Phats & Small

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Phats & Small is a British House - music producer team . The team consists of Jason Hayward, who is called Phats and has been a producer since 1991 (which he owes in particular to DJ Carl Cox, who is well known from the scene ) and Russell Small. You work for the Multiply label .

history

Phats & Small are a DJ duo from Brighton , England who became famous with their 1999 hit Turn Around . The cover hit , based on The Glow of Love by Luther Vandross (1980) and Reach Up by Toney Lee (1993), was sung by singer Big Ben Ofoedu (known as VJ on MTV Europe), who then worked with the two club DJs in Great Britain came in at number 2 in the charts and the single soon became successful in the rest of Europe. Also worth mentioning is the success of the second single, Tonite , which came in at number 11 in the UK and at number 36 in the singles charts in Germany .

The next single, Feel Good , was also very successful. In November 1999, the first album Now Phats What I Small Music hit stores. Then, in 2000, the duo toured 40 countries, with great success on the island of Ibiza , which was also the center of the party scene in Europe at that time . From now on Phats & Small was an indispensable part of the European club scene, also outside the house scene.

The track Respect the Cock , which contained a quote from Tom Cruise from the movie Magnolia , caused a stir . The track had to be defused due to a legal dispute.

The second album, This Time Around , was released in March 2002 with a new singer and front man named Tony Thompson . He was already known as a two-time martial arts European champion and actor in the soap Hollyoaks from Great Britain. The single, also called This Time Around , reached number 15 in the UK singles chart.

The album Soundtrack to Our Lives followed in April 2004 . Singer Ryan Molloy, who is a well-known songwriter in Great Britain (S Club), took over the vocals. The single Sun Comes Out was sung by Caz, who had also recently been part of the team and was supported by old singer and frontman Big Ben. The song reached number 57 in the single charts in Germany.

Phats & Small now have their own record label called Mutant Disc. For the American teen comedy Who's Your Daddy? produced the theme song, a club mix of a song by Wayne Newton , a famous Las Vegas entertainer .

Discography

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
2000 Now Phats What I Small Music DE19 (6 weeks)
DE 		- CH52 (6 weeks)
CH 		-
First published: January 2000

More albums

  • 2001: This Time Around
  • 2004: Soundtrack to Our Lives

DJ mixes

  • 1999: Funky House the Essential Horny House Selection (2 CDs)
  • 2003: Tiefenrausch Vol. 2 (Phats & Small meets Groovemaster K.)

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
1999 Turn Around
Now Phats What I Small Music 		DE18 (18 weeks)
DE 		AT26 (9 weeks)
AT 		CH8 (15 weeks)
CH 		UK2
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)UK
First published: March 1999
Feel Good
Now Phats What I Small Music 		DE64 (8 weeks)
DE 		- CH20 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK7 (10 weeks)
UK
First published: August 1999
Tonite
Now Phats What I Small Music 		DE36 (9 weeks)
DE 		- CH14 (15 weeks)
CH 		UK11 (7 weeks)
UK
First published: November 1999
2000 Harvest for the World DE90 (4 weeks)
DE 		- CH59 (5 weeks)
CH 		-
First published: August 2000
2001 This Time Around
This Time Around 		DE92 (4 weeks)
DE 		- CH61 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK15 (6 weeks)
UK
First published: June 2001
Change
This Time Around 		- - CH96 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK45 (2 weeks)
UK
First published: November 2001
2004 Sun Comes Out
Soundtrack to Our Lives 		DE57 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - -
First published: March 2004

More singles

  • 1999: September '99 (vs. Earth, Wind and Fire )
  • 1999: Turn My Name Around (vs. Eminem )
  • 1999: Brighton Beach
  • 1999: Music for Pushchairs
  • 1999: Theme from "Sauce"
  • 2001: Respect the Cock
  • 2005: Sweet Dreams
  • 2005: It's a Beautiful Day
  • 2005: Night Like Dis
  • 2012: Turn Around (vs. Cube Guys)

Awards

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
  2. ↑ a b UK gold / platinum database
  3. ↑ RSH Gold Award 2000

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