heart" from their 1990 debut, World Clique. With a psychedelic video that was all over MTV, the song also featured appearances by Q-Tip (from A Tribe Called Quest) and Bootsy Collins.
The members of Deee-lite were:
- "Super DJ Dmitri" (Dmitri Brill, originally from Kiev)
- "Lady Miss Kier" (Kier M. Kirby, born August 15, 1969 in Youngstown, Ohio)
- "Jungle DJ Towa Tei" (Doug Wa-Chung, originally from Tokyo)
Deee-Lite disbanded shortly after the release of Dewdrops. Tei has recorded several albums as a solo artist and Kier and Dmitri are successful club DJs.
In early 2003, Lady Miss Kier initiated a lawsuit against SEGA corporation for allegedly stealing her former persona and using it as the basis of a character in the video game Space Channel 5, after they had originally asked her to participate in the development of the product and she declined.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | US | UK |
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| 1990 | World Clique | 20 | 14 |
| 1992 | Infinity Within | 67 | 37 |
| 1994 | Dewdrops In the Garden | 127 | align="center" valign="top" |
| 1996 | Sampladelic Relics & Dancefloor Oddities | align="center" valign="top" | |
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| 2001 | The Very Best of Deee-Lite | align="center" valign="top" | |
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Singles
| Year | Song | US Dance | US Hot 100 | UK singles | Album |
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| 1990 | "Groove Is In the Heart" | 1 | 4 | 2 | World Clique |
| 1990 | "What Is Love?" | 1 | align="center" valign="top" | ||
| 2 | World Clique | ||||
| 1990 | "Power Of Love" | 1 | 47 | 25 | World Clique |
| 1991 | "E.S.P." | 7 | align="center" valign="top" | ||
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| 1991 | "Good Beat" | 1 | align="center" valign="top" | ||
| 53 | World Clique | ||||
| 1992 | "Runaway" / "Rubber Lover" | 1 | align="center" valign="top" | ||
| 45 | Infinity Within | ||||
| 1992 | "Thank You Everyday" | align="center" valign="top" | |||
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| 1992 | "Pussycat Meow" | 6 | align="center" valign="top" | ||
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| 1994 | "Party Happenin' People" | 30 | align="center" valign="top" | ||
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| Dewdrops In the Garden | |||||
| 1994 | "Picnic In the Summertime" | align="center" valign="top" | |||
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| 43 | Dewdrops In the Garden | ||||
| 1994 | "Bring Me Your Love" | 1 | align="center" valign="top" | ||
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| 1994 | "Call Me" | 1 | align="center" valign="top" | ||
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| Dewdrops In the Garden | |||||
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
External links
- [Fanpage]
- [Yahoo Group]
- [Deee-Lite Discography] at Discogs.com
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