Daddy DJ
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Daddy DJ is a dance act from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 consisting of David Le Roy and Jean-Christophe Belval.

Their debut self-titled single "Daddy DJ
Daddy DJ (song)
"Daddy DJ" is an electronica song recorded by French dance act Daddy DJ. It was its debut single from the album Let Your Body Talk, and was released in many European countries from June 2000. The music video was produced as an animated feature. It achieved a huge success on many charts, becoming...

" released in October 2000, reached 2nd position in the French top 100 for almost 5 months. In Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 the song reached 7th place, while in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 the song reached 22nd place in the charts, in addition to the singles The Girl In Red (41) and Over You (96). In Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, the debut single reached 8th position.

The band is about to make a comeback with a new album titled Rock Machine, due to be released in France.

A new remix of the song Daddy DJ was included in the UK-released compilation Clubland 13 http://www.aatw.co.uk/albums.php?tracklist=205056#205056, in the style of Basshunter
Basshunter
Jonas Erik Altberg , better known by his stage name Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna", "Dota", "Now You're Gone" and "All I Ever Wanted". Basshunter has so far released a total of six albums, two of which have...

 who used the melody of this song for his hits DotA
Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA
"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" is a song by Swedish dance DJ Basshunter which samples in a remixed version the song "Daddy DJ" by Daddy DJ...

, All I Ever Wanted
All I Ever Wanted (Basshunter song)
"All I Ever Wanted" is a song by Swedish eurodance musician Basshunter. It is similar to his previous single "DotA" in that it is an English remake using music based on a previous Basshunter track, without any lyrical connection...

, and S3RL's Pretty Rave Girl.

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
AUS BEL (WAL)
Ultratop 40
Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization...

BEL (FLA)
Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...

DAN FIN FRA GER NETH
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...

NOR SWE SWI
2000 "Daddy DJ
Daddy DJ (song)
"Daddy DJ" is an electronica song recorded by French dance act Daddy DJ. It was its debut single from the album Let Your Body Talk, and was released in many European countries from June 2000. The music video was produced as an animated feature. It achieved a huge success on many charts, becoming...

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8 1 8 2 3 2 7 7 1 1 22 Let Your Body Talk
2001 "The Girl in Red" - 10 - 9 12 10 - - 17 18 41
2002 "Over You" 49 33 - - - 29 79 60 - 43 96

Albums

  • 2001: Let Your Body Talk
  • 2002: Daddy DJ CD/12"
  • 2008: Rock Machine

External links

  • MySpace Page (New Album 2008)
  • http://www.esteban.musique.com (Over You's songwriter)
  • top40-Charts.com (Chart performance information)
  • Lescharts.com (Peak positions of Daddy DJ on various Singles Charts)
  • http://open.spotify.com/track/0x6XlDJoKG8ZPBFLDbubWk to listen to the song on Spotify.
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