BodyRockers were an electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 act, consisting of Dylan Burns and Kaz James

Kaz James

Christopher James Karyotakis, known professionally as Kaz James , is an Australian singer and DJ. He is a former member of the group BodyRockers. He was raised in Melbourne and is of Italian and Greek origin. He released his first solo album, If They Knew, in 2008.-Early life:James was raised in...

. They are best known for their 2005 single, "I Like the Way".

Background

Burns, a musician from England

England

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, was visiting Australia

Australia

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 when he was introduced to Melburnian

Melbourne

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 DJ James by another DJ, Jason Herd. The pair first started with Burns playing his guitar over James' rocky DJ set. Within a month of their first meeting, the duo created "I Like the Way", a song loosely based on Billy Idol

Billy Idol

William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...

's 1987 cover version

Cover version

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 of "Mony Mony

Mony Mony

"Mony Mony" is a 1968 single by Tommy James & the Shondells, that reached #1 in the UK charts.-History:"Mony Mony" was credited to Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, and Bobby Bloom. The hook in the song is said to have been inspired by James' view of a MONY sign atop the Mutual of New York...

" by Tommy James and the Shondells. Released as a single

Single (music)

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 in 2005, the song reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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; #12 on the Australian ARIA

ARIA Charts

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 singles chart.; and made the Top 20 on both the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

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 and Hot Dance Airplay

Hot Dance Airplay

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 charts.

Tours

The success of "I Like the Way" allowed BodyRockers to make appearances in many countries throughout 2005 and into 2006. In a 2007 interview, James described this era as "…amazing times! We toured the world with a band and sold a shit-load of records." In late 2005, the group released a follow-up single, "Round and Round"; both songs can be found on the 2005 album BodyRockers. They recorded a second album, however the two mutually decided not to release it and instead to pursue their own career paths. As James stated, "Since then we have moved on and actually made a second album but decided that we both wanted to go down different paths in our lives and going on the road as Bodyrockers again for another three years promoting another album wasn’t what we wanted."

Appearances in other media

The song "I Like The Way" has been featured in advertisements for BMW

BMW

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, Citroen

Citroën

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, Ford, Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi

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, Hyundai

Hyundai

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, Diet Coke

Diet Coke

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 and Ethel Austin

Ethel Austin

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. It was used as promotional music for a 2005 Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret

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 fashion show as well as for the 2007 Hong Kong Sevens

Hong Kong Sevens

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 rugby tournament http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQXES_x3xus.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak Chart Positions								Album
		US Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	US DA Hot Dance Airplay Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...	CA Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	DU 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	UK 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 ...	AUS	AU	IT
2005	"I Like the Way"	20	7	9	39	3	12	17	20	BodyRockers