Felix (born Francis Reuben Wright) is a British producer and DJ. He is known for his hit track "

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" and his underground house project "The Party Crashers".

Life and career

Felix was born in

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. His passion for music began early with a love of Soul & Funk from the "Street Sounds" compilations and the House Sound of Chicago. At the age of 15, after exploring a brief interest in Hip Hop, he decided to create his own music and began getting involved with DJing. After a handful of releases, Felix's 1992 track "

" changed his career. In an interview with AXS celebrating the track's 23 year release, Felix said he "was working a 9-to-5 job when the song first came out. It was just such a massive, massive hit.It caught a lot of people off guard and it changed islife completely because ejumped into it full-time... making music, then touring, DJing, and producing." The track, which

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's "Don't You Want My Love" (remixed by

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and

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), went to number one on the '' Billboard'' European Hot 100 Singles and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. It also reached number 6 in the

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in 1992. A remix of the song,"Don't You Want Me: Pugilist Mix", formed the soundtrack to the 1997 TV commercial for

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. "Don't You Want Me" was also sampled by

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and Snoop Dogg on their collaboration " Wet" in 2011. "Don't You Want Me" was sampled by Meck in 2007, to provide the majority of the music for his single, "Feels Like Home". In 2008, Madonna used elements of Meck's version during " Like a Prayer" on the

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. Other UK charting singles for Felix included "

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" and "Stars". "Don't You Want Me 2015" was released on

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on 13 April 2015 and included five new mixes: "Classic", "Turbo", "

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", " Atjazz Club" and "Brodanse Bass Hall". In 2015, Felix launched his new label "DANCE FX" and all sales from his release of "Reaching for the top" were donated to the

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. Felix is currently working on new releases, but is also enjoying his time with his family.

Discography

Albums

*1993: ''#1'' – UK #26, AUS #124,

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#24, GER #76, NED #86, SWE #45,

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#29

Singles

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