Louchie Lou & Michie One are a British female

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duo from London, best known for the single " Shout (It Out)", plus their collaboration with

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on the single "

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", both of which reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart.

Career

Louchie Lou (Louise Gold) and Michie One (Michelle Charles) met in 1991 at a

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gig. In 1993, they released their debut single, "Rich Girl", which samples the showtune " If I Were a Rich Man" from the musical ''

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''. Later that year they had their first chart hit with " Shout (It Out)", which reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. It is a mash-up of the 1964

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hit, originally recorded by

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, with the

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composition, the "''

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theme''" as performed by

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and

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from 1986. For their 1995 album debut, ''II B Free'', Louchie Lou & Michie One collaborated with

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, and

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' son QDIII. The album was released in October 1995 and contains the

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"Shout (It Out)", " Somebody Else's Guy (Me Did Love You)", "Champagne & Wine", "Secret Fantasy", "

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", "Free" and "Good Sweet Lovin'", which were all released between 1993 and 1996. International tours in Japan and the Far East along with a headline engagement at Japansplash

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brought visibility to Asian audiences. Their second album, ''Danger-Us'', released in the summer of 1996, features the single "The Honeymoon Is Over" as well as a

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of the Brazilian hit, "

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". That same year they were featured as vocalists on

' hit, "

". ''Danger-Us'' again featured QDIII and Sly and Robbie, with additional production work by Jazzwad (

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) and Buzz Productions (

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, Barrington Levy). They have since released various

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s, including ''7 Years of Plenty''. Michie One released a solo album entitled ''Power of One'', although this was not issued in the UK. She is currently working on further solo material, and featuring her vocals on

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tracks. In 2004,

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remade "Rich Girl" for her single of the same name. In 2022, Puerto Rican singer

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sampled Louchie Lou & Michie One's track for his song, "Somos Iguales".

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

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