Artful Dodger (UK band)
| Artful Dodger | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Southampton, England |
| Genres | UK garage |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | |
| Associated acts | Craig David |
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Artful Dodger is an English garage band based in the city of Southampton, which became famous through its 2-step hits, and gave Craig David's career a boost after he appeared on their number 2 hit, "Re-Rewind", in December 1999.
The band originally consisted of Mark Hill, (born 22 December 1972 in Cwmbran, Wales) and Pete Devereux, but Devereux left prior to the release of the single, "TwentyFourSeven", and Hill continued from then on to produce "TwentyFourSeven" by himself under the same moniker. The UK garage band now comprises MC Alistair and DJ Dave Low. Many Artful Dodger tracks can be found on the UK garage compilation album series, Pure Garage, mixed by DJ EZ.
The band is named after a character in the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, because of the many bootlegs they made in the early days. They are referred to in The Streets' single, "Let's Push Things Forward".
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||
| It's All About the Stragglers |
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18 |
Compilation albums
- Rewind The Sound of UK Garage (March 2000) (Mix CD) number one UK
- Re-Rewind Back by Public Demand (August 2000) (Mix CD) number 6 UK
- Rewind 2001 – Lessons from the Underground (July 2001) (Mix CD) number 12 UK
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
AUS [4] |
BEL (FL) [5] |
GER [6] |
IRE [7] |
NOR [8] |
NL [9] |
NZ [10] |
SCO | SWI [11] | ||||
| "The Revenge of Popeye" | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Something" (featuring Craig David) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "If You Love Me" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Messenger" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Re-Rewind" (featuring Craig David) |
1999 | 2 | — | 21 | 49 | 15 | — | 4 | 18 | 15 | 88 |
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It's All About the Stragglers |
| "Movin' Too Fast" (featuring Romina Johnson) |
2000 | 2 | — | 41 | 63 | 21 | 18 | 57 | — | 9 | — |
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| "Woman Trouble" (featuring Robbie Craig and Craig David) |
6 | — | 60 | 95 | 31 | — | 63 | 43 | 19 | 98 |
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| "Please Don't Turn Me On" (featuring Lifford) |
4 | 22 | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | 20 | 90 | |||
| "Think About Me" (featuring Michelle Escoffery) |
2001 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | ||
| "TwentyFourSeven" (featuring Melanie Blatt) |
6 | — | 66 | — | 41 | — | — | — | 16 | — | |||
| "It Ain't Enough" (vs. Dreem Teem, featuring MZ May and MC Alistair) |
20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | |||
| "Ladies" (featuring General Levy and Roachie) |
2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Ruff Neck Sound" (featuring Richie Dan and Sevi G) |
2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Flex" (featuring Vula) |
2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Artful Dodger". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 "BPI Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (insert "Artful Dodger" into the "Search" box, and then select "Go") on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Artful Dodger Featuring Melanie Blatt". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Discography Artful Dodger". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Discografie Artful Dodger". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "charts.de: Artful Dodger (Single)" (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Discography Artful Dodger". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Discography Artful Dodger". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Discografie Artful Dodger". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Discography Artful Dodger". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Discographie Artful Dodger". hitparade.ch (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2012.