Camille Jones
{{Short description|Danish singer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Camille Jones
| image = Camille Jones.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|6|25}}
| birth_place = Skanderborg, Denmark
| origin = Århus, Denmark{{Cite web|title=FAQ: Personlige Camille Jones|publisher=Breschel.dk|url=http://www.breschel.dk/carsten/CamilleJones/faq.html|date=1 December 2001|accessdate=15 October 2010}}
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 2000–present
| label = Lifted House, Warner Music Denmark, Tommy Boy Records, Ministry of Sound
| associated_acts = Fedde Le Grand, Maya Albana, Ida Corr
}}
Camille Jones (born 25 June 1973[http://www.naturli.dk/artikel/camille-jones-jeg-maatte-omdefinere-min-droem/ Camille Jones: "Jeg måtte omdefinere min drøm"]) is a Danish pop singer. She is known for her song "The Creeps", written by herself and remixed by Dutch DJ Fedde le Grand,{{Cite web|title=Camille Jones – The Creeps (Fedde le Grand remix) (2574)|publisher=DJz.dk|url=http://www.djz.dk/musik/pladeanmeldelser/4211/|date=19 December 2006|accessdate=15 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170708/http://www.djz.dk/musik/pladeanmeldelser/4211/|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} which became a worldwide club hit in the dance scene in 2007.
Career
Camille Jones was born in Skanderborg, grew up in Aarhus, and spent a year as a YFU exchange student in the United States. In 2000 she enjoyed success within the Danish and European music scenes with the release of her début album Camille Jones, which featured the singles Daddy Would Say and Nothing Comes From Nothing.
In 2004 she released her album Surrender, which featured the single The Creeps. The first video – produced by Mikkel Serup – was nominated for a Danish Music Award in 2005.{{Cite web|title=Camille Jones Tobaks Gaarden|work=Dennis Drejer|publisher=Tobaks Gaarden|url=http://www.tobaksgaarden.dk/innerdefault.asp?Kalender=ok&kategori=63&fast=ok&menu=12&fraliste=JA&ID=268|year=2008|accessdate=15 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132457/http://www.tobaksgaarden.dk/innerdefault.asp?Kalender=ok&kategori=63&fast=ok&menu=12&fraliste=JA&ID=268|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}} Dutch DJ-producer Fedde le Grand signed the song to his own burgeoning Flamingo Recordings imprint and completed a House remix.{{Cite video|title=Fedde Le Grand // Boogie Interview // 5th Sept. 2009|publisher=DR Boogie|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AOHhJ0boUY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/1AOHhJ0boUY |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live|date=5 September 2009|accessdate=15 October 2010}}{{cbignore}} In early 2007 the remix had been picked up by radiostations in the UK and all over Europe before it was released on Ministry of Sound in March 2007.{{Cite web|title=Camille Jones The Creeps Review|publisher=NKDJs|url=http://www.nkdjs.com/reviews/camillejonesthecreeps.html|year=2007|accessdate=15 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191122/http://www.nkdjs.com/reviews/camillejonesthecreeps.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} Marcus Adams directed a new video for the single. The song had become a hit on the charts and the clubs as well. In the UK The Creeps reached No. 7 on the Single Charts and No. 1 on the Dance Charts.
Camille's third album Barking Up The Wrong Tree was released in Scandinavia in 2008 and featured the dance singles Difficult Guys, I Am (What You Want Me To Be) and Get Me Out.{{Cite web|title=Camille Jones Presse|publisher=we:made|url=http://www.wemade.dk/camille.html|year=2008|accessdate=15 October 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132942/http://www.wemade.dk/camille.html|archivedate=19 July 2011}} Videos for Difficult Guys and I Am (What You Want Me To Be) were produced to promote the record.
In January 2011 Jones collaborated with Kato, Ida Corr and Johnson on the Danish-language dance single Sjus. The song debuted at number 1 on the Danish Single charts.[https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Kato+feat.+Ida+Corr%2C+Camille+Jones+%26+Johnson&titel=Sjus&cat=s KATO FEAT. IDA CORR, CAMILLE JONES & JOHNSON – SJUS (SONG)] on danishcharts.dk
Discography
= Albums =
- 2000 – Camille Jones – Offbeat Records
- 2004 – Surrender – Offbeat Records
- 2005 – Surrender (International Version) – Alarm Music
- 2008 – Barking Up the Wrong Tree – Kick Music/Discowax
- 2011 – Did I Say I Love You – LiftedHouse
- 2016 – Camille – disco:wax
= Singles =
- 2000 – Nothing Comes from Nothing
- 2000 – Should Have Known Better
- 2000 – Don't Wanna Be
- 2000 – Daddy Would Say
- 2005 – The Creeps
- 2006 – En Verden Perfekt
- 2007 – The Creeps (remixed by Fedde le Grand)
- 2008 – Difficult Guys
- 2008 – I Am (What You Want Me To Be)
- 2008 – Someday (Gauzz Mix)
- 2009 – Get Me Out (Jason Gault Remix)
- 2010 – The Truth
- 2011 – The Streets
- 2011 – Better Forget (feat. The House Keepers){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/dk/album/better-forget-feat-the-house-keepers-ep/463415954|title=Better Forget (feat. The House Keepers) – EP|date=7 September 2011 |publisher=iTunes Store}}
- 2012 – All I Want (feat. Phunkjump)
- 2012 – Tro, Håb og Kærlighed (Released in Denmark, Norway and Iceland)
- 2012 – Midnat I Mit Liv (Released in Scandinavia)
- 2013 – Waiting
- 2015 – All That Matters
= Singles as featured artist =
- 2009 – I Like It (Morten Breum feat. Camille Jones)
- 2011 – Sjus (Kato feat. Ida Corr and Johnson)
- 2012 – All I Want (Phunkjump with Camille Jones)
- 2013 – Miss You (Alexander Brown feat. Camille Jones)
- 2013 – Good Enough (Ludovika feat. Camille Jones)
- 2013 – Feel Much Better (Epik feat. Camille Jones)
- 2014 – Battlefield (Svenstrup & Vendelboe feat. Camille Jones)
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Category:Danish dance musicians
Category:Danish women pop singers
Category:Danish women singer-songwriters
Category:Danish singer-songwriters
Category:English-language singers from Denmark
Category:People from Skanderborg