The Rembrandts
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The Rembrandts are an American
pop-rock duo formed by Phil Solem and Danny Wilde
in 1989. They had previously worked together as members of Great Buildings in 1981. The Rembrandts are best known for their song "I'll Be There for You", which was used as the theme song for the television sitcom Friends
.
After establishing themselves as The Rembrandts in 1989, Solem and Wilde recorded a self-titled album largely in Wilde's home studio. From this album, the group had their first success during 1990
with "Just the Way It Is, Baby
", which scored at number 14 on the Billboard singles chart. The self-titled album scored number 88 on the album charts.
The next album Untitled, of 1992, featured the minor successes "Johnny Have You Seen Her" and "Chase the Clouds Away". Another track from the album, "Rollin' Down The Hill", was used in the film Dumb and Dumber.
"I'll Be There for You," the theme for the sitcom Friends
, reached No. 1 the Hot 100 Airplay chart for several weeks before being released as a single and peaking at No. 17 U.S.
Billboard charts. The single has been released in other countries, including the UK
, where it reached No. 3 in 1995 and No. 5 in 1997. The success of Friends
has caused a greater awareness of the band, and to greater sales of their recorded albums. The song was also featured on the Friends Soundtrack album.
In 1997, the duo split, with Solem returning to Minneapolis to concentrate on his band Thrush. In 1998, Wilde released the album Spin This, credited to "Danny Wilde + The Rembrandts". In 2000, Solem and Wilde reunited, and released the album Lost Together as The Rembrandts the following year.
In 2005, the band released an album of re-recorded favorites called Choice Picks. There are two versions of Choice Picks, one released through Awarestore which features the new track "Chasin' Down a Rainbow". The other version was released on the Fuel 2000 label, with the new track "Don't Give Me Up".
In 2006, Rhino released a collection called The Rembrandts' Greatest Hits, a 20 song career-spanning retrospective that included material from the lone Great Buildings album, Apart From The Crowd.
The duo continues to write new songs and tour, while also working on material and producing for other artists, including Plain White T's
, Katie & Katie, Gin Blossoms
, Evan & Jaron, and Glen Phillips (Wilde) and Thrush, Catchpenny, Christo Savalas, Matt Dodge, producer John Fields, Dez Dickerson, Joey Molland, and The Melismatics (Solem.)
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pop-rock duo formed by Phil Solem and Danny Wilde
Danny Wilde (musician)
Danny Wilde is an American musician. He is a founding member of The Rembrandts.Wilde is known for breezy California power pop through his records released in the 1980s and 90s. Catchy hooks and power chords were his hallmark...
in 1989. They had previously worked together as members of Great Buildings in 1981. The Rembrandts are best known for their song "I'll Be There for You", which was used as the theme song for the television sitcom Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
.
History
Before the foundation of The Rembrandts, Solem and especially Wilde were well-regarded music industry veterans. Wilde was a member of 1970s cult recording act The Quick, and had released several mildly successful solo albums in the 1980s. As well, Wilde and Solem had together been in the well-reviewed (but commercially unsuccessful) power-pop quartet Great Buildings, a band which released one album for CBS in 1981 before dissolving.After establishing themselves as The Rembrandts in 1989, Solem and Wilde recorded a self-titled album largely in Wilde's home studio. From this album, the group had their first success during 1990
1990 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze...
with "Just the Way It Is, Baby
Just the Way It Is, Baby
"Just the Way It Is, Baby" is a 1991 song recorded by American pop-rock duo The Rembrandts. Released under Atco Records label, it was the first single from band's album The Rembrandts. It first appeared on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart in 1990, then became a top ten hit one year later...
", which scored at number 14 on the Billboard singles chart. The self-titled album scored number 88 on the album charts.
The next album Untitled, of 1992, featured the minor successes "Johnny Have You Seen Her" and "Chase the Clouds Away". Another track from the album, "Rollin' Down The Hill", was used in the film Dumb and Dumber.
"I'll Be There for You," the theme for the sitcom Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, reached No. 1 the Hot 100 Airplay chart for several weeks before being released as a single and peaking at No. 17 U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Billboard charts. The single has been released in other countries, including the UK
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...
, where it reached No. 3 in 1995 and No. 5 in 1997. The success of Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
has caused a greater awareness of the band, and to greater sales of their recorded albums. The song was also featured on the Friends Soundtrack album.
In 1997, the duo split, with Solem returning to Minneapolis to concentrate on his band Thrush. In 1998, Wilde released the album Spin This, credited to "Danny Wilde + The Rembrandts". In 2000, Solem and Wilde reunited, and released the album Lost Together as The Rembrandts the following year.
In 2005, the band released an album of re-recorded favorites called Choice Picks. There are two versions of Choice Picks, one released through Awarestore which features the new track "Chasin' Down a Rainbow". The other version was released on the Fuel 2000 label, with the new track "Don't Give Me Up".
In 2006, Rhino released a collection called The Rembrandts' Greatest Hits, a 20 song career-spanning retrospective that included material from the lone Great Buildings album, Apart From The Crowd.
The duo continues to write new songs and tour, while also working on material and producing for other artists, including Plain White T's
Plain White T's
Plain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.The band is best...
, Katie & Katie, Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms is an American pop rock band formed in 1987, in Tempe, Arizona. They took their name from a photo of W.C. Fields which bore the caption "W.C. Fields with gin blossoms", referring to what appeared to be the actor's gin-ravaged nose, but was actually a skin condition known as rosacea...
, Evan & Jaron, and Glen Phillips (Wilde) and Thrush, Catchpenny, Christo Savalas, Matt Dodge, producer John Fields, Dez Dickerson, Joey Molland, and The Melismatics (Solem.)
Members
- Phil Solem (born 1 July 1956, Duluth, MinnesotaDuluth, MinnesotaDuluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,...
, U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) - Danny WildeDanny Wilde (musician)Danny Wilde is an American musician. He is a founding member of The Rembrandts.Wilde is known for breezy California power pop through his records released in the 1980s and 90s. Catchy hooks and power chords were his hallmark...
(born 3 June 1956, MaineMaineMaine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
, U.S.)
Discography
- The RembrandtsThe Rembrandts (album)The Rembrandts is a 1990 album released by the musical group The Rembrandts through WEA.-Track listing:#"Just the Way It Is, Baby"#"Save Me"#"Someone"#"Show Me Your Love"#"New King"#"Every Secret Thing"#"If Not For Misery"#"Moonlight on Mt.Hood"...
(19901990 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze...
) - US #88, AUT #23, SWE #43 - UntitledUntitled (The Rembrandts album)Untitled is a 1992 album released by the musical group The Rembrandts. Two songs in this CD were in the top 10 in the winter of 1992: "Johnny, Have You Seen Her?" and "Chase The Clouds Away".-Track listing:#"Johnny, Have You Seen Her?"#"Maybe Tomorrow"...
(19921992 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.-January–February:*January 11**Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s....
) - LPLP (The Rembrandts album)LP is the third album by The Rembrandts. It was released on East West Records on 23 May 1995. It has been certified platinum.The fifteenth track is "I'll Be There for You," which was used as the theme song for the popular sitcom Friends.-Track listing:#"End of the Beginning"#"Easy to Forget"#"My...
(19951995 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....
) - US #23, UK #14, NZ #25 US: Platinum - Spin ThisSpin ThisSpin This was an album by Danny Wilde plus The Rembrandts. Released on the Elektra / Wea label on 28 April 1998.-Track list:#"Shakespeare's Tragedy"#"Long Walk Back"#"Out of Time"#"Wishing Well"#"Summertime"#"Tomorrow's Mine"#"Get it Right"...
(Danny Wilde + The Rembrandts) (19981998 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
) - Lost TogetherLost Together (The Rembrandts album)Lost Together was an album by The Rembrandts, released on the J-Bird Records label on 2 October 2001.-Track listing:#"Lost Together"#"St. Paul"#"Too Late"#"You Are The One"#"One Of Us"#"The Way She Smiles"#"Another Day Down"#"Buddy Jo"...
(20012001 in musicSee also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....
) - Choice PicksChoice PicksChoice Picks was an album by The Rembrandts and serves as a compilation album. Released on the Fuel 2000 label on 15 November 2005.-Track listing:#"Just the Way It Is, Baby"#"Someone"#"Show Me Your Love"#"Burning Timber"#"Johnny Have You Seen Her?"...
(20052005 in music-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
) - Greatest HitsGreatest Hits (The Rembrandts album)Greatest Hits is an album by The Rembrandts and serves as a compilation album.The two first songs in this CD were made by the band Great Buildings , a band where Danny Wilde and Phil Solem had been together before they have created The Rembrandts...
(20062006 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....
)
Singles
| Year | Song | US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Main. Rock |
US Mod. Rock |
US Main. Pop Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart... |
US Adult Pop Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
US AC |
CAN 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.... |
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 ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NZ | GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
AUT | FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
NET | SWE | NOR | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Just the Way It Is, Baby Just the Way It Is, Baby "Just the Way It Is, Baby" is a 1991 song recorded by American pop-rock duo The Rembrandts. Released under Atco Records label, it was the first single from band's album The Rembrandts. It first appeared on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart in 1990, then became a top ten hit one year later... " |
14 | 13 | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | - | 26 | - | 6 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 23 | - | The Rembrandts The Rembrandts (album) The Rembrandts is a 1990 album released by the musical group The Rembrandts through WEA.-Track listing:#"Just the Way It Is, Baby"#"Save Me"#"Someone"#"Show Me Your Love"#"New King"#"Every Secret Thing"#"If Not For Misery"#"Moonlight on Mt.Hood"... |
| 1991 | "Someone" | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | 82 | - | - | - | 45 | - | - | 57 | - | - | |
| "Burning Timber" | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Save Me" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992 | "Johnny Have You Seen Her" | 54 | 24 | 17 | 38 | - | - | 48 | - | - | - | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | Untitled Untitled (The Rembrandts album) Untitled is a 1992 album released by the musical group The Rembrandts. Two songs in this CD were in the top 10 in the winter of 1992: "Johnny, Have You Seen Her?" and "Chase The Clouds Away".-Track listing:#"Johnny, Have You Seen Her?"#"Maybe Tomorrow"... |
| 1993 | "Maybe Tomorrow" | - | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Chase the Clouds Away" | - | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Waiting to Be Opened" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995 | "I'll Be There for You" | 17 | - | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | LP LP (The Rembrandts album) LP is the third album by The Rembrandts. It was released on East West Records on 23 May 1995. It has been certified platinum.The fifteenth track is "I'll Be There for You," which was used as the theme song for the popular sitcom Friends.-Track listing:#"End of the Beginning"#"Easy to Forget"#"My... |
| "This House Is Not a Home" | 27 | - | 31 | - | - | 82 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| "Don't Hide Your Love" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996 | "Drowning In Your Tears" | - | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1997 | "I'll Be There for You" [European re-release] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 20 | 34 | 5 | |
| 2001 | "Too Late" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Lost Together Lost Together (The Rembrandts album) Lost Together was an album by The Rembrandts, released on the J-Bird Records label on 2 October 2001.-Track listing:#"Lost Together"#"St. Paul"#"Too Late"#"You Are The One"#"One Of Us"#"The Way She Smiles"#"Another Day Down"#"Buddy Jo"... |
External links
- The Rembrandts official fan site.
- The Rembrandts MySpace Page.
- The Rembrandts: Bio. MTV.com. Accessed November 20, 2004.
- Andrew Ellis. Danny Wilde. Ink 19. Accessed May 11, 2005.
- The Rembrandts official site.
- Listing of stations that have played The Rembrandts in the last 7 days