Bus Stop (band)

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Bus Stop
Origin London, England
Genres Dance, Eurodance, pop rap
Years active1998–2002
Labels EMI
Members Darren Sampson (Daz Sampson)
Graham Turner
Mark Hall
Nikki Reid (Lane)

Bus Stop (known in North America as London Bus Stop) was a British dance act made up of Darren Sampson, alongside Graham Turner, Mark Hall and Nikki Reid (Lane). The group was formed in 1998 and had a string of hit singles before disbanding in 2002. [1] Main vocalist, Sampson, went on to represent the UK in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. [2]

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Career

Starting in 1998, Bus Stop released a series of cover version singles, the most successful being the 1998 single "Kung Fu Fighting" which reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] Bus Stop's remake featured the vocals of the original artist, Carl Douglas. The sampled song added original rap lyrics, a style they would use in later hits as well.

After the success of "Kung Fu Fighting", the group released three further remakes, "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" that featured Randy Bachman, a dance version of Van Halen's "Jump" and "Get It On" that featured T. Rex. [1] Other releases included remakes of "Footloose", "Na-Na", "Kick the Can", "Swing It", "One Two (Little Bitch)" and "Long Train Runnin'". In addition to their single releases, the group was featured on many tracks in the Dancemania series. They disbanded in 2002.

After the break-up

Graham Turner and Mark Hall went on to form as a duo known as Flip & Fill. They produced and remixed electric dance music and were signed to All Around The World Record Label. Having released tracks since 2000, they reached No. 34 in the UK Singles Chart in March 2001 with "True Love Never Dies", based on a mash-up of "Airwave" by Rank 1 and Donna Williams' "True Love Never Dies", with re-recorded vocals by Kelly Llorenna. Remixed and re-released, it reached No. 7 in February 2002.

In addition to Kelly Llorenna, Karen Parry has also provided vocals for the act, including on their 2002 No. 3 UK hit, "Shooting Star" Jo James is another singer who provided vocals for their releases, "Field of Dreams" and a remix of the Whitney Houston hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody". They have also produced a remix of Ayumi Hamasaki's song "July 1st" which peaked at No. 3 on Japan's Oricon album chart.

Band member and Bus Stops's main vocalist Daz Sampson went on to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Teenage Life". [2] He has also had chart success as part of Fraud Squad (with JJ Mason), Rikki & Daz (with Ricardo Autobahn), with Barndance Boys (also with Matthews) and in Uniting Nations (with Paul Keenan).

Members

Discography

Albums

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
YearTitlePeak chart positionsOriginal / interpolated artist
UK
[3] 		AUS
[4]
1998"Kung Fu Fighting"
(feat. Carl Douglas)		815Originally by Carl Douglas
"You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"
(feat. Randy Bachman)		2228Originally by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1999"Jump"2378Originally by Van Halen
2000"Get It On"
(feat. T. Rex)		59—Originally by T. Rex
"One Two (Little Bitch)"——Remake of "Little Bitch" by the Specials
"Footloose"——Originally by Kenny Loggins
2001"Kick the Can"——Remake of music played in the "Can-can", composed by Jacques Offenbach
"Na-Na"——Remake of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam
"Swing It"——Remake of "Tequila" by Danny Flores and the Champs
"Long Train Runnin'"——Originally by the Doobie Brothers
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video games

Bus Stop has a total of six songs which appear in the Dance Dance Revolution arcade series. Although Bus Stop is absent in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova series and Dance Dance Revolution X , "Long Train Runnin'" was included in a cover by X-Treme.

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Compilation appearances

Dancemania

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 86. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  2. 1 2 "The 25 most embarrassing Eurovision performances ever". The Daily Telegraph . 7 May 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "BUS STOP - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 15.
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