Wednesday 15 September 2021

Paul Oakenfold / Perfecto / Grace

Paul Oakenfold is an English born (Aug 30) DJ, mixer and producer. He has had a numerous projects under monkiers such as Grace, Movement 98 and Perfecto (Allstarz and Planet). In 1990, Oakenfold went under the pseudonym of "Movement 98" and had UK Top hit with "Joy and Heartbreak" featuring Caroll Thompson. In 1995, he produced the UK Dance #1 track "Reach up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag)" as the Perfecto Allstarz" and later that year, he put together the group Grace with Dominique Atkins on vocals and co-producer Steve Osborne and they had a UK and US Dance #1 with "Not over yet". Oakenfold returned had another Perfecto UK Dance #1 with "Bullet in the Gun" in 1999.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1990   27	Joy And Heartbreak (as Movement 98)
Feb 1995    6	Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag) (as Perfecto Allstarz)
Apr 1995    6	Not Over Yet
Sep 1995   30	I Want To Live
Feb 1996   21	Skin On Skin
Jun 1996   20	Down To Earth
Sep 1996   29	If I Could Fly
May 1997   38	Hand In Hand
Jul 1997   29	Down To Earth (remix)
Aug 1999   16	Not over yet (as Planet Perfecto featuring Grace)
Nov 1999   15	Bullet in the gun (as Planet Perfecto)

What happened next?
Paul Oakenfold produced the track used for the tv show "Big Brother" under the name Element 4, which coincidently made #4 on the UK chart. Oakenfold continued success with the Planet Perfecto with "Bullet in the Gun" when it made #7 on remix. Oakenfold had a few hits in 2002 and 2003 under his name including "Starry eyed surprise" (UK#7) with Crazy Town's Shifty on vocals and "Faster Kill Pussycat" (UK#6) with the late Brittany Murphy on vocals.

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