I knew the guys who did that mashup - Loo & Placido, French blokes.

 

Also of interest to some might be that:

 

Mylo's Dr Pressure was originally done by two guys called Phil & Dog

Blondie vs The Doors 'Rapture Riders' was done by a guy from Watford under the name Go Home Productions

Eric Prydz's gigantic Call On Me was originally made in a bedroom in Tyne & Wear by a guy called Big Bad Baz.

What's the highest a mash-up has got?

 

I remember Smack My Dick Up getting to #49 which actually samples Blur more than it does the Prodigy..

 

Well I'd count Freak Like Me by the Sugababes as being a mash up so I'd say #1!

 

(or I guess technically it's a cover of a mash up)

Edited May 2, 20169 yr by dandy*

What's the highest a mash-up has got?

 

Fragma - Toca's Miracle (which reached #1 in 2000) was a mash-up of Fragma's Toca Me (#11 in 1999) and Coco's I Need A Miracle (#39 in 1997).

Fragma - Toca's Miracle (which reached #1 in 2000) was a mash-up of Fragma's Toca Me (#11 in 1999) and Coco's I Need A Miracle (#39 in 1997).

 

Ah, of course! Thanks. They really did become popular for a time during the late 90s/early 00s. My favourite being Prodigy Vs Enya “Smack My Bitch Up The Orinoco Flow” though that never got a commercial release IIRC. :(

There's also a few odd cases like a mashup of 'Hard to Explain' by The Strokes and 'Genie in a Bottle' charting as a soundalike cover version by a group called Speedway, as the original couldn't be licensed for commercial release.

Fragma - Toca's Miracle (which reached #1 in 2000) was a mash-up of Fragma's Toca Me (#11 in 1999) and Coco's I Need A Miracle (#39 in 1997).

What's interesting [and sad] about this is that Coco actually made no money from the success of this mash-up

 

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/...e-music-singers

Horny was awful.

Ah, of course! Thanks. They really did become popular for a time during the late 90s/early 00s. My favourite being Prodigy Vs Enya “Smack My Bitch Up The Orinoco Flow” though that never got a commercial release IIRC. :(

 

 

That was always one of my faves due to the contrast of the original tracks.

It's kinda odd how far that Enya vs Prodigy mix went around the world. It was credited to a guy called Apeboy, but loads of people picked up on it...through P2P file sharing I think.

 

My personal fave mash-up is this one ;)

 

Dario G - Carnaval De Paris

 

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/rsz_carnaval_de_paris_zps4wttano6.png

 

Date 14th June 1998

1 Week

Official Chart Run 5-8-12-17-23-39-51-52-61 (9 weeks)

*Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible.

 

With one Italian football manager in England currently riding a wave of euphoria after an unlikely (but welcome) Premiership title victory for relative minnows Leicester City, we move on to a band named after another - Crewe Alexandra’s long serving Dario Gradi (MBE). Dario G had scored huge success the previous summer with the relentlessly optimistic “Sunchyme” but had struggled to find a suitable follow-up.

 

With the desperation to avoid becoming another one-hit wonder - a number of different ideas had been floated, from a David Bowie sampling club anthem to the laid-back and dreamy “Voices” with its gospel like chants, however in the end it was to be neither and instead the rapidly approaching French World Cup in 1998 provided the perfect springboard for the diverse conglomeration of world sounds and general partying that became “Carnaval De Paris”.

 

Though it had a slow start at radio, as soon as the World Cup build-up started “Carnaval De Paris” exploded into life and much like recent World Cup dance anthems (such as EnglandNewOrder in 1990) it became an instant favourite on the terraces, and throughout the different nations broadcast to an attentive global audience and becoming an unofficial anthem. It was a masterclass in marketing, rather than being England specific like its rivals (Fat Les, etc), they chose instead to have the song more a celebration of the sport and competition itself - a grandiose musical theme with instrumental nods to all participating nations capable of uniting them all, and to show fair play it even included a bagpipe interlude half-way through. Here (as in Scotland) it makes a brief appearance at #1 on the dance rundown as World Cup fever peaked - but as often with songs tied to specific events, the fall was swift once the party was over though it remains a popular anthem on the terraces across the world even today.

 

Another great song! Love the tropical feels of this one! :D

I assumed it was the official anthem of the 1998 world cup because it featured all the flags. I also assumed Dario G were French.

 

 

Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love

 

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/rsz_looking_for_love_zpscn3lxqcp.png

 

Date 5th July 1998

2 Weeks

Official Chart Run 9-9-8-10-15-20-23-30-47-52-63 (11 weeks)

*Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible.

 

With her career stuttering to a halt after her debut single - the soul and bossa nova influenced “Troubled Girl” - went in at a disappointing #50 and advanced no further, it was vital that the next single developed better traction with the UK public. Fortunately for Karen Ramirez, who was born in London but spent much of her childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, “Looking For Love” was, as it turns out, a very shrewd move for the emerging singer and subsequently became a big summer radio smash, instantly securing a Top 10 launch in June and thus putting her career back on track, albeit briefly.

 

Originally a number 73 hit for Everything But The Girl in June 1993 under the slightly lengthier title of “I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love”; the single drew some criticism for its striking similarities to the Todd Terry remix of later Everything But The Girl single “Missing” which became one of the biggest radio airplay hits of the decade. This was understandable since it was (for all intents and purposes) a Todd Terry sound-a-like remix of a Tracey Thorn single, though the radio mix (which was much more dance-friendly than the original album version by Ramirez) was mixed by Dave Sears on the Dave’s Found You Radio Edit and this was the version serviced to radio. The original is a typical Everything But The Girl acoustic ballad about falling in love, with beautifully crafted and poetic lyrics from Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn such as ‘Slap, on the map, of my heart you landed/ I was coy, but you made me candid’. Karen is unable to capture the delicate vocals of Tracy Thorn, but Sears’ instrumental effects, echoed vocal in the middle of the track and recurring synth loop give the single a different take and huge mainstream appeal.

 

The video, which essentially features the same scene over and over like some really tedious vine, highlights the limited budget and investment that Manifesto poured into the project and perhaps demonstrated the lack of faith they had in her - this was well founded as follow-up “If We Try” disappeared soon after entering at #23 in November and became Karen’s second and final visit to the Top 40.

 

Edited May 14, 20169 yr by Doctor Blind

I remember the second I heard it I thought it was an EBTG song. Is the video out if synch for anyone else?

I remember the second I heard it I thought it was an EBTG song. Is the video out if synch for anyone else?

 

Yeah, sadly that is the only version on YouTube - a Daily Motion version is much better quality but sadly does not link on BuzzJack that easily: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1cdh9_ka...love-1998_music

Thanks for the link.

really liked Looking for Love, although I do prefer the original, nice melody and stunning lyrics, it's a pity EBTG didn't think themselves about remixing and re-releasing this as Tracy Thorn's voice is a million times better than this Karen Ramirez, she's not bad but she's not Tracy either...

I remember the second I heard it I thought it was an EBTG song. Is the video out if synch for anyone else?

 

It's one of those videos that is blocked by YouTube (the uploader has reversed it to bypass the block) but the label hasn't bothered uploading it themselves. I don't know why they do this sometimes.

I am so ashamed that I only found out its EBTG song like a month ago.... (although, I own all EBTG records)