Caught in the Act
| Caught in the Act | |
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 Caught in the Act at Cologne Pride (2016) (from left to right: Lee Baxter, Bastiaan Ragas, Eloy de Jong) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| founding | 1992, 2015 |
| resolution | 1998 |
| Current occupation | |
| Lee Baxter | |
singing |
Bastiaan Ragas |
singing |
Axel de Graaf (since 2019) |
singing |
Sjoerd Hermens (since 2019) |
| former members | |
singing |
Benjamin Boyce (1992-1998) |
singing |
Eloy de Jong (1992–1998, 2015–2019) |
Caught in the Act (CITA) is an English - Dutch boy band that was founded by Cees van Leeuwen in 1992 and existed until 1998. Her breakthrough came in 1994 after guest appearances in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, Bad Zeiten . By the time it was dissolved, the band had sold more than 20 million records worldwide and was featured 23 times on the cover of the youth magazine Bravo from 1995 to 1997 . In December 2015, three band members started a comeback.
history
1992–1995: Foundation and first debut album Caught in the Act of Love
Lee Baxter and Benjamin Boyce are English, Eloy de Jong and Bastiaan Ragas are Dutch. The four band members won against 750 applicants in 1992. Then it was decided to keep it secret that the band was formed through a casting. According to the official version, the band was founded by school friends Benjamin Boyce, Eloy de Jong and Bastiaan Ragas, who happened to meet again in Amsterdam and decided to form a boy band together. Later they brought Lee Baxter, with whom Boyce is said to have attended drama school. The name of the band, which means "caught red handed" in German, can be traced back to a newspaper headline that titled a picture of Madonna with her lover at the time.
The first single Gonna Make You Mine was released in late 1992 and Hey You followed in the spring of 1993 . But it was only with the third single Take Me To The Limit , which appeared in April 1994, that Caught in the Act was able to achieve its first chart success in Holland.
The breakthrough in the German speaking equalized after guest appearances in November 1994 in RTL - soap opera Gute Zeiten , where she participated in ten episodes and their single Love Is Everywhere presented. Then the single was able to place itself at number 10 in the German single charts and was awarded a gold record for 250,000 units sold after six months. In the late summer of 1995 the debut album Caught in the Act of Love followed , which was recorded in the West Side Studios in London in collaboration with producer Steve Mac and in November 1995 also achieved gold status. The second single was the Rick Astley cover My Arms Keep Missing You and then the ballads Let This Love Begin and You Know .
In December 1995 they were accompanied by Just Friends and the Backstreet Boys on their Christmas tour .
1996: Second album Forever Friends and international success
As a harbinger of the second album, the single Don't Walk Away appeared after a five-month release break , which reached 9th place in 1996 and was also awarded a gold record. The album Forever Friends was able to place itself successfully at number 2 in the German album charts and also achieved gold status. In Austria, too, the album was able to place in the top 10 of the album charts with number 7 and in Switzerland with number 9. In March 1996 Caught in the Act released Love Is Everywhere in Japan and completed an advertising campaign there in April 1996 before starting their Forever Friends tour in Germany . In addition, the band completed advertising campaigns in Australia and South Africa in 1996.
1997–1998: Third album Vibe and surprising band breakup
The third album Vibe was released in August 1997 and placed at number 4 in the German album charts. Do It For Love and the Styx Cover Babe were released as singles .
At the Bravo Super Show in 1998, Caught in the Act presented their new song Baby Come Back . In July 1998 the single Hold On was released . Shortly afterwards, on August 1, 1998, management announced the end of the band. The decision to end the line was made by management, as Benjamin Boyce decided to get out. Boyce was no longer happy in the band as he wanted to write his own songs and was forced by management to keep his relationship with Viva host Aleksandra Bechtel a secret. At the same time there was an offer to go through in America and the management considered the possibility, since the US record company insisted on four band members, to bring a new fourth, young man on board. Although the other three members wanted to continue, there was no question of replacing Boyce after six years. Due to the dispute, the management decided to break up the band. The band members only found out about the breakup with the band.
Caught in the Act separated on August 16, 1998 after a farewell concert in Magdeburg. The best of album We Belong Together: 6 Years of Success was released on August 24, 1998 . On November 23, 1998, the album Solo 4 CITA followed , which, in addition to the final CITA single I Wanna Stay with You Forever , consists of three solo songs by the four band members.
2015–2016: Reunion and comeback album Back for Love
In January 2015, Benjamin Boyce's participation in the RTL reality show Ich bin ein Star - Get me out of here! a CD box with all published singles.
On April 1, 2015, the four band members met again for the first time since the split. The band members considered a possible reunion, which Boyce said in an interview for 2016. At the turn of the year 2015/16, Caught in the Act appeared on the ZDF program Willkommen am Brandenburger Tor. The performance marked the beginning of a reunion, which took place without Boyce, who decided against a comeback with Caught in the Act in favor of his solo career. On December 29, 2015, the single Love Is Everywhere 2016 was released . On November 18, 2016, the new song Back for Love was released . The album of the same name followed on November 25, 2016 and includes new editions of the old hits as well as two new songs and a cover version of Last Christmas . Caught in the Act will also complete the Love is Everywhere 2016 tour. The tour kicked off on November 18, 2016 in Zurich and then included concerts in 16 German cities.
From 2017: Celebration of Love , solo projects and departure of Eloy de Jong
At the end of July 2017, Caught in the Act presented their new single Celebration of Love in the ZDF TV garden . Afterwards, the band members concentrated more on solo projects and only performed a few appearances together as a band. Bastiaan Ragas took part in the dance show Let's Dance and did a reading tour for his book Kinderkacke . Lee Baxter and Eloy de Jong released solo albums. Above all, Eloy de Jong was able to achieve great success with his hit album Kopf aus - Herz an, thus reaching number 1 in the German album charts. In March 2019 he announced his departure from the band in favor of his solo career. Bastiaan Ragas and Lee Baxter continue the band with two new members. The band had their first joint appearance with the new line-up on June 1, 2019 in Vechta at the event 90er Live .
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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| 1995 | Caught in the Act of Love |
DE6 (53 weeks) DE |
AT19 (16 weeks) AT |
CH18 (20 weeks) CH |
First published: June 19, 1995
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| 1996 | Forever Friends |
DE2 (21 weeks) DE |
AT5 (16 weeks) AT |
CH5 (12 weeks) CH |
First published: May 13, 1995
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| 1997 | Vibe |
DE4 (12 weeks) DE |
AT12 (10 weeks) AT |
CH14 (10 weeks) CH |
First published: June 30, 1997
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| 1998 | Solo 4 CITA |
DE54 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: November 23, 1998
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Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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| 1998 | We belong together: 6 Years of Success |
DE29 (5 weeks) DE |
AT38 (1 week) AT |
- |
First published: August 24, 1998
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| 2000 | Golden Stars | - | - | - |
First publication: 1999/2000
only available from "Club Bertelsmann" |
| 2013 | Love is everywhere - Greatest Hits | - | - | - |
First published: June 14, 2013
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| 2016 | Back for love |
DE81 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: November 25, 2016
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| 2018 | Greatest hits & remixes | - | - | - |
First published: February 2, 2018
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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| 1995 | Love is everywhere Caught in the Act of Love |
DE10  (10 weeks)DE |
AT14 (8 weeks) AT |
CH8 (19 weeks) CH |
First published: February 1, 1995
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| My Arms keep missing you Caught in the Act of Love |
DE26 (19 weeks) DE |
- |
CH42 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: April 3, 1995
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| Let this Love begin Caught in the Act of Love |
DE24 (17 weeks) DE |
AT27 (12 weeks) AT |
CH26 (18 weeks) CH |
First published: August 14, 1995
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| You know Caught in the Act of Love |
DE17 (19 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: November 6, 1995
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| 1996 | Don`t walk away Forever Friends |
DE9 (16 weeks)DE |
AT16 (12 weeks) AT |
CH10 (14 weeks) CH |
First published: March 25, 1996
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| Ain`t just another story Forever Friends |
DE35 (11 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: July 8, 1996
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| Bring back the Love Forever Friends |
DE33 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
CH10 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: October 21, 1996
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| 1997 | Do it for love vibe |
DE11 (9 weeks) DE |
AT29 (7 weeks) AT |
CH24 (4 weeks) CH |
First published: April 21, 1997
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| Babe vibe |
DE35 (10 weeks) DE |
AT26 (7 weeks) AT |
- |
First published: July 28, 1997
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| 1998 | Baby come back We belong together: 6 Years of Success |
DE10 (14 weeks) DE |
AT31 (5 weeks) AT |
CH29 (5 weeks) CH |
First published: March 23, 1998
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| Hold on We belong together: 6 Years of Success |
DE33 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: July 23, 1998
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| I wanna Stay with you Forever Solo 4 CITA |
DE50 (7 weeks) DE |
AT39 (1 week) AT |
- |
First published: November 2, 1998
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More singles
- 1992: Gonna make you mine
- 1993: Hey you
- 1994: Take me to the limit
- 1998: mega-hit mix
- 2015: Love is everywhere 2016
- 2016: Back for Love
- 2017: Celebration of Love
Video albums
- 1996: Videos, Live & Private (DE:× 3Triple gold )
- 1997: Forever Friends Tour Video (DE:
platinum)
Box sets
- 2015: The Complete Single Collection
- 2016: fan box
- 2019: Ultimate Fan Box
Awards
- 1995
- Golden Lion in the Best Newcomer Band category
- Bravo Otto in silver in the Superband Pop category
- Hit Award in the Best Newcomer Band category
- Popcorn Award in the Best Pop Band category
- 1996
- Bravo Otto in bronze in the Superband Pop category
- RSH Gold in the Newcomer category
- 1997
- Bravo Otto in bronze in the Superband Pop category
- Pop / Rocky Hammerschlupf in silver in the Best Band category
literature
- Julia Edenhofer: Take me to the limit. Caught in the Act's rapid career . Heyne, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-453-11492-2 .
- Susanne Baumann: Caught in the Act. the dream boys up close . Econ, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-612-12005-0 .
- Selina Sander: Caught in the Act. Fan Book . Falken, Niedernhausen / Ts. 1997, ISBN 3-635-60364-3 .
- Michael Fuchs-Gamböck, Lea Lieven: Caught in the Act. Friends forever . Goldmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-43627-3 .
- Rosi & Reni Kieffer: The big CITA fan book . Heel, Königswinter 1997, ISBN 3-89365-609-X .
- Kurt Koelsch: Caught in the Act. Poster Book . Bassermann, ISBN 3-8094-0299-0 .
- Rosi & Reni Kieffer: Friends forever. Caught in the Act . vgs, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-8025-2413-6 .
Web links
- official homepage
- Caught in the Act at Allmusic (English)
- Caught in the Act at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Benjamin Boyce (Caught in the Act): His new start on the charts with I'm Free ( memento of the original from October 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ticketcorner.ch: Caught-in-the-act singer Eloy: "Back then there were no gays in boy bands"
- ↑ Interview: Back for Love
- ↑ Reunion with "Caught in the Act"
- ↑ The Complete Single Collection at amazon.de
- ↑ "Caught in the Act": Is the comeback coming now? on gala.de
- ↑ Benjamin Boyce (46): Haussuche and “Caught in the Act” reunion on express.de
- ↑ Boy band "Caught in the Act" plays New Year's Eve at the Brandenburg Gate on faz.net
- ↑ stern.de: Eloy de Jong leaves the band
- ↑ "Caught in the Act" gets two new members
- ↑ RSH Gold Award 1996 on rsh-history.de
