Stretch & Vern
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Stretch & Vern | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Electronic, house |
| Years active | 1993–present |
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Stretch & Vern are an English electronic music duo consisting of Stretch Silvester (Stuart Collins) and Jules Vern (Julian Peake).
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| UK [2][7] | AUS [9] | FIN [10] | NLD [11] | SWE [11] | ||
| "I'm Alive" (present "Maddog") | 1996 | 6 | 65 | — | 25 | 29 |
| "Get Up! Go Insane!" (present "Maddog") | 1997 | 17 | — | 15 | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Stretch & Vern -IDJ Magazine". InternationalDJMag.
- ^ a b "STRETCH & VERN PRESENT MADDOG". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Dance Club Play Songs 1997-03-29". Billboard.
- ^ "Årslistor > Year End Charts > Swedish Dance Chart 1996" (PDF). Music & Media. 15 March 1997. p. 30 (see appendix to the magazine).
- ^ "UK Dance Singles Chart Top 40 08 September 1996 - 14 September 1996". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "90's Superstar DJs Stretch & Vern Talk Hedonistic Clubbing & Re-Release Of Club Anthem 'I'm Alive'". Flow Music. 2 May 2019.
- ^ a b "STRETCH 'N' VERN PTS MADDOG | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 270.
- ^ "Stretch & Vern pres. Maddog – Get Up! Go Insane!". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Stretch & Vern pres. Maddog – I'm Alive". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Stretch & Vern discography at Discogs
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