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and garage records in the 1990s into the 2000s, and scored several hits on the UK Singles Chart, including a cover of "

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anthem "Joyrider". Her debut album, ''Special'', was released in 1999 on 4 Liberty Records. The single "Joyrider" was first released in 1999 and reached a peak of No. 95, but a

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the following year, retitled "Joyrider (You're Playing with Fire)", charted higher at No. 51. It also reached No. 2 on the

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. 2001's "Mas que Nada" contains samples of the

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version of " Mas que Nada". In 2001, two tracks were released under the alias 'Blond'; "If I Was Your Girl" and a cover of Blondie's " Heart of Glass", both produced by Sovereign (Nigel Doyle). In the May 26, 2001 issue of ''

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), the timing may be just right for a wide-awake A&R exec to sign Colour Girl to a U.S. deal." According to Colour Girl in an interview with '' The Face'', her song "Things Are Never" (with Operator & Baffled) was the first UK garage track to be playlisted on

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Discography

Albums

*''Special'' (1999), 4 Liberty

Singles

;As main artist *1996: "Special (I Want Your Love)" *1999: "Joyrider" – UK No. 95, UK Dance No. 2, UK Indie No. 31 *2000: "

" – UK No. 31, UK Dance No. 12, UK Indie No. 6 *2000: "Joyrider (You're Playing with Fire)" – UK No. 51 *2001: " Mas que Nada" (featuring PSG) – UK No. 57, UK Dance No. 10 ;As featured artist *1995: "Around in My Heart" (with P.S.I.) *1997: "I Believe in You" (with Baffled) *1998: "Things Are Never" (with Operator & Baffled) – UK No. 170 *1998: "Tears" (with Underground Solution) – UK No. 77, UK Dance No. 2

References

External links

* Date of birth missing (living people) Living people UK garage singers English women in electronic music 20th-century English women singers 20th-century English singers 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-singer-stub