Damian (musician)
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Damian is an English pop musician and actor, who was briefly successful in the late 1980s. He is best known for his 1989 hit
, "The Time Warp", a cover version
of the original track from The Rocky Horror Show
. Damian's version featured the original backing singers from the original recording of the soundtrack to the movie.
His follow up single, "Wig Wam Bam", which also featured the track "Putting It All Behind Me" reached No.49 on the UK Singles Chart
.
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...
, "The Time Warp", a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the original track from The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...
. Damian's version featured the original backing singers from the original recording of the soundtrack to the movie.
His follow up single, "Wig Wam Bam", which also featured the track "Putting It All Behind Me" reached No.49 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 ...
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Single
Year | Single | Peak positions | |||||||
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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 ... |
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1987 | "The Time Warp" | 51 | |||||||
1988 | "The Time Warp" (reissue) | 64 | |||||||
1989 | "The Time Warp" (remix) | 7 | |||||||
"Wig Wam Bam" | 49 | ||||||||
2007 | "Video Killed the Radio Star Video Killed the Radio Star "Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on Island Records from their debut album The Age of Plastic. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by... " |
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