Baby D (dance group)
Encyclopedia
Baby D is the name of a UK
breakbeat hardcore
and house music
band
, best known for their single
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy
", #1
on the UK Singles Chart
in 1994.
which had been set up in 1987 by former recording artist Phil Fearon
, whose group Galaxy had had a number of hits in the 1980s. Involved with the rave
scene, Production House's in-house record producer
, Floyd Dyce, wrote and performed under several different names including The House Crew, DMS and Xstatic. Baby D were originally another outlet for his compositions, also consisting of lead vocalist (Baby D) Dee Galdes-Fearon, Claudio Galdez on keyboards and windsynth and Terry Jones (stage name MC Nino) on vocals and keyboards.
Early singles between 1991 and 1994 were "underground" hits, but failed to cross over into the pop mainstream, save for their being sampled on "Break and Enter", track two on The Prodigy
's Music for the Jilted Generation
. Two of them scraped into the lower end of the UK Singles Chart. "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" was the exception, in that although it had not made the chart at all when first released in 1992, it continued to be a small but steady seller, hanging around the bottom half of the unpublished Top 200 listing for two years, and clocking up sales of around 40,000. It also reached the number one spot in the UK Dance Chart
, staying there for two weeks. In 1994, the track was signed by London Records
and re-released, at which point it promptly debuted on the chart at #3, and then spent two weeks at #1, this time selling about a quarter of a million copies.
In the summer of 1995, Baby D reached #3 with a rave version of the Korgis' 1980 ballad
"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
", re-titled "(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving" and the same chart position with "So Pure". Other hits
followed, plus a Top 5 album
, Deliverance. Dyce now runs his own record label, Redmaster, and still writes and produces, while Fearon still performs in the United Kingdom
and Continental Europe
.
Jones also co-wrote a #1 for Peter Andre
, and re-mixed and produced for Eternal
and the Backstreet Boys
, as well as St. Etienne
vocalist Sarah Cracknell
.
In 2000, a remix
of "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (courtesy of the Trick or Treat production team), made the UK Top 20. In 2004, the track was also covered by Ashley Jade
but, although it made #19 on the US
Hot Dance Singles Sales
chart, it did not make the main listing.
In the summer of 2008, the band performed at the UK dance music festival
, Global Gathering
. They continue to perform on the club and festival circuit.
CD1:
1. Got To Believe (5:32)
2. So Pure (7:02)
3. Destiny (4:01)
4. Come Into My World (5:51)
5. Casanova (Live) (4:01)
6. Winds Of Love (4:41)
7. (Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving (5:39)
8. Daydreaming (5:19)
9. Euphoria (6:49)
10. Nature's Warning (6:31)
11. Take Me To Heaven (5:05)
12. Let Me Be Your Fantasy (7:51)
CD2:
1. Have It All (4:16)
2. Daydreaming (Acenhallucination) (5:21)
3. Casanova (Prodigy Pump Action Remix) (4:57)
4. So Pure (Rollin' Mix) (5:16)
'1989 - Jazz & The Brothers Grimm feat. Baby D & MC Juice - Casanova (The Raising Hell Remix) (Vinyl, 12) [PNT008R] '
'1990 - Behind The Groove (Vinyl, 12) [PNT 012] '
'1990 - Day Dreaming (Vinyl, 12) (Promo) [PNT019] '
'1990 - Day Dreaming (Vinyl, 12) [PNT019] '
'1992 - Let Me Be... (Vinyl, 12) [PNT043L] '
'1992 - ...Your Fantasy (Vinyl, 12) [PNT043R] '
'1992 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Vinyl, 12) [PNT043RX] '
'1993 - Destiny (Vinyl, 12) [PNT057] '
'1993 - Destiny (Vinyl, 12) [PNT057R]'
'1994 - Casanova (CDM) [PNC 065] '
'1994 - Casanova (Jungle Remixes) (Vinyl, 12) [PNT 065RX] '
'1994 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (CDM) [857 873-2]'
'1994 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (CDM) [857 983-2] '
'1994 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (CDM) [PCD-7410] '
'1994 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (CDM) [SYSCD4] '
'1995 - I Need Your Loving (Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime) (CDM) [850 263-2] '
'1995 - I Need Your Loving (Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime) (CDM) [SYSCD 11] '
'1995 - I Need Your Loving (Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime) (CDM) [850 157-2] '
'1995 - So Pure (Vinyl, 12) [SYXX 21]'
'1996 - So Pure (CDM) [SYSCD 21]'
'1996 - Take Me To Heaven (CDM) [SYSCD 26] '
'2000 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Trick Or Treat feat. MC Tails Remix) (CDM) [SYSCD 35] '
'2000 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Trick Or Treat feat. MC Tails Remix) (Vinyl, 12) [SYSX 35]'
'2006 - Ratpack feat. Baby D - Sky (Vinyl, 12) [RB 001] '
'2009 - Ruff Loaderz vs. Scott Giles feat. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (WEB) [W10, Incentive] '
'2009 - Carl Kennedy vs. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (WEB) [WYM012D]'
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
breakbeat hardcore
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
and house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, best known for their single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy
Let Me Be Your Fantasy
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" is a song by Baby D, which became a number one UK single in 1994.-Song information:"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" originated in 1992 at the height of the rave scene...
", #1
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in 1994.
Career
The group was formed by Production House Records, a record labelRecord label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
which had been set up in 1987 by former recording artist Phil Fearon
Phil Fearon
Phil Fearon is a British record producer. He was the lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the 1980s band Galaxy.-Career:...
, whose group Galaxy had had a number of hits in the 1980s. Involved with the rave
Rave music
Rave music may either refer the late 1980s genre or any genre of electronic dance music that may be played at an electronic dance party such as a rave. Very rarely, the term is used to refer to less electronic related genres glam, powerpop, psychedelic rock and dub music parties...
scene, Production House's in-house record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, Floyd Dyce, wrote and performed under several different names including The House Crew, DMS and Xstatic. Baby D were originally another outlet for his compositions, also consisting of lead vocalist (Baby D) Dee Galdes-Fearon, Claudio Galdez on keyboards and windsynth and Terry Jones (stage name MC Nino) on vocals and keyboards.
Early singles between 1991 and 1994 were "underground" hits, but failed to cross over into the pop mainstream, save for their being sampled on "Break and Enter", track two on The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
's Music for the Jilted Generation
Music for the Jilted Generation
Music for the Jilted Generation is the second album by English electronic dance music band The Prodigy. The album was released through XL Recordings in July 1994...
. Two of them scraped into the lower end of the UK Singles Chart. "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" was the exception, in that although it had not made the chart at all when first released in 1992, it continued to be a small but steady seller, hanging around the bottom half of the unpublished Top 200 listing for two years, and clocking up sales of around 40,000. It also reached the number one spot in the UK Dance Chart
UK Dance Chart
The UK Dance Chart is a chart compiled by The Official Charts Company from sales in record stores and digital downloads. Although the chart does not currently receive any airplay on the radio or television, the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1 and The Official Charts Company website.Digital...
, staying there for two weeks. In 1994, the track was signed by London Records
London Records
London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....
and re-released, at which point it promptly debuted on the chart at #3, and then spent two weeks at #1, this time selling about a quarter of a million copies.
In the summer of 1995, Baby D reached #3 with a rave version of the Korgis' 1980 ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" is a hit single written by James Warren and first performed by the pop band The Korgis, of which Warren was lead singer....
", re-titled "(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving" and the same chart position with "So Pure". Other hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
followed, plus a Top 5 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Deliverance. Dyce now runs his own record label, Redmaster, and still writes and produces, while Fearon still performs in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Continental Europe
Continental Europe
Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands....
.
Jones also co-wrote a #1 for Peter Andre
Peter André
Peter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...
, and re-mixed and produced for Eternal
Eternal (band)
Eternal were an English R&B girl group formed in 1992. The group featured two sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding...
and the Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...
, as well as St. Etienne
Saint Etienne (band)
Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
vocalist Sarah Cracknell
Sarah Cracknell
Sarah Cracknell is an English pop singer who fronts the band Saint Etienne and is known for her light, smooth singing voice. She is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick's first assistant director Derek Cracknell.-Career:...
.
In 2000, a remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (courtesy of the Trick or Treat production team), made the UK Top 20. In 2004, the track was also covered by Ashley Jade
Ashley Jade
Ashley Jade is a singer-songwriter and actress from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. She was previously a part of the pop music band, Soda Club.-Biography:...
but, although it made #19 on the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Hot Dance Singles Sales
Hot Dance Singles Sales
Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...
chart, it did not make the main listing.
In the summer of 2008, the band performed at the UK dance music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
, Global Gathering
Global Gathering
GlobalGathering is an annual dance music festival by Angel Music Group. Festivals are held in countries such as the UK, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and feature leading electronica artists from across the globe...
. They continue to perform on the club and festival circuit.
Band personnel
- Baby D (Dee Fearon) – vocals
- Claudio Galdez – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, windsynth - MC Nino (Terry Jones) – vocals, keyboards
- Floyd Dyce – keyboards (left the group in 1993)
Album
- 1996: Deliverance (UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#5)
CD1:
1. Got To Believe (5:32)
2. So Pure (7:02)
3. Destiny (4:01)
4. Come Into My World (5:51)
5. Casanova (Live) (4:01)
6. Winds Of Love (4:41)
7. (Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving (5:39)
8. Daydreaming (5:19)
9. Euphoria (6:49)
10. Nature's Warning (6:31)
11. Take Me To Heaven (5:05)
12. Let Me Be Your Fantasy (7:51)
CD2:
1. Have It All (4:16)
2. Daydreaming (Acenhallucination) (5:21)
3. Casanova (Prodigy Pump Action Remix) (4:57)
4. So Pure (Rollin' Mix) (5:16)
Singles
'1989 - Jazz & The Brothers Grimm feat. Baby D & MC Juice - Casanova (Vinyl, 12) [PNT008] (192 kbps)''1989 - Jazz & The Brothers Grimm feat. Baby D & MC Juice - Casanova (The Raising Hell Remix) (Vinyl, 12) [PNT008R] '
'1990 - Behind The Groove (Vinyl, 12) [PNT 012] '
'1990 - Day Dreaming (Vinyl, 12) (Promo) [PNT019] '
'1990 - Day Dreaming (Vinyl, 12) [PNT019] '
'1992 - Let Me Be... (Vinyl, 12) [PNT043L] '
'1992 - ...Your Fantasy (Vinyl, 12) [PNT043R] '
'1992 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Vinyl, 12) [PNT043RX] '
'1993 - Destiny (Vinyl, 12) [PNT057] '
'1993 - Destiny (Vinyl, 12) [PNT057R]'
'1994 - Casanova (CDM) [PNC 065] '
'1994 - Casanova (Jungle Remixes) (Vinyl, 12) [PNT 065RX] '
'1994 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (CDM) [857 873-2]'
'1994 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (CDM) [857 983-2] '
'1994 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (CDM) [PCD-7410] '
'1994 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (CDM) [SYSCD4] '
'1995 - I Need Your Loving (Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime) (CDM) [850 263-2] '
'1995 - I Need Your Loving (Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime) (CDM) [SYSCD 11] '
'1995 - I Need Your Loving (Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime) (CDM) [850 157-2] '
'1995 - So Pure (Vinyl, 12) [SYXX 21]'
'1996 - So Pure (CDM) [SYSCD 21]'
'1996 - Take Me To Heaven (CDM) [SYSCD 26] '
'2000 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Trick Or Treat feat. MC Tails Remix) (CDM) [SYSCD 35] '
'2000 - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Trick Or Treat feat. MC Tails Remix) (Vinyl, 12) [SYSX 35]'
'2006 - Ratpack feat. Baby D - Sky (Vinyl, 12) [RB 001] '
'2009 - Ruff Loaderz vs. Scott Giles feat. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (WEB) [W10, Incentive] '
'2009 - Carl Kennedy vs. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (WEB) [WYM012D]'
External links
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