DNA | |
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| Origin | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1988–1998 |
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| Past members |
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DNA was the name taken by English electronic music producers Nick Batt and Neal Slateford, best known for releasing a remix of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" in 1990.1
As well as "Tom's Diner", the duo remixed two other Suzanne Vega tracks: "Rusted Pipe" in 1991, and a radio mix of "Rosemary" in 2000. After a brief lull, the duo reappeared with a mix of the Loreena McKennitt track "The Mummers' Dance", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart in 1997.
Batt worked extensively with Goldfrapp on their albums Felt Mountain, Black Cherry and Supernature, receiving an Ivor Novello Award for co-writing the Black Cherry track "Strict Machine".
Personnel
- Neal Slateford (born in Bath), co-founder of Lovehoney.
- Nick Batt (born Nicholas Batt, lives in Bath), now running the Sonic State music technology website and podcast.2
Discography and remixography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS 3 | ||
| Taste This |
|
190 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK 4 |
AUS 53 |
AUT 6 |
BEL (FL) 7 |
FRA 8 |
GER 9 |
IRE 10 |
ITA 11 |
NLD 12 |
NZ 13 |
SWI 14 |
US 15 | ||||
| 1990 | "Tom's Diner" (featuring Suzanne Vega) |
2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | Singles only | |
| "La Serenissima" | 34 | — | — | — | 15 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | "Rusted Pipe" (featuring Suzanne Vega) (Italy and United States promo only) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lily Was Here (DNA Remixes)" (David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer) (US only) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | |||
| "Forget Me Not$ (DNA Remix)" (by Tongue 'n' Cheek) |
26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Shocked (DNA Remix)" (by Kylie Minogue) |
6 | 7 | — | 18 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Rebel Woman" (featuring Jazzi P) |
42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | "Can You Handle It" (featuring Sharon Redd) |
17 | 172 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 62 | 41 | — | — | Taste This | |
| "Blue Love (Call My Name)" (featuring Jo Nye) |
66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Summer Breeze (The DNA Mixes)" (by Geoffrey Williams) |
56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | Single only | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||
Other remixes:
- 1990: "Love and Affection" – Sinitta
- 1991: "Ride the Bullet" (Remix) – Army of Lovers (appears on the CD maxi-single of "Crucified")
- 1991: "Get the Message" (1991) – Electronic
- 1991: "Running Back to You" (Remix) – Vanessa L. Williams
- 1993: "Light of the World" (1993) – Kim Appleby
- 1995: "I Specialize in Love" – Exposé (remixed by Darrin Friedman, original found on 1992 album Exposé)
- 1997: "The Mummers' Dance" (Single version) – Loreena McKennitt
- 1998: "Coconut" – Dannii Minogue (remixed by Flexifinger, original found on The 1995 Sessions)1
References
References
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 132. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- "Sonicstate Homepage". Sonicstate.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- "DNA ARIA chart history to 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- "DNA – UK Chart". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "DNA – Australian chart". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "DNA – Austrian chart". austriancharts.at. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "DNA – Belgian Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "DNA – French Chart". lescharts.com. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "DNA – German Chart". charts.de. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "The Irish Charts". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "DNA – Italian Chart". hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "DNA – Dutch chart". dutchcharts.nl. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.
- "DNA – New Zealand Chart". charts.nz. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "DNA – Swiss chart". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- Peaks in the United States:
- "Tom's Diner": "Suzanne Vega Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Lily Was Here": "David A. Stewart Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2020.