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Length | 72:00 | |||
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George is On is the second album by American dance music duo Deep Dish. It features their Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart hit "Flashdance" (which features Anousheh Khalili and is also their biggest UK chart hit, reaching No. 3), as well as a remake of the classic Fleetwood Mac song "Dreams", for which Stevie Nicks provided new vocals. "Say Hello", the second single released from the album, reached number one on the US dance chart in September 2005, becoming their second dance chart-topper (their first being "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)", a collaboration with Everything but the Girl from 1998).
Two versions were released—a United States version and an international version.
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] | 35 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [2] | 63 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [3] | 44 |
UK Albums (OCC) [4] | 54 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [5] | 28 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [6] | 36 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [7] | 3 |
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