Dario G
| Dario G | |
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| Origin | Crewe, Cheshire, England |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Members | Paul Spencer |
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Dario G is the stage name of English musician Paul Spencer. Dario G was originally a trio, who are best known for their 1997 hit "Sunchyme", which reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The group formed in Cheshire, England and consisted of three DJs and producers Scott Rosser, Paul Spencer and Stephen Spencer (the Spencers are unrelated).
The group changed their name from Dario to Dario G after being threatened with legal action from an artist of the same name. True to popular belief, the name Dario G was named after the manager of Crewe Alexandra F.C., Dario Gradi, and the similarity to Gradi was not a complete coincidence. Paul Spencer also said they added the G in tribute to the American jazz saxophonist Kenny G. Rosser and Stephen Spencer later left to pursue other things leaving Paul Spencer to perform in a solo capacity.
History
In 1997, they reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart with "Sunchyme", a song built around a sample of "Life in a Northern Town", a number 15 hit for The Dream Academy in 1985, and peaked at number 5 with the follow-up "Carnaval de Paris", relating to the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. "Sunchyme" also hit number-one on the American Hot Dance Club Party chart.
In 1998, they released their first album, Sunmachine.
In March 2000, their third single "Voices", featuring vocals from Vanessa Quiñones and produced by Peter Oxendale, was used for the film, The Beach.
In January 2001, Dario G released "Dream to Me", with vocals by Ingfrid Straumstøyl, which is based on the song "Dreams" by The Cranberries. "Dream to Me" reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart and number 9 in Germany. November 2001 saw their next release, "Say What's on Your Mind". The song had club mixes from Almighty Records and Stonebridge. In early 2003, Dario G released "Heaven Is Closer (Feels Like Heaven)", a remake of the 1980s hit, "Feels Like Heaven", by the Fiction Factory. It reached number 39 in the UK Singles Chart. Dario G released their second album In Full Colour in 2001.
A new version of "Carnaval de Paris" was released in 2002, for the World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
A new single "Ring of Fire" was promoted throughout Europe in 2006. It borrowed the main trumpet melody from the Johnny Cash recording of the same name. The single itself was released in September 2006.
In 2010, Dario G recorded a new song "Game On" along with rapper Pitbull, for the Official FIFA 2010 World Cup soundtrack.
Dario G's long awaited new single "We Got Music", featuring Shirley Bassey, got its first play on BBC Radio 2 on the Paul O'Grady show. The single was released in the UK on 23 February 2014.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | AUT |
GER |
SWI |
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| 1998 | Sunmachine | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | In Full Colour
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] |
AUT [2] |
BEL (Fl) |
FRA [3] |
GER [4] |
IRE [5] |
NLD [6] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] |
UK [9] | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | "Sunchyme" | 22 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 2 | Sunmachine | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | "Carnaval de Paris" | — | 24 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| "Sunmachine" | — | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | "Voices" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | "Dream to Me" | — | 8 | 38 | — | 9 | 16 | 50 | — | 15 | 9 | In Full Colour | ||||||||||||
| "Say What's on Your Mind" | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | 100 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | "Carnaval 2002" | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | 96 | 34 | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | "Heaven Is Closer (Feels Like Heaven)" | — | 42 | — | — | 57 | 46 | — | — | 87 | 39 | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | "Ring of Fire" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100 | — | — | 59 | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | "Game On" (with TKZee and Pitbull) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2010 FIFA World Cup Album | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | "We Got Music" (with Shirley Bassey) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ↑ Australian peaks
- ↑ Austrian peaks
- ↑ French peaks
- ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de.
- ↑ Peak positions in Ireland:
- "Sunchyme" and "Carnaval de Paris": "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. IRMA. Retrieved 12 January 2015. Search for "Dario G".
- "Carnaval 2002" and "Heaven Is Closer (Feels Like Heaven)": "irishcharts.com - Discography Dario G". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. "Dario G". Top40.nl.
- ↑ Swedish peaks
- ↑ Swiss peaks
- ↑ "UK music charts". everyhit.com. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
- 1 2 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Dario G)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 9 June 2011.