2 in a Room
2 in a Room | |
|---|---|
 Rog Nice and Dose | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Washington Heights, New York City, New York |
| Genres | House, hip-hop, freestyle |
| Years active | 1987–1995 |
| Labels | Cutting/Charisma/Virgin/EMI Records |
| Members | Rafael Vargas Roger Pauletta |
2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta.
Musical career
They are best known for their 1990 hit single "Wiggle It", written and produced by George Morel and Rafael Vargas. It spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart (and #3 in the UK Singles Chart,[1]) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single.
Before that, they were known for a track called "Do What You Want" (1990) that got a lot of club and DJ play in New York and Chicago. "El Trago (the Drink)" was a #86 Billboard Hot 100 chart entry (the last of their pop hits), but they did chart several more singles on the dance chart through the 1990s. Their first release in the UK was "Somebody In The House Say Yeah!" in the late part of 1989. They later changed their name to Fulanito; and style of music to merengue. Vargas, also known under Dose Material, was also member of 740 Boyz from 1991.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] |
US Dance [3] |
CAN [4] |
AUS [5] |
NZ [6] |
NED [7] |
BEL (Fla) [8] |
GER [9] |
AUT [10] |
SUI [11] |
ITA [12] |
IRE [13] |
UK [1][14] | ||||
| 1989 | "Somebody In the House Say Yeah!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | The Album Vol. 1 | |
| 1990 | "Do What You Want" | — | 9 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Take Me Away" (NED only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Wiggle It" | 15 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 39 | 17 | 30 | 14 | — | 3 | 3 | Wiggle It | ||
| 1991 | "She's Got Me Going Crazy" | — | — | — | 72 | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | 54 | ||
| "Body To Body" (ITA only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "El Trago (The Drink)" | 86 | 36 | — | 209 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | World Party | |
| 1995 | "Ahora Es (Now Is the Time)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | ||
| "Giddy-Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | |||
| 1996 | "Carnival" | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Get Up And Move" (SPA only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||||
In popular culture
In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Wiggle It" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House.
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 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 571. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "2 in a Room - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com.
- ^ "2 in a Room - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com.
- ^ "Canadian peak". Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > 2 in a Room in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "El Trago (The Drink)": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05". imgur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "New Zealand charts portal". Charts.nz.
- ^ "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl.
- ^ "ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". Ultratop.be.
- ^ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de.
- ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at.
- ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: 0-9". Hitparadeitalia.it.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 2 in a Room". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Official Charts > 2 in a Room". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Certified Awards Search: 2 in a Room". BPI. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
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