Deee-Lite

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Deee-Lite
Deee-Lite members.png
General information
origin United States
Genre (s) House , dance-pop
founding 1986
resolution 1996
Last occupation
singing
Lady Miss Kier
Keyboard, guitar
Supa DJ Dmitry
Mix, bass
DJ Ani
former members
production
Jungle DJ Towa-Tei

Deee-Lite was a pop music group formed in New York in 1986. Her biggest hit in the summer of 1990 was the track Groove Is in the Heart , which was co-created with Q-Tip by A Tribe Called Quest and Bootsy Collins .

The band included Lady Miss Kier (Kierin Kirby), Supa DJ Dmitry (Dmitry Brill) and Jungle DJ Towa Tei (Doug Wa-Chung). In 1994 Towa Tei left the band and started a solo career. He was replaced by DJ Ani (Ani Q. Schempf).

In spring 2003, Lady Miss Kier sued the Sega company because a character in the video game Space Channel 5 was modeled after her person.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1990 World clique - - - UK14th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)UK
US20th
gold
gold

(41 weeks)US
R&B34 (28 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 31, 1990
1992 Infinity Within DE88 (2 weeks)
DE
- CH38 (1 week)
CH
UK37 (1 week)
UK
US67 (8 weeks)
US
-
First published: June 19, 1992
1994 Dewdrops in the Garden - - - UK78 (1 week)
UK
US127 (4 weeks)
US
-
First published: July 12, 1994

Compilations

  • 1995: Dewdrops in the Remix
  • 1996: Sampladelic Relics & Dancefloor Oddities
  • 2001: The Very Best of Deee-Lite

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1990 Groove Is in the Heart
World Clique
DE17 (20 weeks)
DE
AT25 (3 weeks)
AT
CH13 (11 weeks)
CH
UK2
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK
US4th
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
R&B28 (14 weeks)
R&B
Dance1 (13 weeks)
Dance
First published: July 1990
Power of Love
World Clique
DE43 (10 weeks)
DE
- - UK25 (7 weeks)
UK
US47 (10 weeks)
US
R&B54 (7 weeks)
R&B
Dance1 (16 weeks)
Dance
First published: November 1990
1991 How Do You Say… Love? - - - UK52 (2 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: February 1991
ESP
World Clique
- - - - - - Dance7 (8 weeks)
Dance
First published: March 1991
Good Beat / Riding On Through
World Clique
- - - UK53 (3 weeks)
UK
- - Dance1 (12 weeks)
Dance
First published: April 1991
1992 Runaway
Infinity Within
- - CH25 (4 weeks)
CH
UK45 (3 weeks)
UK
- - Dance1 (10 weeks)
Dance
First published: June 1992
Pussycat Meow
Infinity Within
- - - - - - Dance6 (12 weeks)
Dance
First published: November 1992
1994 Party Happenin People
Dewdrops in the Garden
- - - - - - Dance30 (7 weeks)
Dance
First published: May 1994
Bring Me Your Love
Dewdrops in the Garden
- - - - - - Dance1 (12 weeks)
Dance
First published: June 1994
Picnic in the Summertime
Dewdrops in the Garden
- - - UK43 (2 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: July 1994
Call Me
Dewdrops in the Garden
- - - - - - Dance1 (13 weeks)
Dance
First published: December 1994

More singles

  • 1990: What Is Love?
  • 1992: Thank You Everyday
  • 1992: I Had a Dream I Was Falling Through a Hole in the Ozone Layer

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 1,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 500,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th -

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  1. Facts and data on Deee-Lite
  2. a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .

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