Twenty 4 Seven
| Twenty 4 Seven | |
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 Twenty 4 Seven at Sunshine Live - Die 90er (Mannheim, Germany) - 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Netherlands |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1989-1991, 1993-Present |
| Labels | BCM Records BMG |
| Associated acts | Captain Hollywood Project |
| Members |
Stacey Seedorf (Stay-C) Li Ann van Goren Ruud van Rijen |
| Past members |
Tony Dawson-Harrison (Captain Hollywood) Ricardo Overman (MC Fixxit) Giovanni Falco (Hanks) Wolfgang Reis (Jacks) Nancy Coolen Stella Sharon Doorson (Miss Cherry) |
Twenty 4 Seven is a Dutch music group originally formed in 1989 by producer Ruud van Rijen and rapper/producer Tony Dawson-Harrison (Captain Hollywood). The group in best known in Europe for the hits "I Can't Stand It", "Are You Dreaming?", "Slave to the Music", "Is It Love" and "Take Me Away." Throughout the long history of the group, the line-up has continued to evolve and change. Today, Twenty 4 Seven is recognized as a duo act consisting of rapper/singer Stacey Seedorf (Stay-C) and singer Li-Ann van Goren.
History
1989-1990: Original lineup
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Twenty 4 Seven was first formed in 1989 by Dutch producer Ruud van Rijen and American producer/rapper/dancer Tony Dawson-Harrison(Captain Hollywood). In the beginning stages, the act was fronted by singer Nance Coolen and rapper Ricardo Overman (MC Fixxit). The single "I Can't Stand It" was released early in 1989 featuring vocals from Coolen and Overman. After having internal disputes with van Rijen, Overman left the group shortly after the release of single. In response to Overman's departure from the group, Harrison chose to step out of his producer role to become the new front man and rapper of the act. Dancers Giovanni Falco (Hanks) and Wolfgang Reiss (Jacks) were recruited by Harrison to front the act alongside himself and Coolen. The group name was also modified to "Twenty 4 Seven featuring Captain Hollywood."' The group's innovative new mixture of traditional male raps and female singing choruses proved to be a massive success across Europe. "I Can't Stand It" charted at No.3 in Israel and at No.7 in the UK. The next single, "Are You Dreaming?" charted at No.17 in the UK. In 1990, Street Moves, the project's debut album. was released.
By 1991, Harrison had left the group in order to continue developing his own music project called Captain Hollywood Project. Despite Harrison's departure from the group, the popularity "I Can't Stand It" continued throughout Europe. The single was later chosen to be a part of film soundtrack for the 1991 film Dying Young starring Julia Roberts. After Harrison's departure, Twenty 4 Seven remained dormant for two years.
1993-1994: Slave to the Music & I Wanna Show You
In 1993, Dutch rapper/singer Stacey Seedorf (Stay-C) was recruited into the act as a replacement for Harrison. The singles "Slave To the Music" "Is It Love", "Take Me Away", "Leave Them Alone" and the album Slave to the Music were released.
After the success of Is It Love, the band quickly capitalized on their success by readying material for another new album. In 1994, "Oh Baby!" and "Keep on Tryin'" were released, Although the singles did not chart in the United Kingdom, where they had experienced large success before, the band continued its success throughout the rest of Europe. After both singles were released, the band released I Wanna Show You, their third studio album, in mid-1994. After several live performances across Europe, the band once again went silent, releasing no new material for the next two years.
Lineup changes and decline
In 1996, the band returned featuring a new female vocalist, Stella, to replace veteran member Nancy Coolen, who had walked out on the group in favor of a solo career.[1] The first single featuring Stella's vocals, "We Are the World", managed to break charts in the Czech Republic and Netherlands, but was unable to continue the band's large success.
In 1997, "If You Want My Love" and "Friday Night" were released, with both songs charting poorly in countries where they had once experienced success. Although the Netherlands remained a constant area of success for the band, interest throughout the rest of Europe had waned considerably. Following a few live performances and the release of the band's fourth studio album, Twenty 4 Hours A Day, Seven Days A Week, Stella left the group, leaving Paton the lone collaborator with van Rijen.
In 1999, the band released "Ne Ne", a brand new single, which failed to enter even the Dutch charts. After three years on the decline, van Rijen finally decided to put the group to rest in late 1999.
New faces and sound
After nearly a decade of silence, Twenty 4 Seven was revived in 2007 by van Rijen, who had collaborated with vocalist Elle to create a jumpstyle cover of the Berlin song "Like Flames". The song entered the Dutch charts in November at #45, and peaked at #20 in late 2007. Although the group announced they would soon be performing live again,[2] nothing materialized. Following the single's success, Elle left the group.
Lineup changes, returns and Slave to the Music 2010
In 2010, van Rijen announced that Stacey Paton had returned to the group, along with two new vocalists, Li Ann (Lianne van Groen) and Miss Cherry (Sharon Doorson). In July 2010, van Rijen announced a brand new version of "Slave to the Music", titled "Slave to the Music 2010", would be released in late 2010. Following the recording of the single, Miss Cherry ended her involvement with the group, which was promptly re-recorded with only Li Ann and Stacey's voices. Although a teaser video was released in December 2010 with a "coming soon" teaser banner, no information about the exact release of the single has been released. A single was released in 2012 titled 'The Reason'. A music video was made for this single. 'The Reason' had some success in the Netherlands, which peaked at #33 in the Dutch charts.
Discography
| Twenty 4 Seven discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 12 |
| Singles | 15 |
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
GER [5] |
NED [4] |
SUI [4] |
SWE [4] |
UK [6] | |||||||
| Street Moves | — | — | — | — | 25 | 50 | 69 | ||||||
| Slave to the Music | 79 | 30 | 15 | 22 | — | 17 | — |
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| I Wanna Show You |
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— | — | 66 | 64 | 31 | — | — |
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| Twenty 4 Hours A Day, Seven Days A Week |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
AUT [4] |
FRA [4] |
BEL (Vl) [7] |
ITA [8] |
GER [9] |
NED [4] |
NOR [4] |
FIN [10] |
NZ [4] |
SUI [4] |
SWE [4] |
UK [6] |
EUR [11] | ||||
| 1989 | "I Can't Stand It" | 130 | 2 | 39 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 17 | — | — | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | Street Moves | |
| 1990 | "Are You Dreaming?" | — | 22 | — | — | 8 | 16 | 18 | — | 6 | — | 4 | — | 17 | 8 | ||
| 1992 | "It Could Have Been You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| 1993 | "Slave to the Music" | 2 | — | — | 23 | — | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | — | 14 | 4 | — | 20 | Slave to the Music | |
| "Is It Love" | 20 | 9 | — | 11 | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 24 | 7 | — | 11 | |||
| 1994 | "Take Me Away" | 52 | 28 | — | 24 | — | 14 | 11 | — | 20 | — | 41 | 23 | — | 25 | ||
| "Leave Them Alone" | 89 | 23 | — | 41 | — | 36 | 9 | — | 17 | — | — | 34 | — | 39 | |||
| "Oh Baby" | 120 | — | — | 27 | — | 33 | 26 | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | I Wanna Show You | ||
| 1995 | "Keep on Tryin'" | 189 | — | — | 32 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "We Are the World" | — | — | — | — | — | - | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | Twenty 4 Hours A Day, Seven Days A Week | |
| 1997 | "If You Want My Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Friday Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "Ne Ne" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |
| 2007 | "Like Flames" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012 | "The Reason" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||||
Other singles
As Twenty 4th Street
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Dance Club Play[14] | |||
| 1991 | "I Can't Stand It!" | 44 | Street Moves |
Music videos
This is a list of official music videos for Twenty 4 Seven singles and when they were released.
| Year | Single | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "I Can't Stand It" | |
| 1990 | "Are You Dreaming?" | |
| 1993 | "Slave to the Music" | Fernando Garcia |
| "Is It Love" | ||
| 1994 | "Take Me Away" | |
| "Leave Them Alone" | ||
| "Oh Baby" | Steve Walker | |
| 1996 | "We Are the World" | |
| 1997 | "If You Want My Love" | |
| "Friday Night" | ||
| 2007 | "Like Flames" | |
| 2010 | "Slave To The Music Reloaded" |
References
- ↑ Lineup changes of 1996
- ↑ "Jan Vis".
- 1 2 Australian (ARIA) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Twenty 4 Seven". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 287.
- "Take Me Away": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 21 Aug 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-03-13. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- "Leave Them Alone": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 23 Oct 1994". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- "Oh Baby": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 September 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- All ARIA singles chart peaks to 19 June 2018: "Response from ARIA re: Twenty 4 Seven singles chart history, received 19 June 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19. N.B. The High Point number displayed in the NAT column represents the single's peak on the national charts.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 International peaks
- ↑ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts".
- 1 2 "Official Charts > Twenty 4 Seven". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ↑ "Radio2 top 30: 16 april 2016". Archived from the original on 9 April 2012.
- ↑ Peak positions for Italy
- ↑ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts".
- ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 563. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- 1 2 3 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Twenty 4 Seven)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 287.
- ↑
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