Chima Rameez Okpalaugo better known by his mononym Rameez is an Austrian

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best known in Germany for being featured on 2011 hit " Think About the Way" by

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(a cover of a same-titled original hit by

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) and in " My Party", a hit by German DJane Housekat.

Career

Born in Austria, the rapper Rameez appeared in Groove Coverage's album ''Riot on the Dancefloor'' with the song "Think About the Way". The song with rap section by Rameez became very popular in Germany reaching #6 on the Top 100 DJ list prompting its release as a single and the first official chart appearance for Rameez reaching number 54 on the official German Singles Chart

Media Control Charts The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on be ...

. Based on this initial success, he was featured on another German act, called DJane Housekat in the song " My Party". Released initially as a single-track, it was released in March 2012 a single. The German TV station

ProSieben ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company ...

featured the song in April 2012 as a theme song for its series ''Comedy Dienstag''. The song sampled on the very well-known hit "

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" from

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with additional lyrics plus a rap section by Rameez. The theme song generated huge attention and the song showing as top downloads the following week in Germany and Austria. Sony Music released it as a single "My Party" on 20 April 2012 reaching number 4 on official German

and at number 3 in

Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired on Tuesdays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as ...

. It also charted in Switzerland. He was also featured in the vocals of "Out Of Control" by the Bodybangers that also featured singing vocals of Linda Teodosiu. In 2013, he was featured in DJane Housekats' second single "All the Time".

Discography

Singles

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