Stretch & Vern
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Origin | London, England |
Genres | Electronic, house |
Years active | 1993–present |
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Stretch & Vern are an English electronic music duo consisting of Stretch Silvester (Stuart Collins) and Jules Vern (Julian Peake).
Biography
They are best known for the 1996 hit "I'm Alive", which prominently samples "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire.[1]
"I'm Alive" was a huge success, reaching No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart[3] and No. 1 on the Swedish and UK Dance charts.[4][5] The song gained popularity again in 2019 after a re-release of new mixes by Illyus & Barrientos, Prins Thomas and Wax Worx.[1][6]
Their second single, "Get Up! Go Insane!", which samples Ithaka's "So Get Up" and House of Pain's "Jump Around", reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart[7] as well as also reaching number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart in 1997.[8]
Discography
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||
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UK [2][7] |
AUS [9] |
FIN [10] |
NLD [11] |
SWE [11] | ||
"I'm Alive" (present "Maddog") |
1996 | 6 | 65 | — | 25 | 29 |
"Get Up! Go Insane!" (present "Maddog") |
1997 | 17 | — | 15 | — | — |
References
- ^ a b "Stretch & Vern -IDJ Magazine". InternationalDJMag.
- ^ a b "STRETCH & VERN PRESENT MADDOG". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Dance Club Play Songs 1997-03-29". Billboard.
- ^ "Årslistor > Year End Charts > Swedish Dance Chart 1996" (PDF). Music & Media. 15 March 1997. p. 30 (see appendix to the magazine).
- ^ "UK Dance Singles Chart Top 40 08 September 1996 - 14 September 1996". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "90's Superstar DJs Stretch & Vern Talk Hedonistic Clubbing & Re-Release Of Club Anthem 'I'm Alive'". Flow Music. 2 May 2019.
- ^ a b "STRETCH 'N' VERN PTS MADDOG | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 270.
- ^ "Stretch & Vern pres. Maddog – Get Up! Go Insane!". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Stretch & Vern pres. Maddog – I'm Alive". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
External links
- Stretch & Vern discography at Discogs
- CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl)
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