Philip George (born Philip George Woodhead on 13 June 1993) is an English DJ and record producer from

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

. Philip George attended a secondary school in Chilwell, Nottingham. He is best known for his 2014 single "

Wish You Were Mine "Wish You Were Mine" is the debut single by English producer Philip George. It samples the Stevie Wonder song " My Cherie Amour". It was released on 28 December 2014 as a digital download in the United Kingdom through 3 Beat Productions. The so ...

", which peaked at number 2 on the

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. A second single featuring

Anton Powers Anton Powers is an English DJ, music industry executive, record producer, and radio presenter. He is best known for his 2015 song "Alone No More" (a collaboration with DJ Philip George (DJ), Philip George) and his 2017 song "Baby (Anton Powers ...

entitled " Alone No More" was released on 2 October 2015. The song entered the charts at number 4, becoming George's second top 10 single in the UK. He had his own show on

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from 12 am to 1 am every Thursday, featuring primarily mixed

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beats. The show stopped in 2018.

Career

2010–2014: Liquid drum & bass

Philip George first released music in 2010 under the alias Woody. These tracks first showed up on Dutch label

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. In 2012, MrSuicideSheep's YouTube channel uploaded "Since Then". Around 2014, George started shifting his core genre from liquid drum and bass to house.

2014–present: Breakthrough

On 28 December 2014, George released his debut single "

". The song samples the 1969

Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, Pop musi ...

song " My Cherie Amour". On 4 January 2015, the song entered the

at number two, held off number one by

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' "

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". His second single "Alone No More" was released on 2 October 2015. The song became his second top 5 single in the UK, debuting at number 4.

Discography

Singles

References

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