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Dirty Vegas

{{Short description|English house music group}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Dirty Vegas

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| origin = London, England

| genre = House

| years_active = {{flatlist|

  • 2001–2005
  • 2008–present

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| label = {{flatlist|

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| website = {{URL|www.dirtyvegas.com}}

| current_members = * Paul Harris

| past_members = * Ben Harris

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Dirty Vegas are an English house music group initially made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris (no relation to each other) on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals. The group formed in 2001, then broke up in 2005 before reforming in December 2008 to record new material.

They are best known for their international hit single "Days Go By", which gained mainstream popularity in a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse television commercial, and for remixing songs created by other artists.{{cite web|url=http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/dirty-vegas-biography/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803193518/http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/dirty-vegas-biography/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-03 |title="Dirty Vegas Biography" - IMO Records |publisher=Imorecords.co.uk |date=2012-02-07 |access-date=11 February 2012 }}

History

=Early success=

Dirty Vegas's debut release was the single "Days Go By." It originally made the top 30 in 2001, but when reissued in 2002 reached the top 20 in the UK. They released their self-titled debut album in June 2002 and a second album, One, in 2004.

The song "Days Go By", from their eponymous first album, gained wide exposure in the US when it was used in a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial. The song went on to win the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.

They have remixed songs for artists such as Justin Timberlake and Madonna.

=Present day=

The group played their last concert together in May 2005. After the band's breakup, Smith released his first solo album This Town on 18 February 2008, on his own G.A.S. Records label. During their hiatus from the public, they began working on the film score for Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down.

After four years, Paul Harris and Steve Smith decided to reform and returned with their third studio album Electric Love in April 2011.Billboard - Apr 2-9, 2011 - Page 30 " “Electric Love" mashes up the U.K. rave era during which Dirty Vegas came of age—defined by rock-oriented ..." In April 2013, the band released the EP 'Let the Night, which reached No.4 in US iTunes Dance Album chart and gained Gold status in Italy. Their fourth and latest studio album, entitled Photograph, was released via iTunes in September 2015. "Days Go By" was featured on the video game Grand Theft Auto V, for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC on the in-game radio. The further enhanced versions of the game on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S retain this song.

=Pop culture=

The band has also appeared on a variety of television shows such as FOX television's drama Standoff, where "Late Nights and Street Fights" was used as the show's theme song, FOX's The O.C. where "Closer" appeared in episode 32 entitled “The SnO.C.”, and One Tree Hill where the single "Walk Into The Sun" appeared in episode 214. Dave Chappelle has parodied the Mitsubishi Eclipse television commercial, the song "Never Enough" from Electric Love (album) also play on the game Nike+ Kinect Training.

Discography

=Studio albums=

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rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

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! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

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! style="width:45px;"| US

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Dance

scope="row"| Dirty Vegas

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  • Release date: 4 June 2002
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD

| 40

| 7

| 1

scope="row"| One

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  • Release date: 18 October 2004
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Format: CD

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| 7

scope="row"| Electric Love

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  • Release date: 26 April 2011
  • Label: Om
  • Formats: download, CD

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| 13

scope="row"| Photograph

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  • Release date: 11 September 2015
  • Label: D-Vision
  • Format: Download

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colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

=Remix albums=

  • A Night at the Tables by Dirty Vegas Sound System (2003)
  • The Trip (2003)
  • Stealth Live! (2009)

=Extended plays=

  • The Story So Far (2009)
  • Electric Love Acoustic EP (2012)
  • Let the Night (2014)

=Singles=

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rowspan="2"| Year

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! width="35"| AUS
{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=83}}

! width="35"| CAN

! width="35"| IRE
{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Irish Singles Chart – Search for song |access-date=6 July 2011 |publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609154740/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=9 June 2009 |df=dmy }}

! width="35"| NZ
[https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=dirty+vegas&cat=s New Zealand peaks]

! width="35"| SWI
[http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=dirty%20vegas&cat=s Swiss peak] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306143535/http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=dirty%20vegas&cat=s |date=6 March 2016 }}

! width="35"| UK
{{cite book| first= David| last=Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 157}}

! width="35"| US
{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist |id=p513153/charts-awards/billboard-singles |pure_url=yes}} |title=Dirty Vegas - Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2012-06-26}}

! width="35"| US
Dance

2001

| align="left"| "Days Go By"

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| 28

| 27

| 97

| 16

| 14

| 1

| align="left" rowspan="4"| Dirty Vegas

rowspan=2| 2002

| align="left"| "I Should Know"

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| 31

align="left"| "Ghosts"

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| 31

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2003

| align="left"| "Simple Things"

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2004

| align="left"| "Walk Into the Sun"

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| 54

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| 1

| align="left" rowspan="1"| One

2008

| align="left"| "Pressure"

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| align="left" rowspan="3"| The Story So Far

rowspan=2| 2009

| align="left"| "Changes"

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align="left"| "Tonight"

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rowspan=3| 2011

| align="left"| "Electric Love"

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| 27

| align="left" rowspan="4"| Electric Love

align="left"| "Changes"

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| 19

align="left"| "Little White Doves"

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| 38

2012

| align="left"| "Emma"

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rowspan=3| 2015

| align="left"| "Let the Night"

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| align="left" rowspan="3"| Photograph

align="left"| "Setting Sun"

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align="left"| "Save a Prayer"

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2020

| align="left"| "Happening"{{Cite web |title=Dirty Vegas returns with 'Happening' |url=https://earmilk.com/2020/04/20/dirty-vegas-returns-with-happening/ |last=Evans |first=Steph |date=2020-04-20 |website=Earmilk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504030404/https://earmilk.com/2020/04/20/dirty-vegas-returns-with-happening/ |archive-date=2020-05-04 |access-date=2020-05-04}}

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| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

2024

| align="left"| "Believer"

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| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

=Songwriting and Production Credits=

class="wikitable"
YearArtistSongAlbumContributor(s)
1998Recall 22"Subimos Juntos (We Rise Together)"{{n/a|Non-album single}}Steve Smith
rowspan="4"| 20072AM"Lonely" {{small|feat. Lorie}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}rowspan="10"| Paul Harris
rowspan="3"| Kylie Minogue"In My Arms"rowspan="3"| X
"Stars"
"I Don't Know What It Is"
2008Ladyhawke"Better Than Sunday"Ladyhawke
2009Bananarama"Extraordinary"Viva
2010Gabriella Cilmi"Superhot"Ten
rowspan="4"| 2012Kylie Minogue"Timebomb"{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Kate Alexa"Buttercup"Infatuation
Jenifer"La pudeur"L'Amour et Moi
Ross Lynch"Can You Feel It"Just Dance: Disney Party 2Steve Smith
2013Havana Brown"Naughty"Flashing Lightsrowspan="27"| Paul Harris
2014Mike Mago"Outlines" {{small|with Dragonette}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}
rowspan="4"| 2015Florrie"Too Young to Remember"{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Aiden Grimshaw"Virtually Married"{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Lenno"Fever" {{small|feat. Benson}}Good Thing EP
Sigma"Stay"Life
2016Tritonal"Waiting 4 U"Painting with Dreams
2017Moncrieff"Symptoms"{{n/a|Non-album single}}
rowspan="6"| 2018NCT"Baby Don't Stop"Empathy
Iiola"Sickly Sweet"Chrysalis EP
Oliver Nelson"Talk" {{small|feat. Linae}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}
rowspan="2"| Daniel Adams-Ray"IRL"rowspan="2"| IRL
"I'd Rather Live"
Boyzone"Symphony of Hearts"Thank You & Goodnight
rowspan="4"| 2019Glenn Morrison"A Better Man" {{small|feat. Aiden Grimshaw}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Vigiland"We're the Same" {{small|with Alexander Tidebrink}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Moncrieff"Ghost"The Early Hurts EP
Cashmere Cat"For Your Eyes Only"Princess Catgirl
rowspan="10"| 2020Alex Gaudino"Remember Me" {{small|with Bottai feat. Blush and Moncrieff}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Michael Calfan"No Lie" {{small|with Martin Solveig}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Lenno"Us Kids"Simple Magic EP
BT"The War" {{small|with Iraina Mancini}}The Lost Art of Longing
Jay Pryor"Aside"{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Kelli-Leigh"Whiskey Midnight"Can't Get Enough EP
Anabel Englund"Underwater" {{small|with MK}}Messing with Magic
Flynn"Young"One of Us EP
Twice"Go Hard"Eyes Wide Open
Steps"To the Beat of My Heart"What the Future HoldsSteve Smith
rowspan="3"| 2021Anton Powers"Do Me Right" {{small|with Joe Stone}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}rowspan="3"| Paul Harris
Moss Kena"Let's Get Naked" {{small|with Korres}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}
Purple Disco Machine"Fireworks" {{small|feat. Moss Kena and The Knocks}}{{n/a|Non-album single}}

Filmography

=Musical scores=

  • The Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down (2006)[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464907/ The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) - IMDb]
  • Goal! - The Movie Soundtrack (2005){{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B9WDI2 |title=Goal: Goal: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=2012-06-26}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20190131181616/http://www.dirtyvegas.com/ Official site (archived)]

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Category:English dance music groups

Category:English house music groups

Category:English musical duos

Category:English musical trios

Category:Electronic music groups from London

Category:English electronic dance music duos

Category:Grammy Award winners for dance and electronic music

Category:Musical groups established in 2001

Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2005

Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2008

Category:English remixers

Category:Capitol Records artists

Category:Parlophone artists