Outta Control (group)

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Killer Bunnies
Also known asOutta Control
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres House, Eurodance
Years active1995–1998
Labels Universal Records (as Killer Bunnies)
Past members Barry Harris
Rachid Wehbi
Kimberley Wetmore
Simone Denny (Killer Bunnies)

Outta Control, and later Killer Bunnies, was a Canadian house/Eurodance project based out of Toronto, Ontario.

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History

DJ/remixer/producers Barry Harris [1] and Rachid Wehbi together with vocalist Kimberley Wetmore originally came together and began recording under the name Outta Control.

From 1995 to 1997, the group had three hit singles on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: "Tonight It's Party Time", "One of Us" (Joan Osborne cover), [2] and "Sinful Wishes" (Kon Kan cover). [3]

After changing the name of the group to Killer Bunnies, Harris and Wehbi recorded a fourth charting single with vocalist Simone Denny, "I Can't Take the Heartbreak", which samples Class Action's "Weekend". [4]

Discography

As Outta Control

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
CAN
Dance

[5]
U.S.
Dance
1995"Tonight It's Party Time"42Flamenco Funk
1996"One of Us"936
1997"Sinful Wishes"45
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As Killer Bunnies

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
CAN
Dance

[6]
U.S.
Dance
1997"I Can't Take the Heartbreak" [7] 1336Single only
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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