The Witness Protection Programme is an American retro disco indie band featuring Martin Clancy.
The band has enjoyed considerable chart success reaching the
Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " con ...
in the
Billboard Dance Chart
Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It is a national look over of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as th ...
s with its hit "Flatfoot" and the Top 20 hit "You Can't Stop the Rain".
The band has attracted significant music industry interest with high-profile
DJs offering to
remix
A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...
the Witness Protection Programme's songs. Remixes to date have been provided by DJ Meme, Stonebridge,
Richard Morel
Richard Morel is an American singer-songwriter, DJ, remixer and record producer from the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. He has worked extensively with Washington D.C.-based duo Deep Dish, co-writing, co-producing, performing and singing on m ...
,
Chris Cox, Yvannis, Timmy Loop, Jc, EmJae and Louie Balo.
The Witness Protection Programme was one of the headline acts featured at
''Filter'' magazine's Culture Collide Festival as well as the
Seaport Music Festival
Seaport Music Festival was an international music festival historically staged at South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan during the summer. Founded in 2002, the annual music series ran until Pier 17 was closed for construction. It has always bee ...
.
References
External links
witnessprotectionprogramme.com
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American disco groups
American indie pop groups