Indeep was a 1980s
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that was best known for its song "
Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life
"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" is a song written by Michael Cleveland, sung by American group Indeep, and released as a single in 1982 by Sound of New York and Becket Records. It features vocals from Réjane "Reggie" Magloire and Rose Marie R ...
".
Career
The group was led by its songwriter-musician Michael Cleveland,
and it was known for employing a strong disco-esque bass line and early
hip hop lyrics
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backed by two female singers:
Réjane Magloire
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Biography
Réjane Magloire was born in 1964 in Likasi, Zaïre (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but grew up in New York City, United States. ...
and Rose Marie Ramsey.
"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" was released on Sound of New York/Becket Records in
1982
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and peaked in early
1983, reaching the top 10 on the
US R&B
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and No. 2 on the
US Club charts as well as the Top 3 in the
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and the Top 15 in the
UK,
and was certified for gold-level sales in France. The 12" mix was notable at the time for including a purely vocal mix, an instrumental mix plus a track of sound effects contained in the song such as a toilet flushing and a phone ringing. The aim was to encourage mixing in the emerging New York DJ scene of the early 1980s and elsewhere.
The follow-up single, "When Boys Talk," did not achieve the same level of success on either side of the
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, which, combined with its limited later success, put the group into the
one-hit wonder
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s category.
Vocalist Magloire later enjoyed some success with the
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outfit
Technotronic
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. "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" was later
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by
Mariah Carey
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on her 2001 album ''
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'', which reached No. 25 in
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, i ...
.
In the 1990s, Michael Cleveland did not perform as Indeep besides a 1997 New Year's show on
TF1 French TV.
In 2011, Peter A. Mercury, who published, managed, produced and toured with many top artists for many years convinced Cleveland to reform the band. Magloire and Ramsey were replaced by Beckie Bell and WiX.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
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Musical groups established in 1980
American post-disco music groups
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