Stretch & Vern

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Stretch & Vern
Origin London, England
Genres Electronic, house
Years active1993–present
Labels
Members
  • Stretch Silvester
  • Jules Vern

Stretch & Vern are an English electronic music duo consisting of Stretch Silvester (Stuart Silvester) and Jules Vern (Julian Peake).

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Biography

They are best known for the 1996 hit "I'm Alive", which prominently samples "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire. [1]

"I'm Alive" was a huge success, reaching No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart, [2] No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart [3] and No. 1 on the Swedish and UK Dance charts. [4] [5] The song gained popularity again in 2019 after a re-release of new mixes by Illyus & Barrientos, Prins Thomas and Wax Worx. [1] [6]

Their second single, "Get Up! Go Insane!", which samples Ithaka's "So Get Up" and House of Pain's "Jump Around", reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart [7] as well as also reaching number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart in 1997. [8]

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positions
UK
[2] [7]
AUS
[9]
FIN
[10]
NLD
[11]
SWE
[11]
"I'm Alive"
(present "Maddog")
19966652529
"Get Up! Go Insane!"
(present "Maddog")
19971715

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