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Speed garage (occasionally known as plus-8 [1]) is a genre of electronic dance music, associated with the UK garage scene, of which it is regarded as one of its subgenres. [ 2 ] Characteristics
"Kung-Fu" is a song by English speed garage duo 187 Lockdown, released on 13 April 1998. The song was a top 10 hit, peaking at No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] It also reached No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.
"Spin Spin Sugar" was further popularized with the release of a speed garage remix by Armand van Helden, which is sometimes credited with breaking speed garage into the mainstream for the first time. Redbull.com included the remix in their "Honorable mentions" list of "underground UK garage classics that still sound fresh today". [2]
The Guardian listed "Gunman" at number 8 in their list of "The best UK garage tracks - ranked!" in 2019. [4] Mixmag included the song in their list of "The 15 Best Speed Garage Records Released in '97 and '98". [5] Redbull.com included the song in their list of "10 underground UK garage classics that still sound fresh today". [6]
Van Helden is widely regarded as the pioneer of the speed garage genre [4] and has continued remixing various artists such as Katy Perry, Van Halen, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, David Guetta, Sam Smith, Bloc Party, Janet Jackson, Juliet Roberts and KRS-One among others with this musical style. Recent releases ...
Garage house (originally known as "garage"; [2] local terms include "New York house" [3] and New Jersey sound) is a dance music style [4] that was developed alongside Chicago house music. [5] The genre was popular in the 1980s in the United States and the 1990s in the United Kingdom, where it developed into UK garage and speed garage. [6]
The following is a list of notable UK garage songs which charted on any record chart, particularly the UK Singles Chart and UK Dance Singles Chart. The list also includes songs which fall under the subgenres of 2-step garage , speed garage , bassline , breakstep and future garage .
The song's title was inspired by the 1989 American made-for TV movie Baby Cakes, which starred Ricki Lake in the title role. In the book 1000 UK Number One Hits, member Liana 'Miz Tipzta' Caruana said the song was written in 1998, and she came up with the title after having seen the film that mirrored her own experiences: "The words are written about someone I knew, but generally it's based on ...