Mania were a British pop

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composed of

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and Giselle Sommerville. The two met while contributing songwriting for the British pop production house

Xenomania Xenomania is an English songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent, England. Formed by Higgins with his Creative Director Miranda Cooper and Business Director Sarah Stennett of First Access Entertainment, Xenoman ...

, and formed Mania in 2004. Mania was a joint venture between the

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and

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. They released only one

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, "Looking for a Place" which was to be the lead single of their debut album, however due to its No. 29

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placing, the planned album ''Do You Know Your Daughter's on the Roof?'' was never released. Several of their songs, including "Money in My Pocket" and "

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", were

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by the

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. All of their songs were produced by Higgins and the Xenomania team.

Discography

*''Looking for a Place'' (

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): #"Looking for a Place" #"Close" #"Money in My Pocket" #"L.O.V." #"Baby When You Go" #"I'm Not Shy" Two other songs, "DNA" and "If You Need a Good Girl", were released on the group's official website and on the "Looking for a Place" single respectively.

References

External links

Just Like Candy blog entry

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