Felix (musician)
| Felix | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Francis Wright |
| Also known as | Felix |
| Origin | Chelmsford, Essex |
| Genres | House, dance |
| Occupations | DJ, producer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Felix (born Francis Wright, Chelmsford, Essex)[1] is a British DJ and producer.
Life
Felix and his sister, Rebecca Wright, starred in an advertisement for the soft drink, Irn-Bru.
His 1992 track "Don't You Want Me", which sampled Jomanda's "Don't You Want My Love" and credited as Felix Featuring Jomanda (co-produced by Rollo and Red Jerry), went to number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. It also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992.[2] A remix of the song - "Don't You Want Me: Pugilist Mix" - formed the soundtrack to the multi-award-winning 1997 TV commercial for Blackcurrant Tango. "Don't You Want Me" was also sampled by David Guetta and Snoop Dogg on their collaboration "Wet" ("Sweat" - clean version) in 2011.
"Don't You Want Me" was sampled by Meck in 2007, to provide the majority of the music for his single, "Feels Like Home". In 2008, Madonna used elements of Meck's version during "Like a Prayer" on the Sticky & Sweet Tour.
Other UK charting singles for Felix included "It Will Make Me Crazy" and "Stars".[2]
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [3] |
IRE [5] |
NED [3] |
NOR [3] |
SUI [3] |
SWE [3] |
UK [2] | |||||
| 1992 | "Don't You Want Me" | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | #1 | ||
| "It Will Make Me Crazy" | — | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | — | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 1993 | "Stars" | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 29 | |||
| "Fastslow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | "Get Down" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | ||
| 1995 | "Don't You Want Me" (Patric Prins remix)</ref> | — | — | 16 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | 10 | |||
| 1996 | "Don't You Want Me" ('96 Pugilist mix)</ref> | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
- List of notable house music artists and releases
References
- ↑ Discogs.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 197. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 International peaks
- ↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
- ↑ Search for Irish peak
- ↑ "Certifications Albums Argent - année 1992". Disque en France. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Felix)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
External links
- Discography at franken.de
- Felix discography at Discogs