Reel 2 Real
Reel 2 Real | |
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| Origin | New York City, New York, US |
| Genres | Breakbeat |
| Years active | 1992–1997 |
| Labels | Strictly Rhythm |
| Past members | |
Reel 2 Real were an American dutch house musical project that had seven top 10 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1990s.
Biography
The solo project's core member was producer and DJ Erick Morillo from New York City, who spent a portion of his childhood living in Colombia and also in Union City, New Jersey. The first release as Reel 2 Real was "The New Anthem" which spent a week at No. 1 on the US Dance Chart in 1992.
Although it peaked at No. 8 on the dance chart, Reel 2 Real is best known for the song "I Like to Move It", which featured Trinidadian toaster Mark Quashie, also known as The Mad Stuntman. The song peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994. It was successful in Germany where it peaked at number 3 on the single-charts, in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 5, and in France and the Netherlands it peaked at number-one. The song would later be used in 2005 animated film Madagascar, and was covered by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen but produced by Morillo, making it a hit once again in 2005 with it becoming the film series' theme song. In all, The Mad Stuntman was featured on four of Reel 2 Real's top 10 dance hits. Later singles featured Barbara Tucker, Charlotte Small, and Proyecto Uno. The Reel 2 Real alias was abandoned.
Morillo died of overdose on September 1, 2020, aged 49.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [1] |
FIN [2] |
GER [3] |
NED [4] |
SCO [5] |
SWI [6] |
UK [7] | ||||||||
| Move It! |
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37 | 29 | 63 | 71 | 28 | 42 | 8 | ||||||
| Are You Ready for Some More? |
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— | — | — | 72 | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Remix albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Reel 2 Remixed |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
US Dance [10] |
AUS [11] |
AUT [1] |
FIN [2] |
FRA [12] |
GER [13] |
NED [4] |
SWI [6] |
UK [7] | |||||
| 1992 | "The New Anthem" (featuring Erick Moore) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 1994 | "Go On Move" (featuring The Mad Stuntman) | — | 6 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 7 | Move It! | ||
| "I Like to Move It" (featuring The Mad Stuntman) | 89 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 1994 | "Can You Feel It?" (featuring The Mad Stuntman) | — | 3 | — | 28 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 20 | 31 | 13 | |||
| "Raise Your Hands" (featuring The Mad Stuntman) | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 14 | ||||
| 1995 | "Conway" (featuring The Mad Stuntman) | — | 4 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 27 | |||
| 1996 | "Jazz It Up" | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | 7 | Are You Ready for Some More? | ||
| "Are You Ready for Some More?" | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | ||||
| "Move Your Body (Mueve la Cadera)" (featuring Proyecto Uno) |
— | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | "Raise Your Hands (Shadow Child Update)" (featuring The Mad Stuntman) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ^ a b "Austrian chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ a b Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ German albums:
- "Move It". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Dutch chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Scottish albums:
- "Move It". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Swiss chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ a b "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ a b "BPI > Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 July 2017. Note: User needs to enter "Reel 2 Real" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ "Billboard > Artists / Reel 2 Real > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ US Dance Club Play singles:
- "The New Anthem". Billboard. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "Billboard > Artists / Reel 2 Real > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Reel 2 Real". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Go on Move": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – 09 Oct 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "French chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ German singles peaks:
- "Go On Move" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "I Like to Move It" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "Can You Feel It" (in German). Gfk. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "French certifictions". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ German Certification
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