Duane Harden (born August 5, 1971) is a
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-born American
dance music
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vocalist and songwriter who has sung on several hits by various
producers
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Harden is particularly famous in the United Kingdom, having sung on two best-selling dance singles in 1999: "
You Don't Know Me" with
Armand Van Helden and "
What You Need" with Powerhouse. The former song topped the
UK Singles Chart
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in January 1999.
Musical career
He started producing music in 1997 when he teamed up with Moises Modesto to form MODU Productions. Harden's first project was a co-producer and songwriter of "The Love That I Once Knew", for
Tekitha Washington.
Harden's first track was "Don't You Ever Give Up", released as ''Innervision feat. Melonie Daniels'', produced by MODU and released in 1998 by
Frankie Feliciano's label Ricanstruction. In 1999 he had two major dance hits: he sang on "You Don't Know Me", a track by Armand Van Helden that peaked at number two on the
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, and topped the charts in the United Kingdom.
It is this song for which he is best known. Later in the year Harden hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music chart with "What You Need", a song credited to ''Powerhouse featuring Duane Harden'', produced by
Lenny Fontana. In 2000 he climbed to number nineteen with the hit "Sunshine (Dance With You)", a track credited to ''Infinity featuring Duane Harden'', produced by
John Kano.
As a songwriter, Harden has written "Believe" for Ministers De La Funk with
Jocelyn Brown on vocals, "Stop Playing With My Mind" for
Barbara Tucker, and "Pow Pow Pow" for Lenny Fontana with
Darryl D'Bonneau Darryl D'Bonneau is a Dance/House/ R&B artist from Charleston, South Carolina.
Biography
Although he calls New York City home, D'Bonneau mostly spends his time living and traveling across Europe, where he had more success. D'Bonneau's musical roo ...
on vocals, all between 1999 and 2000. He also sang to
Chicane's song "One More Time". In 2010, Harden has also worked with Ministers De La Funk on a single called "I Feel Love".
See also
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List of number-one dance hits (United States)
This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by ''Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action'' chart. It is ...
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List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in th ...
References
External links
MODU ProductionsDuane Harden's page on Discogs
American dance musicians
American house musicians
Living people
1971 births
21st-century African-American male singers
20th-century African-American male singers
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