"Purple Haze" is a song by English
electronic music
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duo
Groove Armada
Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles "At the River", "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of whic ...
, taken from their fourth studio album, ''
Lovebox'' (2002). The song contains elements from "April, Spring, Summers and Wednesdays", performed by English rock band
Status Quo
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. Released on 21 October 2002, "Purple Haze" reached number 36 on the
UK Singles Chart
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and number 38 in Italy.
Personnel
Groove Armada
*
Andy Cato
Andrew Derek Cocup Sr. (born 7 June 1973), known professionally as Andy Cato, is an English musician, record producer and DJ who is currently one half of the electronic music band Groove Armada, the other half being Tom Findlay. He was also inv ...
– producer, mixing, keyboards, guitar
* Tom Findlay – producer, mixing, keyboards
Additional musicians
* Wallace 'Red Rat' Wilson – vocals
*
Nappy Roots
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– raps
* Keeling Lee –
guitar
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* Jonathan White –
bass
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* Clive Jenner – drums
* Patrick Dawes – percussion
Charts
References
2002 singles
2002 songs
Groove Armada songs
Songs written by Andy Cato
Songs written by Bob Young (musician)
Songs written by Francis Rossi
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