Dirty Vegas are an English house music group initially made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris (no relation) on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals. The group formed in 2001, then broke up in 2005 before reforming in December 2008 to record new material.
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | House |
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| Website | www |
They are best known for their international hit single "Days Go By", which gained mainstream popularity in a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse television commercial, and for remixing songs created by other artists.[1]
History
editEarly success
editDirty Vegas's debut release was the single "Days Go By." It originally made the top 30 in 2001, but when reissued in 2002 reached the top 20 in the UK. They released their self-titled debut album in June 2002 and a second album, One, in 2004.
The song "Days Go By", from their eponymous first album, gained wide exposure in the US when it was used in a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial. The song went on to win the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
They have remixed songs for artists such as Justin Timberlake and Madonna.
Present day
editThe group played their last concert together in May 2005. After the band's breakup, Smith released his first solo album This Town on 18 February 2008, on his own G.A.S. Records label. During their hiatus from the public, they began working on the film score for Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down.
After four years, Paul Harris and Steve Smith decided to reform and returned with their third studio album Electric Love in April 2011.[2] In April 2013, the band released the EP 'Let the Night, which reached No.4 in US iTunes Dance Album chart and gained Gold status in Italy. Their fourth and latest studio album, entitled Photograph, was released via iTunes in September 2015. "Days Go By" was featured on the video game Grand Theft Auto V, for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC on the in-game radio. The further enhanced versions of the game on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S retain this song.
Pop culture
editThe band has also appeared on a variety of television shows such as FOX television's drama Standoff, where "Late Nights and Street Fights" was used as the show's theme song, FOX's The O.C. where "Closer" appeared in episode 32 entitled “The SnO.C.”, and One Tree Hill where the single "Walk Into The Sun" appeared in episode 214. Dave Chappelle has parodied the Mitsubishi Eclipse television commercial.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] | US [4] | US Dance [4] | ||||||||||||
| Dirty Vegas | 40 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
| One |
| — | — | 7 | ||||||||||
| Electric Love | — | — | 13 | |||||||||||
| Photograph |
| — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Remix albums
edit- A Night at the Tables by Dirty Vegas Sound System (2003)
- The Trip (2003)
- Stealth Live! (2009)
Extended plays
edit- The Story So Far (2009)
- Electric Love Acoustic EP (2012)
- Let the Night (2014)
Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [5] | CAN [4] | IRE [6] | NZ [7] | SWI [8] | UK [3] | US [4] | US Dance [4] | |||||||
| 2001 | "Days Go By" | 67 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 97 | 16 | 14 | 1 | Dirty Vegas | ||||
| 2002 | "I Should Know" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | |||||
| "Ghosts" | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | ||||||
| 2003 | "Simple Things" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2004 | "Walk Into the Sun" | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | 1 | One | ||||
| 2008 | "Pressure" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Story So Far | ||||
| 2009 | "Changes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Tonight" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2011 | "Electric Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | Electric Love | ||||
| "Changes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | ||||||
| "Little White Doves" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | ||||||
| 2012 | "Emma" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2015 | "Let the Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Photograph | ||||
| "Setting Sun" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Save a Prayer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2020 | "Happening"[9] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Songwriting and Production Credits
edit| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Contributor(s) |
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| 1998 | Recall 22 | "Subimos Juntos (We Rise Together)" | Non-album single | Steve Smith |
| 2007 | 2AM | "Lonely" feat. Lorie | Non-album single | Paul Harris |
| Kylie Minogue | "In My Arms" | X | ||
| "Stars" | ||||
| "I Don't Know What It Is" | ||||
| 2008 | Ladyhawke | "Better Than Sunday" | Ladyhawke | |
| 2009 | Bananarama | "Extraordinary" | Viva | |
| 2010 | Gabriella Cilmi | "Superhot" | Ten | |
| 2012 | Kylie Minogue | "Timebomb" | Non-album single | |
| Kate Alexa | "Buttercup" | Infatuation | ||
| Jenifer | "La pudeur" | L'Amour et Moi | ||
| Ross Lynch | "Can You Feel It" | Just Dance: Disney Party 2 | Steve Smith | |
| 2013 | Havana Brown | "Naughty" | Flashing Lights | Paul Harris |
| 2014 | Mike Mago | "Outlines" with Dragonette | Non-album single | |
| 2015 | Florrie | "Too Young to Remember" | Non-album single | |
| Aiden Grimshaw | "Virtually Married" | Non-album single | ||
| Lenno | "Fever" feat. Benson | Good Thing EP | ||
| Sigma | "Stay" | Life | ||
| 2016 | Tritonal | "Waiting 4 U" | Painting with Dreams | |
| 2017 | Moncrieff | "Symptoms" | Non-album single | |
| 2018 | NCT | "Baby Don't Stop" | Empathy | |
| Iiola | "Sickly Sweet" | Chrysalis EP | ||
| Oliver Nelson | "Talk" feat. Linae | Non-album single | ||
| Daniel Adams-Ray | "IRL" | IRL | ||
| "I'd Rather Live" | ||||
| Boyzone | "Symphony of Hearts" | Thank You & Goodnight | ||
| 2019 | Glenn Morrison | "A Better Man" feat. Aiden Grimshaw | Non-album single | |
| Vigiland | "We're the Same" with Alexander Tidebrink | Non-album single | ||
| Moncrieff | "Ghost" | The Early Hurts EP | ||
| Cashmere Cat | "For Your Eyes Only" | Princess Catgirl | ||
| 2020 | Alex Gaudino | "Remember Me" with Bottai feat. Blush and Moncrieff | Non-album single | |
| Michael Calfan | "No Lie" with Martin Solveig | Non-album single | ||
| Lenno | "Us Kids" | Simple Magic EP | ||
| BT | "The War" with Iraina Mancini | The Lost Art of Longing | ||
| Jay Pryor | "Aside" | Non-album single | ||
| Kelli-Leigh | "Whiskey Midnight" | Can't Get Enough EP | ||
| Anabel Englund | "Underwater" with MK | Messing with Magic | ||
| Flynn | "Young" | One of Us EP | ||
| Twice | "Go Hard" | Eyes Wide Open | ||
| Steps | "To the Beat of My Heart" | What the Future Holds | Steve Smith | |
| 2021 | Anton Powers | "Do Me Right" with Joe Stone | Non-album single | Paul Harris |
| Moss Kena | "Let's Get Naked" with Korres | Non-album single | ||
| Purple Disco Machine | "Fireworks" feat. Moss Kena and The Knocks | Non-album single |
Filmography
editMusical scores
edit- The Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down (2006)[10]
- Goal! - The Movie Soundtrack (2005)[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ ""Dirty Vegas Biography" - IMO Records". Imorecords.co.uk. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Billboard - Apr 2-9, 2011 - Page 30 " “Electric Love" mashes up the U.K. rave era during which Dirty Vegas came of age—defined by rock-oriented ..."
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 157. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b c d e "Dirty Vegas - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 83.
- ^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ New Zealand peaks
- ^ Swiss peak Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Evans, Steph (20 April 2020). "Dirty Vegas returns with 'Happening'". Earmilk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) - IMDb
- ^ "Goal: Goal: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 26 June 2012.