2 in a Room

2 in a Room

Rog Nice and Dose
Background information
Origin Washington Heights, New York City, New York
Genres House, hip-hop, freestyle
Years active 1989–1995
Labels Cutting/Charisma/Virgin/EMI Records
Members Rafael Vargas
Roger Pauletta

2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between 1989 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta.

Musical career

They are best known for their 1990 hit single "Wiggle It". It spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart (and #3 in the UK Singles Chart,[1]) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single. Before that, they were known for a track called "Do What You Want" (1990) that got a lot of club and DJ play in New York and Chicago. "El Trago (the Drink)" was a #86 Billboard Hot 100 chart entry (the last of their pop hits), but they did chart several more singles on the dance chart through the 1990s. Their first release in the UK was "Somebody In The House Say Yeah!" in the late part of 1989. They later changed their name to Fulanito; and style of music to merengue. Vargas, also known under Dose Material, was also member of 740 Boyz from 1991.

Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[2]
US Dance
[3]
CAN
[4]
AUS
[5]
NZ
[6]
NED
[7]
BEL
(Fla)

[8]
GER
[9]
AUT
[10]
SUI
[11]
ITA
[12]
IRE UK
[1]
1989 "Somebody In the House Say Yeah!" 66 The Album Vol. 1
1990 "Do What You Want" 9 25
"Take Me Away" (NED only)
"Wiggle It" 15 1 55 3 38 24 39 17 30 14 3 3 Wiggle It
1991 "She's Got Me Going Crazy" 40 34 54
"Body To Body" (ITA only)
1994 "El Trago (The Drink)" 86 36 34 World Party
1995 "Ahora Es (Now Is the Time)" 43
"Giddy-Up" 74
1996 "Carnival" 24
"Get Up And Move" (SPA only)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

In popular culture

In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Wiggle It" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 571. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. US Hot 100 peaks
  3. US Dance Club Songs peaks
  4. Canadian peak
  5. Australian peaks
  6. New Zealand peaks
  7. Dutch peaks
  8. Belgian peaks
  9. German peaks
  10. Austrian peaks
  11. Swiss peaks
  12. Italian peaks
  13. "Certified Awards Search: 2 in a Room". BPI. Retrieved 2010-08-14.

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