Bus Stop was a British dance act made up of Darren Sampson, alongside Graham Turner, Mark Hall and Nikki Reid (Lane). The group was formed in 1998 and had a string of hit singles before disbanding in 2002. Main vocalist, Sampson, went on to represent the UK in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.

Career

Starting in 1998, Bus Stop released a series of cover version singles, the most successful being the 1998 single "

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. Bus Stop's remake featured the vocals of the original artist,

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lyrics, a style they would use in later hits as well. After the success of "Kung Fu Fighting", the group released three further remakes, " You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" that featured

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, a dance version of

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" and " Get It On" that featured T. Rex. Other releases included remakes of "

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", " Na-Na", "Kick the Can", "Swing It", "One Two (Little Bitch)" and "

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". In addition to their single releases, the group was featured on many tracks in the ''

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'' series. They disbanded in 2002.

After the break-up

Graham Turner and Mark Hall went on to form as a duo known as

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". They have also produced a remix of Ayumi Hamasaki's song "July 1st" which peaked at No. 3 on Japan's Oricon album chart. Band member and Bus Stops's main vocalist

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went on to represent the

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at the

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with "

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". He has also had chart success as part of Fraud Squad (with JJ Mason),

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(with Paul Keenan).

Members

* Darren Sampson * Graham Turner * Mark Hall * Nikki Reid (Lane)

Discography

Albums

*''Ticket to Ride'' (1998) *''Get It On'' (2000) *''Bustin' Rhymes & Melodies'' (2002)

Singles

Video games

Bus Stop has a total of six songs which appear in the ''

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'' arcade series. Although Bus Stop is absent in ''

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'' series and ''

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'', "

" was included in a cover by X-Treme.

Compilation appearances

''Dancemania''

*''Dancemania Delux 3'' - "

" (1999) *'' Dancemania Speed 2'' - "Jump" (1999) *''Dancemania X1'' - "Jump" (1999) *''Dancemania Delux 4'' - "Kick the Can" (2000) *''Dancemania Euro*Mix Happy Paradise'' - "Na-Na (B4 Za Beat Mix)" (2000) *'' Dancemania Speed Best 2001 Hyper Nonstop Megamix'' - "Jump (Fast Mix)" and "Kick the Can (Hyper KCP Mix)" (2000) *''Dancemania BASS #8'' - "Rock You" (2000) *''Dancemania 21'' - "Long Train Runnin'" (2001) *''Dancemania Bass #10 Super Best 1998-2001'' - " Kung-Fu Fighting (Miami Booty Mix)" (2001) *'' Dancemania Speed 7'' - "Footloose (Hyper Mix)" (2001) *''Dancemania X8'' - "Footloose" (2001) *'' Classical Speed 1'' - " Orphee Aux Enfers ick the Can (2002) *''Dancemania 22: Energy Overload'' - "

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" (2002) *''Dancemania Best Yellow'' - "Jump" and "Long Train Runnin'" (2002) *'' Dancemania Speed 8'' - "Long Train Runnin' (Ventura Mix)" (2002) *'' Dancemania Speed 9'' - "Na-Na (KCP Remix)" (2002) *''Dancemania EX2'' - "Let the Music Play" (2003) *''Dancemania Hyper Delux'' - "Long Train Runnin'" (2003)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bus Stop English dance music groups English electronic music groups British Eurodance groups Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups disestablished in 2002 EMI Records artists