Tymes 4 were a four-piece

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from

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. They released two

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s and three

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History

Their first single was "Bodyrock", released in August 2001 in the United Kingdom. It was promoted around the UK, appearing on different

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and with Tymes 4 doing a mini

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around selected schools. The track reached #23 on the UK Singles Chart, with a three-week residence. Their second single was "She Got Game" and featured on

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's ''

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'' show, ''

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'', ''

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'' and the '' Pepsi Chart Show''. This was also a

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hit in the United Kingdom reaching #40,Top40-charts.com
/ref> in December 2001. The group went quiet for about six months but returned in mid-2002 with the news that band member Holly James (her name was Holly Mallet at the time of being in Tymes 4) had left the band to go

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and pursue an

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career. They found another member called Leah Tribe, and they returned to work. In mid-2002, they re-released their debut single "Bodyrock" in

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with a new cover and new

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es. One of the remixes called "Bodyrock" (Full Crew R'N'B Remix) had different

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than the original. The re-release was a flop and did not

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. The band returned in April 2003 with the new single "Hooked", co-written by band member Taymah Gaye, and released later that month after a promotion campaign in the Netherlands. Tymes 4 appeared on ''

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'' and ''Box Fresh'', and the single reached #69 in the Netherlands. Their debut album ''4 Story'' followed, and they concentrated in the Japan market, where they signed a

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with

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. In January 2005, their second album, ''The Covers'' appeared which featured

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s of various contemporary tracks by artists including

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"),

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") and

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(" Time After Time"). The group then split; former member Holly James performed guest vocals on

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' " I'm in Heaven", which entered the UK Singles Chart at #9. Melissa Garrick performed guest vocals on

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's "Moving Too Fast" in 2006, which reached #23 in the UK. Taymah Gaye has retired from the

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and has given birth to a child, while Leah Tribe and Natalie Edwards have also moved on.

2016

Their debut album ''4 Story'', originally released in some European countries and Asia, was finally released in the UK on 8 July 2016, 13 years since the original release in 2003, onto iTunes with bonus tracks.

References

External links

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