Widelife is a Canadian

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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) "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 w ...

", which was the theme song for the television show ''

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''.

History

Widelife collaborated with

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on their release "Six Feet Under". They then released a single, "I Don't Want You", which topped

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chart in October 2002. The duo was soon asked to

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songs by

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Lamya Lamya Al-Mugheiry (30 October 1963 – 8 January 2009), better known as her mononym Lamya, was a Kenyan-born English singer-songwriter and record producer. She rose to fame in the early 1990s as one of the lead singers of R&B group Soul II Soul, ...

Deborah Cox Deborah Cox (born July 13, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Toronto, she began performing on television commercials at age 12, and entered various talent shows in her teenage years before ...

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and

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. 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 ''

'', titled "

". Featuring

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 Thi ...

on vocals, the track was released as the lead single from the

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to the TV series, reached number two on world dance charts, and peaked in the top 20 on the Australian singles chart in April 2004. The track was performed by the duo on ''

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with Jay Leno'' and was also featured in the episode of ''

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'' entitled "

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". Widelife later developed the theme music for the television shows ''Knock First'' and for Trio's "24 w/".

Discography

Singles

Remixes

Awards

Widelife won a

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in 2005 for "Dance Recording of the Year" for "All Things". Widelife was nominated for "Best Underground Dance Track" and "Best New Dance Artist Group" at the IDMA 31st Annual International Dance Music Awards.

References