Rebecca Skingley, better known as Colour Girl, is a British singer.
She appeared on several
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and
garage records in the 1990s into the 2000s, and scored several hits on the
UK Singles Chart
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, including a
cover of "
Can't Get Used to Losing You" and the
UK garage 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
re-release the following year, retitled "Joyrider (You're Playing with Fire)", charted higher at No. 51. It also reached No. 2 on the
UK Dance Singles Chart
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. 2001's "Mas que Nada" contains samples of the
Sérgio Mendes 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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slowly but surely making inroads into the U.S. (thanks to acts like
MJ Cole and
Artful Dodger), 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
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'', her song "Things Are Never" (with Operator & Baffled) was the first UK garage track to be playlisted on
Kiss
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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,
No. 2
*2000: "
Can't Get Used to Losing You" – UK No. 31,
UK Dance No. 13
*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
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Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
UK garage singers
English women 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)
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