The Chemical Brothers
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The Chemical Brothers (2007) |
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General information | |
origin | Manchester , England |
Genre (s) | Big beat , electronica , house , trip-hop , breakbeat , techno |
founding | 1989 |
Website | thechemicalbrothers.com |
Current occupation | |
Tom Rowlands | |
Ed Simons |
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronica duo from Manchester , consisting of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, who became popular as representatives of the big beat in the late 1990s . Since 1995 they have performed under the current band name.
Band history
After they were founded in 1989, Rowlands (born January 11, 1971) and Simons (born June 9, 1970) were named after the well-known American producer duo The Dust Brothers . As their popularity grew in 1995, Rowlands and Simons changed the band's name to The Chemical Brothers after they were threatened with legal action.
The Chemical Brothers, along with Fatboy Slim , The Prodigy and The Crystal Method, are pioneers of the big beat . With Setting Sun and Noel Gallagher singing to Setting Sun , The Chemical Brothers first reached the top of the UK charts in 1996. Their international breakthrough came in 1997 with the single Block Rockin 'Beats . In 2004, My Elastic Eye was used in the film Butterfly Effect . Their biggest hit so far is Galvanize from the 2005 album Push the Button . The single made it into the top 10 across Europe (including number one in Greece) and stayed there for weeks. Shake Break Bounce from the same album can be heard in the Ford S-MAX commercial (2nd half of 2006). Also, Do it Again was used for advertising, 2009/2010 for the perfume "One Million" by Paco Rabanne .
The Chemical Brothers collaborated a lot with other well-known musicians like Noel Gallagher (Setting Sun, Let Forever Be), the rapper Q-Tip (Galvanize, Go) and a few other artists like Richard Ashcroft , Kele Okereke , Tim Burgess , Ali Love, Beth Orton , Beck and some more.
The Chemical Brothers also attracted attention with their spectacular, sometimes award-winning music videos, especially Star Guitar, Hey Boy, Hey Girl, The Test, Let Forever Be or Believe. The music videos for Star Guitar, Let Forever Be and Go were created by Oscar-winning French director Michel Gondry .
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The font of the The Chemical Brothers logo is called Sho and was designed by Karlgeorg Hoefer in 1992 . The original logo only differs from the Sho for the a and b . Linotype holds the license for this typeface.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1995 | Exit Planet Dust | - | - | - |
UK9
platinum
(71 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 26, 1995
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1997 | Dig your own hole |
DE25 (11 weeks) DE |
AT26 (10 weeks) AT |
CH30 (8 weeks) CH |
UK1
platinum
(30 weeks)UK |
US14th
gold
(25 weeks)US |
First published: April 7, 1997
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1999 | Surrender |
DE7 (12 weeks) DE |
AT16 (12 weeks) AT |
CH17 (9 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 2
(53 weeks)UK |
US32 (14 weeks) US |
First published: June 21, 1999
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2002 | Come with us |
DE18 (8 weeks) DE |
AT16 (7 weeks) AT |
CH12 (10 weeks) CH |
UK1 (17 weeks) UK |
US32 (7 weeks) US |
First published: January 28, 2002
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2005 | Push the button |
DE11 (17 weeks) DE |
AT18 (14 weeks) AT |
CH8 (22 weeks) CH |
UK1
gold
(18 weeks)UK |
US59 (3 weeks) US |
First published: January 24, 2005
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2007 | We are the night |
DE28 (4 weeks) DE |
AT18 (8 weeks) AT |
CH6 (10 weeks) CH |
UK1
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
US65 (2 weeks) US |
First published: June 27, 2007
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2010 | Further |
DE35 (3 weeks) DE |
AT48 (1 week) AT |
CH5 (10 weeks) CH |
- |
US63 (1 week) US |
First published: June 14, 2010
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2015 | Born in the Echoes |
DE10 (5 weeks) DE |
AT10 (4 weeks) AT |
CH2 (7 weeks) CH |
UK1
silver
(8 weeks)UK |
US73 (1 week) US |
First published: July 17, 2015
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2019 | No geography |
DE18 (2 weeks) DE |
AT26 (2 weeks) AT |
CH10 (4 weeks) CH |
UK4 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 12, 2019
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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 | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1998 | Brothers gonna work it out | - | - | - | - |
US95 (4 weeks) US |
First published: September 22, 1998
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2003 | Singles 93-03 |
DE99 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK9
gold
(16 weeks)UK |
US123 (1 week) US |
First published: September 22, 2003
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2008 | Brotherhood - The Definitive Singles | - |
AT63 (2 weeks) AT |
CH35 (4 weeks) CH |
UK11
gold
(3 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 2, 2008
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EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1996 | Loops of Fury | - | - | - |
UK13 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 15, 1996
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More EPs
- 2019: Eve Of Dubstruction (First released June 21, 2019)
More albums
- 1996: Live at the Social Volume 1
- 1997: Radio 1 Anti-Nazi Mix
- 2002: In Glint
- 2003: Confront Your Demons
- 2005: The Remixes Volume 06
- 2007: B-Sides Volume 1
- 2008: remixes
- 2011: Who is Hanna? (Soundtrack)
- 2012: Don't Think
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1995 | Leave Home Exit Planet Dust |
- | - | - |
UK17 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 5, 1995
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Life Is Sweet Exit Planet Dust |
- | - | - |
UK25 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 29, 1995
feat. Tim Burgess |
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1996 | Setting Sun Dig Your Own Hole |
- | - | - |
UK1
silver
(11 weeks)UK |
US80 (5 weeks) US |
First release: September 30, 1996
feat. Noel Gallagher |
1997 | Block Rockin 'Beats Dig Your Own Hole |
- | - | - |
UK1
silver
(14 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: March 24, 1997
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Electrical bank Dig Your Own Hole |
- | - | - |
UK17 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: September 8, 1997
feat. Keith Murray |
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1999 | Hey Boy Hey Girl Surrender |
DE41 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK3
gold
(17 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 31, 1999
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Let Forever Be Surrender |
- | - | - |
UK9 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: August 2nd, 1999
feat. Noel Gallagher |
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Out of control surrender |
- | - | - |
UK21 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: October 11, 1999
feat. Bernard Sumner |
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2001 | It Began in Africa Come with Us |
- | - |
CH89 (2 weeks) CH |
UK8 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 10, 2001
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2002 | Star Guitar Come with Us |
DE98 (2 weeks) DE |
- |
CH73 (3 weeks) CH |
UK8 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 14, 2002
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Come with Us / The Test Come with Us |
- | - | - |
UK14 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: April 22nd, 2002
feat. Richard Ashcroft |
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2003 | The Golden Path Singles 93-03 |
- | - | - |
UK17 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: September 15, 2003
feat. The Flaming Lips |
2005 | Galvanize push the button |
DE8 (26 weeks) DE |
AT14 (33 weeks) AT |
CH34 (23 weeks) CH |
UK3
gold
(21 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: January 17th, 2005
feat. Q-tip |
Believe push the button |
DE84 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
CH63 (1 week) CH |
UK18 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: May 2nd, 2005
feat. Kele Okereke |
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The boxer push the button |
- | - | - |
UK41 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: July 11, 2005
feat. Tim Burgess |
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2007 | Do It Again We Are the Night |
DE65 (5 weeks) DE |
AT59 (4 weeks) AT |
CH86 (1 week) CH |
UK12 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 14, 2007
feat. Ali Love |
The Salmon Dance We Are the Night |
- | - | - |
UK27 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: September 10, 2007
feat. Fatlip |
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2008 | Midnight Madness Brotherhood |
- | - | - |
UK80 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 3, 2008
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2010 | Swoon Further |
- | - | - |
UK85 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 9, 2010
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2015 | Go Born in the Echoes |
- |
AT56 (2 weeks) AT |
CH73 (1 week) CH |
UK46
silver
(9 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 5th, 2015
feat. Q-tip |
More singles
- 1992: Song to the Siren
- 1997: The Private Psychedelic Reel
- 2000: Music: Response
- 2003: Get Yourself High (feat.k -os )
- 2010: Escape Velocity
- 2010: Another World
- 2011: Container Park
- 2015: Under Neon Lights (feat. St. Vincent )
- 2016: CHEMICAL
- 2018: Free Yourself
- 2019: MAH
- 2019: Got To Keep On
Video albums
- 2002: Star Guitar (DVD single)
- 2003: The Golden Path (DVD single)
- 2003: Singles 93-03
- 2012: Don't Think (also as Blu-Ray)
Awards
- Best Dance Recording for Galvanize
- Best Electronic / Dance Album for Push the Button
- Best Electronic / Dance Album for We Are the Night
- Best Dance Recording for Got to Keep On
- Best Electronic / Dance Album for No Geography
MTV Europe Music Awards 2005:
- Best video for Believe
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Web links
- Literature by and about The Chemical Brothers in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official international site (English)
- The Chemical Brothers at laut.de
- The Chemical Brothers at MusicBrainz (English)
- The Chemical Brothers at Discogs (English)