Inner City (band)
Inner City | |
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| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | KMS |
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Inner City is an American electronic music group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1987. The group is composed of the record producer and composer Kevin Saunderson and the Chicago, Illinois vocalist Paris Grey. Saunderson is renowned as one of the Belleville Three—along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May—high school friends who later originated the Detroit techno sound. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked them as the 98th most successful dance artists of all-time.[1]
Musical career
Inner City topped the US Billboard dance chart five times,[2] and had nine top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart.[3] The group is best known for its early dancefloor-pop music crossover tracks "Big Fun" (UK #8,[3] US Dance #1[2]) and "Good Life" (UK #4,[3] US Dance #1[2]). Other hits include "Do You Love What You Feel" (UK #16,[3] US Dance #1[2]) and "Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin'" (UK #12,[3] US Dance #8[2]). The music videos to these songs received significant airplay throughout the world. Later work introduced a hybrid of techno, jazz and swing beats with a more soulful sound in the vein of downtempo British groups such as Soul II Soul and Massive Attack. The group recorded three albums for Virgin/EMI Records and one single for Columbia/SME Records.
In the mid nineties Tommy Onyx was brought on to be the band leader for Inner City live shows[4]. Onyx co wrote the hits “Hallelujah”, “Fire” & “Bad Girl” and produced the Spanish language version of Good Life, “Buena Vida”.[5]
In 2017 a new incarnation of the group was formed with Kevin Saunderson’s youngest son Dantiez joining as a permanent fixture[6]. Dantiez and Kevin’s first single as Inner City, “Good Luck”, was released April 14th 2017 on KMS.[7] “Good Luck” features vocals from LaRae Starr and includes remixes from DEAS, Sure Is Pure and Chuck Daniels.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [8][3] |
US [9] |
AUS [10] |
GER [11] |
NED [12] |
NZ [13] |
SUI [14] | |||
| 1989 | Paradise (renamed Big Fun in the U.S.) | 3 | 162 | 38 | 21 | 74 | 29 | 18 | |
| 1990 | Paradise Remixed | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | Fire | — | — | 166 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | Praise | 52 | — | 135 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | Testament ’93 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Good Life—the Best of Inner City | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that were not released in that country or did not chart. | |||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
US [16] |
US Dance [2] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [17] |
GER [18] |
IRE [19] |
NED [12] |
NZ [13] |
SUI [14] | ||||
| 1988 | "Big Fun" | 8 | — | 1 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | 4 | Paradise | |
| "Good Life" | 4 | 73 | 1 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 1989 | "Ain't Nobody Better" | 10 | — | 1 | 67 | — | 21 | 24 | 26 | 40 | 9 | ||
| "Do You Love What You Feel" | 16 | — | 1 | 76 | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | |||
| "Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin'" | 12 | 76 | 8 | 86 | — | — | 24 | 12 | — | — | Big Fun | ||
| 1990 | "(That Man) He's All Mine" | 42 | — | 15 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Fire | |
| 1991 | "Till We Meet Again" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Let It Reign" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | Praise | ||
| 1992 | "Hallelujah '92" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pennies from Heaven" | 24 | — | 1 | 122 | — | — | — | 51 | — | — | |||
| "Praise" | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Follow Your Heart" | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1993 | "Till We Meet Again" (remix) | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |
| "Back Together Again" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "Do Ya" | 44 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Share My Life" | 62 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | "Ahnonghay" | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Your Love" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Do Me Right" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "Good Life (Buena Vida)" (PIAS re-recording) | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | 48 | — | ||
| 2001 | "Good Love" | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pump It Up Dub" (with E-Dancer) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2003 | "Big Fun" (remix) | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "Say Something" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "Future" (as Kevin Saunderson featuring Inner City) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "Bad Girl" (as Kevin Saunderson featuring Inner City) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "Good Luck" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that were not released in that country or did not chart. | |||||||||||||
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-top-dance-club-artists
- ^ a b c d e f "Billboard > Artists / Inner City > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Official Charts > Inner City". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ Echlin, Hobey. "Pitch'd". Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ^ "Tommy Onyx". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ^ "Inner City Feat. LaRae Starr - Good Luck". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ^ "Dance phenomenon Inner City resurfaces with slice of old-school House: 'Good Luck' (feat. Larae Starr) | Armada Music - Home to the music you love". Armada Music - Home to the music you love. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 269. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Billboard > Artists / Inner City > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ a b Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Inner City". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- "Big Fun", "Good Life", "Ain't Nobody Better" and "Do You Love What You Feel": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 January 2014". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "That Man (He's All Mine)" and "Pennies From Heaven": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Fire and Praise: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 13 September 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Inner City - Paradise (album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ a b "dutchcharts.nl > Discografie Inner City" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ a b "charts.org.nz > Discography Inner City". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ a b "hitparade.ch > Discographie Inner City" (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "British Phonographic Industry > Certified Awards > Search results for Inner City". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "Billboard > Artists / Inner City > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ Austrian peaks
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Inner City (singles)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for Inner City". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
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