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Eighteen Strings
"Eighteen Strings" is a song by English house music producer Tinman. It was reached number nine in the United Kingdom and peaked atop the UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts, UK Dance Chart. Outside the UK, "Eighteen Strings" topped the Canadian ''RPM (magazine), RPM'' Canadian dance chart, Dance chart and reached the top 20 in Australia, Finland, Ireland and Italy. Critical reception Music writer and columnist James Masterton described it as a "mainly instrumental track", "using a guitar figure that is startlingly similar to "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Closer examination reveals it is actually a slightly different sequence of chords, but not enough to dull recognition." Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' commented, "The strings attached to this dance bopper are direct quotes from Nirvana (band), Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Sequencers and the "''rock da house down''" one-line chorus finish it off." Track listings * CD single – Netherlands # "Eighteen Strings" (radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinman
Paul David Dakeyne (born 30 January 1961), known by his stage name Tinman, is an English house music producer/remixer from Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. In 1994, his single "Eighteen Strings" (also written as "18 Strings") became an international club hit. It was rumoured that the original bootleg recording of "Eighteen Strings" contained a sample of the riff from "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, and that the usage of the sample was disallowed, therefore it was reproduced for commercial release. However, the riffs from the bootleg and commercial release were both produced by Dakeyne. The song was a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s .... In addition to this commercial success, Dakeyne also remixed many tracks for DMC which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |