Unique (band)
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| Origin | New York, United States |
| Genres | Post-disco Dance-Funk Club/Dance Garage house |
| Years active | 1982–1984 |
| Labels | Prelude (US) CBS (UK) |
| Past members | |
| Deems J. Smith Darryl K. Henry |
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Unique was a short-lived post-disco studio act from New York, best known for their crossover number "What I Got Is What You Need" released in 1983 for a well-established dance label, Prelude Records. The group was formed by producer/songwriter Deems J. Smith in 1982 and is consisted of Smith and Darryl K. Henry.[1] The said hit song somewhat established itself on the Billboard Dance Singles and Black Singles charts and even scored over the atlantic reaching No. 27 on UK Singles Chart.[2][3][4][5]
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[edit] History
Around 1982, Deems with other studio musicians was signed to dance record label Prelude under the name Unique and released released two singles for the same label: "What I Got Is What You Need" in 1983[6] and "You Make Me Feel So Good" in 1984.[6]
Their most successful track "What I Got Is What You Need" has been reissued on various compilation albums, for example: Dance Mix - Dance Hits Volume 2 (1983, CBS), Essential 80's Garage Dancefloor Classics Volume 1 (1994, Deepbeats), Ferry Maat's Soul Show: Saturday Night Grooves (2005, Disky), and on Prelude's Greatest Hits - Volume 3 (Unidisc).
[edit] Chart performance
| Year | Title | Label | Peak chart positions[4][2] | |||
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| U.S. | U.S. Dance | U.S. R&B | UK | |||
| 1983 | "What I Got Is What You Need" | Prelude CBS |
― | #30 | #78 | #27 |
| 1984 | "You Make Me Feel So Good" | Prelude | ― | ― | ― | ― |
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- "What I Got Is What You Need"
| U.S., UK 12" single |
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- "You Make Me Feel So Good"
| U.S. 12" single |
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[edit] References
- ^ Unique (band) at Allmusic. Retrieved July 1, 2009
- ^ a b "'What I Got Is What You Need' at ChartStats". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=10756. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ "search for "Unique" chart performance on EveryHit.com". EveryHit. http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ a b "AMG: Unique - Billboard charts". All Music Guide. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p193590. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/hip-hop singles, 1942-2004 (5th ed.). California, U.S.: Record Research Inc., 2004 (originally) the University of California). p. 598. ISBN 0898201608.
- ^ a b "Unique discography". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Unique+(5). Retrieved 2009-07-01.
