Deee-Lite was an American house and club/dance group comprising of Lady Miss Kier (Kier Kirby), Russian Super DJ Dmitry (Dmitry Brill) and Japanese Jungle DJ Towa Tei (Chung Dong-hwa). Together they are best known for "Groove is in the heart which spent 3 weeks at #1 on both the Canada and US dance chart. They also reached #2 in the UK in August 1990*.
There is a big asterisk here as Deee-Lite should have at least shared the #1 spot (Mid-week chart ITV chart show had them as #1. On 9th September 1990, they tied in sales with the official #1 Steve Miller Band's "The Joker". There was an odd ruling that gave the #1 to the song that increased its sales during the week. An unfair ruling for Deee-Lite because it didn't favour the more chart established song and because sales momentum was with the Steve Miller band, Deee-Lite were very unlikely to be #1 the following week. Mysteriously, 8 more copies were added to Steve Miller Band to attempt end the debate.
Deee-Lite were very successfully on the US Dance chart scoring a total of 6 #1s: "Power of Love" (January 1991), "Good Beat" (June 1991), "Runaway" (July 1992), "Bring me your love" (August 1994), "Call me" (February 1995).
Date UK Song Aug 1990 2 Groove Is In The Heart / What Is Love Nov 1990 25 Power Of Love / Deee-Lite Theme
What happened next?
For the third album, "Dewdrops In The Garden", Deee-Lite received little support from their label and due to creative differences Towa left the band and DJ Ani (real name: Ani Schempf) was enlisted. However, the album and tour, the band ultimately disbanded.
Lady Miss Kier still performs but also write songs and DJs. She is very much a fashion icon and they have been nods from some fashion heavyweights including Thierry Mugler, Kenzo, Jeremy Scott, Elle, Vogue and Glamour.
Towa is producing music and last know track was "Brand new emo" in 2017. He has also established his own creative company, hug inc, which, among other things, manufactures his trademark sunglasses.
Brill worked with Julee Cruise (who herself had a hit with "Falling" in 1990) on the album, "Secret Life" in 2011.
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