Bus Stop (band)
| Company type | Music group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Defunct | 2002 |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Products | Dance music singles and albums |
Bus Stop—known as London Bus Stop in North America—was a British dance music group established in 1998, consisting of Darren Sampson (known professionally as Daz Sampson), Graham Turner, Mark Hall, and Nikki Reid (Lane). The ensemble released several popular singles before parting ways in 2002. Sampson went on to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006.
Career
Bus Stop began their musical journey by producing cover singles, with their most notable release being the 1998 track "Kung Fu Fighting", which climbed to number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. This rendition included the original artist Carl Douglas and featured rap verses unique to the group’s style.
Building on this achievement, they issued additional cover tracks such as "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" featuring Randy Bachman, a dance-infused version of Van Halen’s "Jump", and "Get It On" with participation from T. Rex. Their catalogue also included reinterpretations of "Footloose", "Na-Na", "Kick the Can", "Swing It", "One Two (Little Bitch)", and "Long Train Runnin'". Additionally, Bus Stop contributed to several tracks within the Dancemania compilation series before disbanding in 2002.
After the break-up
Following Bus Stop’s split, Graham Turner and Mark Hall formed the electronic duo Flip & Fill, working under All Around The World Record Label to produce and remix dance music. They found chart success with "True Love Never Dies," which initially reached number 34 in 2001 and later peaked at number 7 after a remix in 2002. Vocalists Kelly Llorenna and Karen Parry were featured on hits including the UK top 3 single "Shooting Star" from 2002. Jo James lent her vocals to tracks such as "Field of Dreams" and a remix of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody." Flip & Fill also crafted a remix for Ayumi Hamasaki’s "July 1st," which attained number 3 on Japan's Oricon album chart.
Daz Sampson continued his career with various projects after Bus Stop, notably representing the UK at Eurovision in 2006 with the song "Teenage Life." He also achieved chart placements with acts including Fraud Squad, Rikki & Daz, Barndance Boys, and Uniting Nations.
Members
- Darren Sampson
- Graham Turner
- Mark Hall
- Nikki Reid (Lane)
Albums
- Ticket to Ride (1998)
- Get It On (2000)
- Bustin' Rhymes & Melodies (2002)
Singles
| Year | Title | Highest chart positions | Original or sampled artist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | |||
| 1998 | "Kung Fu Fighting" (feat. Carl Douglas) |
8 | 15 | Originally performed by Carl Douglas |
| "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" (feat. Randy Bachman) |
22 | 28 | Originally by Bachman-Turner Overdrive | |
| 1999 | "Jump" | 23 | 78 | Originally by Van Halen |
| 2000 | "Get It On" (feat. T. Rex) |
59 | — | Originally by T. Rex |
| "One Two (Little Bitch)" | — | — | Cover of "Little Bitch" by the Specials | |
| "Footloose" | — | — | Originally by Kenny Loggins | |
| 2001 | "Kick the Can" | — | — | Based on music from the "Can-can", composed by Jacques Offenbach |
| "Na-Na" | — | — | Cover of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam | |
| "Swing It" | — | — | Cover of "Tequila" by Danny Flores and the Champs | |
| "Long Train Runnin'" | — | — | Originally by the Doobie Brothers | |
Video Games
Six tracks from Bus Stop have been incorporated into the Dance Dance Revolution arcade series. Although these songs do not appear in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova and Dance Dance Revolution X, a rendition of "Long Train Runnin'" performed by X-Treme was featured.
| Track | Arcade Title | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Bass | 2000 | 4th | 5th | MAX2 | Ex | X3 | 2013 | 2014 | A | |
| "Kung Fu Fighting" | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:MaybeCheck | Template:MaybeCheck | |||||
| "Kung Fu Fighting (Miami Booty Mix)" | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | |||||||||||
| "Kick the Can" | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | |||||||||||
| "One Two (Little Bitch)" | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | |||||||||||
| "Na-Na" | Template:MaybeCheck | Template:Ya | |||||||||||
| "Swing It" | Template:Ya | Template:Cnone | |||||||||||
| "Long Train Runnin'" | Template:Cnone | Template:Cnone
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