Natural Selection was an American pop group, best known for their 1991

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" Do Anything", which reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100."Billboard Hot 100, Week of October 19, 1991"
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''. Accessed August 26, 2012. It also peaked at number ten on the Australian

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in 1991.

History

" Do Anything" was written and recorded on a 4-track recorder in Minnesota. The song sat unfinished until Erickson began working on it again in 1989. The rap was originally recorded by

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, a friend of the duo who improvised the rap in the studio. In 1990, the version with Chavez doing the raps was a local hit on Minnesota's

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, where Erickson worked as a remix engineer. Once Natural Selection was signed to a recording contract, Chavez's raps were re-recorded by

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, because Chavez was by then under contract with

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.Jon Bream
"Recording duo would 'Do Anything' - and did,"
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'', January 12, 1992. Their self-titled debut (and lone) album was released in November 1991. Erickson and Thomas produced the album themselves.Barbara Jaeger
"They're Glad to Take a Chance,"
'' The Record'', January 14, 1992.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

*{{Allmusic, class=artist, id=p13764, label=Natural Selection American contemporary R&B musical groups Musical duos from Minnesota Contemporary R&B duos Musical groups established in 1989
Timeless, by Natural Selection - YouTube