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team, known for their

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music. They are originally from Germany, with members Henning Reith, Caba Kroll, CJ Stone, George Dee, Akira Yamamoto, and Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith. They produced their own hits such as " Good Fun", " The Music's Got Me" (a number 36 hit on ''

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chart in 1992), "Move to the Rhythm" and " Rhythm Is a Dancer (2003)" with

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. Perhaps their biggest success was when they created

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's remake of the popular hit "

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. This was a song credited to Crazy Frog, which peaked at number 1 in the UK on 31 May 2005. In 1992, they also produced some songs for "

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. Their own tracks, "The Music's Got Me" (1992) and "Runnin (1993) were minor

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" by

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and the

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"). This new version was entitled "Phat Beach (I'll Be Ready)", with the group being credited as Naughty Boy (four years before British record producer

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has a hit in the UK charts under that name. In 2015, the group released "The Music's Got Me" with new mixes from North2South, La Chord, and Taito Tikaro.

Discography

Albums

* 1992: ''Advance'' * 1993: ''Recouped Advance'' * 1995: ''The Best of'' * 2004: ''Dance History''

Singles

References

Creation Records artists German dance music groups German Eurodance groups German DJs Electronic dance music groups {{Germany-band-stub