Bass Bumpers are a German DJ and record production team, known for their Eurodance/techno music.
Background They are originally from Germany, with members Henning Reith, Caba Kroll, CJ Stone, George Dee, Akira Yamamoto, and Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith. They produced their own hits such as "Good Fun", "The Music's Got Me!" (a number 36 hit on Billboards Hot Dance Club Songs chart in 1992), "Move to the Rhythm" and "Rhythm Is a Dancer 2003" with Snap!. Perhaps their biggest success was when they co-produced Crazy Frog's remake of the popular hit "Axel F", which peaked at number one in the UK on 31 May 2005.
In 1992, they also produced some songs for Amanda Lear's album Cadavrexquis.
Their own tracks, "The Music's Got Me!" (1992) and "Runnin (1993) were minor hits on the UK Singles Chart. The group also had a UK hit single in 2006 with a mash-up of "Phat Planet" by Leftfield and the Baywatch theme tune (as performed on the TV show's credits by Survivor vocalist Jimi Jamison as "I'm Always Here"). This new version was entitled "Phat Beach (I'll Be Ready)", with the group being credited as Naughty Boy (four years before British record producer Shahid Khan had a hit on the UK charts under that name.
In 2015, the group released "The Music's Got Me!" with new mixes from North2South, La Chord, and Taito Tikaro.
Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions AUS Advance / The Music's Got Me! Released: 1992 Label: Dance Street 166 Recouped Advance Released: 1993 Label: Dance Street — The Best Of Bass Bumpers Released: 1994 Label: Dance Street Note: Greatest Hits compilation — Dance History (featuring E. Mello & Felicia) Released: 2004 Label: ZYX Music Note: Compilation —
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album AUS N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. FRA GER SUI UK 1990 "Can't Stop Dancing" — — — — — Advance 1991 "Get the Big Bass" — — — — — 1992 "The Music's Got Me!" 179 16 — — 25 "Move to the Rhythm" 160 37 — 40 — "Mega Bump" — — — — — Single only 1993 "Runnin — 36 — — 68 Recouped Advance 1994 "Good Fun" — — — 39 — Singles only 1995 "Keep on Pushing" — — 94 — — 1997 "The Music Got Me '97" — — — — — 2003 "The Music Turns Me On (Ladadi Ladada)" — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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