Oceanic were an English electronic dance music group, consisting of David Harry, Frank Crofts and singer Jorinde Williams.

Biography

The band were most famous for the dance hit song, "Insanity", which was released in 1991. This was the group's biggest commercial success, reaching No. 3 in the

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for three weeks and the ninth biggest-selling UK single of 1991. The track also made the Australian

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. Later that year they released the follow-up, "Wicked Love", which reached No. 25 in the UK singles chart. In 1992 the act released their first and only

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, entitled ''That Compact Disc By Oceanic'', (also, ''That Cassette/LP By Oceanic'' for the audio cassette/ LP versions respectively) which featured two different versions of "Insanity", and reached a chart position of No. 49 before dropping out of the

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after only 2 weeks. A third

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, "Controlling Me", made No. 14 in the UK chart. Their final song to appear on the charts was "Ignorance" (with Siobhan Maher Kennedy), which was on the UK chart at No. 72 for one week in November 1992. The group performed on several

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between 1991–1993, including four appearances on ''

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'', plus ''

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'' and an episode of ''

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''. In 2006, the track "Insanity" featured on ''The Hitman and Her''

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CD.

Discography

Albums

* ''That (CD/Cassette/Album) by Oceanic'' (1991)

Singles

References

External links

David Harry
s website
Oceanic
s

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