Amanda Leigh Wilson (born 13 April 1980) is an English singer. She is a member of

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. As part of the act she has scored two major UK hit singles, one of which went on to success in several European charts, and the US ''

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. Wilson also scored another major UK and worldwide smash hit working with

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and Samuele Sartini on "

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" in 2010.

Biography

As a soloist

Wilson provided lead vocals on the track "When We Were in Love", which made it to the semi-final of The Great British Song Contest 1998 to select the UK's entry for the

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. In 2019, French DJ

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played a previously unreleased collaboration with Swedish DJ

and

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, with vocals from Wilson. Called "Before I Could Say Goodbye" by fans, the song was played as part of a tribute concert for Avicii and Guetta said that the collaboration was previously unreleased and would likely not be released.

With the Freemasons

Wilson provided lead vocals on many tracks on the Freemasons' album, ''

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''. She was first discovered by a couple of producers who pitched a song with her voice to The Freemasons; they didn't feel the track but loved the singer and that was the breakthrough. Her biggest hit was the Freemasons track, " Love on My Mind", which reached number 11 in 2005 on the

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. The song

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vocals from "This Time Baby" by Jackie Moore, and

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from "When The Heartache Is Over" by

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. Wilson's vocals on the track were electronically lowered in pitch to blend in with the sampled vocals of Jackie Moore. Following her success with the Freemasons' first album, Wilson went on to provide lead vocals for their 2008

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of Gusto's "Disco's Revenge", which gave her a third Top 40 hit in the UK (peaking at number 34).

Discography

Albums

* 2012: ''Amanda Wilson''

Singles

2005: * " Love on My Mind" (with Freemasons) * " Watchin'" (with Freemasons) 2006: * "Electric Love" (with Glamour Katz) 2007: * "I Feel Like" (with Freemasons) * "Gotta Let Go" (with A. Lee) * "Intoxicated" (with Raw) * "Heaven in Your Eyes" (with Night Drive) * "The Right Way" (with Wawa & Herd) * "Lovin' U on 2 Me" (with Benoit Henriot) 2008: * "Disco's Revenge" (with Gusto) * "Good 4 Me" (with Daytone) * "Pure Emotion" (with Mr Fix It) * "Found A Miracle" (with Loveless) * "Keep This Fire Burning" (with Outsiders) * "Need in Me" (with Danny Dove & Steve Smart) * "Love Resurrection" (with Aurora) * "You're Not Good For Me" (with Roxy ST) * "Falling For You" (with Soulcatcher) * "Saturday" (with Weekend Lovers) * "Something Gotta Give" (with Thomas Gold) * "Break It Off" (with Audiostar) 2009: * "The Right Way (Remixes)" (with Wawa & Herd) * "Make It Real" (with Signs) * "Surrender" (with Night Drive) * "Spin It Again" * "Just Because" (with Thomas Gold) * "Underneath My Skin" (with Nick Bridges) 2010: * "U Sure Do" * "Satisfaction Guaranteed" (with Mr Sam and Andy Duguid) * "Love U Seek" (with Samuele Sartini) * "Caught Up" (with Paul Harris, Michael Gray, Jon Pearn) * "Not Over You" (with

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& Redroche) * "Smile" (with Sound of Soho) * "Another Minute" * "Sometimes" (with Dim Chris) * "

" (with

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(Wilson re-recorded the vocals from "Love U Seek" for Berg's "Bromance")) 2011: * "You and I (On Ibiza)" (with

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) * "Back Again" (with Samuele Sartini) * "You Found Me" (with Dim Chris) * "Runaway" (with Chrizzo & Maxim) * "Don't Throw It Away" 2012: * "Doing It Right"(with

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) * "Breaking Up" (with Chuckie & Promise Land) * "Touch The Sky" (with Provenzano DJ) 2013: * "Im Still Breathing" (with Thiesen & Senza & James Durden) * "I Am Changing" (with Mastiksoul) * "I Need You" (with Kalwi & Remi) * "Trust In Me" (with

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) 2014: * "Where My Heart Lives" (with Mike Lucas &

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) * "Save The Day" (with Etostone) * "Scared" (feat.

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) 2016: * "Stay" (with

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) 2017: * "Taking Vocal" (with Stephen William Cornish) 2021: * "Medicine" (with Samuele Sartini & Fedo Mora)

References

External links

*
Amanda Wilson
on

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Amanda 1980 births Living people English dance musicians English house musicians English women singers Singers from London English women in electronic music 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers