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Widelife
Widelife is a Canadian electronic music songwriting and production team consisting of Ian J. Nieman and Rachid Wehbi. They are best known for their single " All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)", which was the theme song for the television show ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy''. History Widelife collaborated with Thunderpuss on their release "Six Feet Under". They then released a single, "I Don't Want You", which topped Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in October 2002. The duo was soon asked to remix songs by Mariah Carey, Lamya, Deborah Cox, Soluna and LeAnn Rimes. Their next writing and production effort, "Body (Reach Out)" with vocals by Faith Trent, also went to number 2 on the Billboard dance charts. The duo composed the theme song for the television series ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'', titled " All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)". Featuring Simone Denny on vocals, the track was released as the lead single from the soundtrack to the TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)
"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)" is a song composed by Canadian electronic music production team Widelife with Simone Denny of Love Inc. on vocals. It was the theme song for the television series ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' and was an official song of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Release Released as the lead single for the ''Queer Eye'' soundtrack, the song peaked at number five on the US ''Billboard'' Dance Club Play chart and number 12 in Australia, where it was the 13th-most-successful dance hit of 2004. Widelife performed this single on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. The song was officially remixed by HQ2 (Hex Hector & Mac Quayle), Barry Harris, and Jason Nevins, and appeared in an episode of ''South Park,'' titled "''South Park Is Gay!''". Accolades In 2005, Widelife won the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year for the single "All Things." Track listings Australasian CD single # "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)" (original version) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queer Eye (2003 TV Series)
''Queer Eye'' is an American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo (American TV network), Bravo network in July 2003, initially broadcast as ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy''. The series was created by executive producers David Collins (producer), David Collins and Michael Williams (film producer), Michael Williams along with David Metzler through their company, Scout Productions. Each episode features a team of gay professionals in the fields of fashion, personal grooming, interior design, entertaining, and culture collectively known as the "Fab Five" performing a makeover (in the parlance of the show, a "make-better"): revamping wardrobe, redecorating, and offering lifestyle advice. ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' quickly became a surprise success, winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2004, with subsequent merchandising, international franchising of the concept, and a woman-oriented Spin-off (media), spin-off, ''Queer Eye for the Straigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Denny
Simone Andrea Denny is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is best known as a vocalist with the dance music groups Love Inc. and Widelife, appearing most prominently on the hit dance singles " Broken Bones", " You're a Superstar" and " All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)". Background Born and raised in Toronto, her parents are of Guyanese heritage. She discovered her passion for music while competing in a talent show in grade six, later training as an opera singer but choosing instead to pursue pop music. She quickly developed a following in local bands, landed the role of "Mama" in the Canadian production of '' Mama, I Want to Sing!'' opposite Deborah Cox, and performed as a backing vocalist for artists such as Maestro Fresh Wes and Devon. After meeting DJ Chris Sheppard, she contributed as a guest vocalist to several songs by his band BKS, as well as the songs "Tonight It's Party Time" and "I Can't Take the Heartbreak" by Barry Harris and Rachid Wehbi's group Outta Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderpuss
Thunderpuss is the (mainly dance) remix/ production team of Los Angeles–based music producers Barry Harris and Chris Cox. Harris had previously worked as part of several music groups including Kon Kan, Top Kat, Killer Bunnies and Outta Control and had also released several solo singles himself. Cox, a musician and DJ, had also worked for years as a DJ and producer, producing a megamix of Paula Abdul songs, among other things, and started his own record label, Interhit Records, with Jeff Johnson. History Harris and Cox originally met in New York City in 1990 while Harris was recording '' Syntonic'', Kon Kan's second album. They became friends and remained in contact for years, with Harris eventually joining Cox at Interhit Records in Los Angeles in January 1998. They did not start working together as a production team until September 1997. Their first project as Thunderpuss was a cover of the song "I Just Wanna Be Your Everything", with Thea Austin, formerly of Snap! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Park Is Gay!
"South Park Is Gay!" is the eighth episode of the seventh season and the 104th overall episode of the American animated sitcom ''South Park''. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 22, 2003. In the episode, Kyle struggles to understand a new metrosexual fad that has sprung around the men and boys of South Park and is the only one who does not want to conform to it. The episode features a parody of the TV show ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy''. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker. In 2011, he and co-creator Matt Stone listed it as one of their least favorite episodes of the series. However, the "crab people" segment has become one of the sitcom's most iconic moments. Plot After the TV show ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' begins showing, metrosexuality becomes extremely popular among the males, who all begin acting effeminately. At the school bus stop, instead of their usual winter clothing, Stan, Cartman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Musical Duos
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Park
''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand their exploits in and around the titular Colorado town. ''South Park'' also features many recurring characters. The series became infamous for its profanity and black comedy, dark, surreal humor that satire, satirizes a Subject matter in South Park, large range of subject matter. Parker and Stone developed ''South Park'' from two animated short films, both titled ''The Spirit of Christmas (short films), The Spirit of Christmas'', released in 1992 and 1995. The second short became one of the first viral video, viral Internet videos, leading to the series' production. The pilot episode was produced using cutout animation; the remainder of the series uses computer animation recalling the prior technique. Since the fourth season, episodes have ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Artists Who Reached Number One On The US Dance Chart
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole". Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Number-one Dance Hits (United States)
''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine has published Billboard charts, charts ranking the top-performing dance music songs in the United States since 1974. Originally a top-ten list of tracks that garnered the largest audience response in New York City discothèques, the chart began on October 26, 1974, under the title List of number-one dance singles of 1974 (U.S.), Disco Action. The chart went on to feature playlists from various cities around the country from week to week. ''Billboard'' continued to run regional and city-specific charts throughout 1975 and 1976 until the issue dated August 28, 1976, when a 30-position List of number-one dance singles of 1976 (U.S.), National Disco Action Top 30 premiered. The first number-one song on the chart for the issue dated August 28, 1976, was "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees. The Dance/Disco chart was split into the Dance Singles Sales, 12-inch Singles Sales chart and the Dance Club Songs, Club Play chart on the issue dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Award
The Juno Awards (stylized as JUNOS), or simply known as the Junos, are awards presented by Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognize outstanding achievements in Canada's music industry. The Grammy Awards are the United States' equivalent of the Juno Awards. Alongside the Canadian Screen Awards, they are considered one of the main annual Canadian entertainment award shows. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies. History The Juno Awards were originally called the RPM Gold Leaf Awards named after RPM Magazine. The winners would be announced in RPM magazine before awards night. The first ceremony was held on February 23, 1970 to honour the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1969, and the trophy resembled a metronome. But the name was changed in honour of Pierre Juneau, the first president of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
