"their first three studio albums—1984's ""The Red Hot Chili Peppers"", 1985's ""Freaky Styley"", and 1987's ""The Uplift Mofo Party Plan""—to virtually no commercial success during the mid to late 1980s. It was not until their fourth studio album, 1989's ""Mother's Milk"", that the band received critical attention when the album peaked at number 52 on the ""Billboard"" 200. After releasing their fifth studio album ""Blood Sugar Sex Magik"" in September 1991, the Red Hot Chili Peppers broke into the mainstream. ""Under the Bridge"", the album's second single, peaked at number two on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The album went"
"on the Canadian Singles Chart. The song was featured on the ""Guinness World Records"" for Top British Singles. A total of 1,263,658 copies of the single were sold in the UK, making it All Saints' biggest hit; 770,000 copies were sold before it became #1; this is more than any single ever before in the UK chart history. At the 1998 Brit Awards, All Saints won two Brit Awards for this single: Best British Single and Best British Video, beating strong competition from the likes of ""Bitter Sweet Symphony"" by The Verve, ""Song 2"" by Blur, ""Paranoid Android"" by Radiohead"
"United States, where ""All Saints"" was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million and produced two top forty singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100: ""I Know Where It's At"" and ""Never Ever"". In November 1998, All Saints received the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Breakthrough Artist and performed at the ceremony, although Blatt was absent due to her pregnancy. All Saints returned in February 2000 with the single ""Pure Shores"", written by Shaznay Lewis and William Orbit (the latter also produced the song) for the soundtrack of the film ""The Beach"" (starring Leonardo DiCaprio). ""Pure Shores"""
"Ireland and was a substantial hit across Europe and Australia. The song won an Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work. All Saints performed the song at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards. In October 2000, All Saints released the single ""Black Coffee"", which became their sixth and final number-one single in the UK, selling 200,000 copies. This preceded their second studio album, ""Saints & Sinners"", which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, eventually reaching double platinum certification in the UK for sales of 600,000 copies. The third and final single was ""All Hooked Up"" in January"
"and Sugababes. Similarly, Irish singer Neil Hannon cited the song's unconventional production as influential; ""Girls Aloud do pop like ['Black Coffee'] now: songs like 'Biology' are a bit weird, and they flout the general rules, and I admire that. But 'Black Coffee' is better."" In 2007, the track was included in the competitive music video game series ""SingStar"". Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Saints & Sinners"". Black Coffee (All Saints song) ""Black Coffee"" is a song by English-Canadian girl group All Saints from their second studio album, ""Saints & Sinners"" (2000). It was released on 2 October 2000"
"late 1990s when groups like the Spice Girls were in their peak of fame. Still, the All Saints made a return to the music scene with their 2nd album ""Saints & Sinners"", which not only topped the UK charts, but also produced two No. 1 singles: ""Pure Shores"" which was taken from the soundtrack to ""The Beach"" starring Leonardo DiCaprio and ""Black Coffee"". One last release which made No. 7 in 2001 became their last release before they split and pursued solo careers, but they left successfully with a total of 5 UK chart toppers. Both B*Witched and the Spice"
"and Shaznay Lewis. All Saints released their debut single ""I Know Where It's At"" in 1997 via London Records and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. Their second single Never Ever was released in November 1997, and introduced the group to international success, reaching the top ten in several countries as well as peaking at number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. It sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK and was eventually certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In 1998 the group won two BRIT Awards for ""Best British Single"" and ""Best British"
"platinum, 300,000 copies), and the United States, where ""All Saints"" was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million and produced two top 40 singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100: ""I Know Where It's At"" and ""Never Ever"". All Saints returned in February 2000 with the single ""Pure Shores"", written by Shaznay Lewis and William Orbit for the soundtrack of the film ""The Beach"" (starring Leonardo DiCaprio). ""Pure Shores"" was their fifth number-one single in the UK and the second best-selling single of 2000, with 600,000 copies sold; it also became their first and only number-one single in"
"1998, and at the same time becoming the group's third consecutive number-one hit. The single also performed well internationally, peaking within the top 10 in The Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland and Scotland, and the top 40 in Belgium and Sweden. A music video was produced to promote the single. It featured All Saints sitting and lying down in an open top car while singing the song. There was also clips of a group of people walking down the street wearing matching outfits, various people being silly with the phone, break dancing in the street and a woman playing golf on top"
"band. Throughout the year, girl groups remained prevalent. All Saints who made No. 4 with their debut single in late 1997, clocked up 3 chart toppers across the year. The 1.25 million selling ""Never Ever"", popular covers of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Labelle ""Under the Bridge/Lady Marmalade"" and laid-back dance track ""Bootie Call"" were all tracks from their debut self-titled album, which itself was a success, reaching #2. They did not release any new material during 1999, but returned to the charts in 2000. Irish quartet B*Witched receive great success across Europe and even mild success in the US."
"All Saints (All Saints album) All Saints is the debut studio album by British girl band All Saints. It was released on 24 November 1997 by London Records. All Saints worked with several producers on the album; mainly Cameron McVey, John Benson, Johnny Douglas, Karl ""K-Gee"" Gordon, Magnus Fiennes, Nellee Hooper, Karen Gibbs and Neville Henry. Upon its release, the album received mixed reviews from music critics, many critics praised the choice of singles and the group's musical direction. The album spawned three number-one singles in the United Kingdom: ""Never Ever"", the double A-side ""Under the Bridge"" and ""Lady Marmalade"","
"group All Saints 1.9.7.5 which was later renamed to All Saints when Rainford left and Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined Blatt and Lewis. In 1997 All Saints released their debut single ""I Know Where It's At"", and peaked at number 4 in the UK. The same year the group released a second single ""Never Ever, which introduced the group to international success after topping the charts in the UK and Australia, and reaching the top ten across Europe, Canada and the United States. The single sold over 1.2 million copies in the United Kingdom and was certified double platinum by"
"Zealand and Sweden. Bo Johan Renck directed the accompanying music video which features the group serenading an arguing couple in bullet time at a high rise apartment block. According to academic analysis, the video helped popularise caffeine as a beverage for the upper class. All Saints promoted ""Black Coffee"" with live performances on """", ""Children in Need"", ""Later... with Jools Holland"", ""Top of the Pops"" and at the 2000 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. Much group in-fighting happened during the promotion of the single, prompting tense live renditions and eventually causing the group to controversially split up in 2001. ""Black"
"dance party on one of the floors of a skyscraper in New York city, at night. British actress Kathryn Allerston appears in the music video. All Saints CD maxi single All Saints CD 1 All Saints CD 2 In 2001, the song ""Lady Marmalade"" appeared as part of a medley in the film ""Moulin Rouge!"". For the film's soundtrack album, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink recorded a cover version; it was released as the soundtrack's first single in spring 2001. Produced by Missy Elliott and writing partner Rockwilder, it includes an intro and outro from Elliott. Lyrics were"
"altered to ""If You Wanna Party (I Found Lovin')"" and featured on the album. However, both ""Let's Get Started"" and ""If You Wanna Party (I Found Lovin')"" are the same song, but with different titles. The song was then re-recorded with the Appleton sisters and was re-released in Japan only in 1997. The song also had a music video, which was exclusive to Japan. All Saints (All Saints album) All Saints is the debut studio album by British girl band All Saints. It was released on 24 November 1997 by London Records. All Saints worked with several producers on the"
"Saints"" was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million and produced two top forty singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100: ""I Know Where It's At"" and ""Never Ever"". In February 2000 they released the single ""Pure Shores"" for the soundtrack of the film ""The Beach"" (starring Leonardo DiCaprio). ""Pure Shores"" was their fourth number-one single in the UK and the second best-selling single of 2000, with 600,000 copies sold; it also became their first and only number-one single in Ireland and was a substantial hit across Europe and Australia. In October 2000, All Saints released the single"
"Volpeliere-Pierrot of Curiosity Killed the Cat by her friends who took her to the Metamorphisis recording studios on All Saints Road, London, and started doing backing vocals. It was at the Metamorphosis recording studios where she met Melanie Blatt in 1993 and they proceeded to record together. Together with Simone Rainford they formed the group All Saints 1.9.7.5., which was later renamed All Saints. Soon after Rainford left the group and Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined. In 1997, All Saints experienced international success with BRIT Award-winning single ""Never Ever"", which is co-written by Lewis and topped the charts in the"
"collaborated with Wideboys on the UK top forty hit ""Daddy O"". Headlining As supporting act All Saints (group) All Saints are a girl group formed in London in 1993. They were founded as All Saints 1.9.7.5 by members Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis and Simone Rainford. The group struggled to find commercial success upon being signed to ZTT Records and were dropped by the label shortly after Rainford left the group. In 1996 the group were joined by sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton and signed to London Records under their shortened name. The group's debut album, ""All Saints"" (1997), peaked at"
"All Saints' eighth consecutive top 10 single in the UK. It dropped to number 28 in its second week and went on to spend a total of 14 weeks on the chart. As of November 2006, ""All Hooked Up"" has sold 54,699 copies in the UK. It is the group's ninth best-selling single in the UK according to the Official Charts Company. Elsewhere, ""All Hooked Up"" charted in Ireland (number 18), the Netherlands (number 95), and Switzerland (number 96). In New Zealand, the song peaked at number 50 on the New Zealand Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks. The accompanying"
"over the Spice Girls and complemented their ""impeccable back catalogue"". In the ""Daily Record"", Julie MacCaskill wrote that ""Black Coffee"" along with ""Pure Shores"", ""Under the Bridge"" and ""Never Ever"" are a testament to the group's ""pop power"". Christie Leo writing in the ""New Straits Times"" opined, ""The aromatic shimmer of 'Black Coffee' alone is all the evidence you'll need to know that All Saints were truly heavenly."" In 2016, ""Digital Spy""s Lewis Corner placed the song at number three in his ranking of All Saints singles, highlighting its ""euphoric"" chorus and deeming it ""pop-form caffeine"". In October 2000, ""Black"
"All Hooked Up ""All Hooked Up"" is a song by All Saints, released as the third single from their second album, ""Saints & Sinners"". It peaked at No. 7 in the UK charts. It also was All Saints' last single to be released from the aforementioned album. ""All Hooked Up"" sold 54,699 copies in the UK alone. ""All Hooked Up"" is a hip hop, P-Funk and R&B song. ""All Hooked Up"" received generally favourable reviews from music critics. Sean O'Brien of ""The Sunday People"" gave the song a rating of eight out of ten, deeming it a ""dirty sexy track"
"Chart in 2000 and was nominated for a BRIT Award for Best Single. The group co-wrote most of the tracks on debut album ""One Touch"" with the help of All Saints producer Cameron McVey. ""One Touch"" peaked at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart. The album produced three more top 40 hits—""New Year"", ""Run for Cover"" and ""Soul Sound"". The sales of ""One Touch"" did not meet London Records' expectations, and they dropped the group in 2001. It was later certified gold by the BPI and had sold 220,000 copies in the UK by 2008 according to ""Music Week""."
"broke the group into the mainstream, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart. Their second single, ""Never Ever"", was issued in November 1997 and launched them worldwide, peaking at number one in the UK and Australia. The single sold 1.2 million copies in the UK alone (receiving a double platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry) and won the group two BRIT Awards in 1998: Best British Single and Best British Video. The album ""All Saints"" was released in November 1997, reached number two on the UK Album Chart, and was BPI-certified five times platinum in the UK for"
"a former band member of Outlaw Posse, who recorded a demo for ""I Know Where It's At"". The band began looking for a new record deal, but most record labels wanted to model them after the Spice Girls, who had become an international sensation by that time. The demo made its way to London Records, where John Benson finalised the recording deal in November 1996. All Saints recorded their debut album, ""All Saints"", with producers such as Cameron McVey, Magnus Fiennes, Karl ""K-Gee"" Gordon, John Benson, Johnny Douglas, and Nellee Hooper. In mid-1997, the single ""I Know Where It's At"""
"Bootie Call ""Bootie Call"" is a song performed by British-Canadian girl group All Saints from their debut album, ""All Saints"" (1998). The song was co-written by group member Shaznay Lewis in collaboration with its producer, Karl Gordon. ""Bootie Call"" was first released on 31 August 1998 by London Records as All Saints' fourth official single. It was released on cassette, CD and 12"" format accompanied by a B-side entitled ""Get Down"" as well as previous hit ""I Know Where It's At"" and a remix of ""Never Ever"". ""Bootie Call"" achieved chart success; topping the UK Singles Chart on 6 September"
"during an argument"". ""Digital Spy""s Lewis Corner said the video portrayed when cracks within All Saints began showing; ""There's a reason they don't appear alongside each other in the music video: by then, they couldn't physically stand each other."" To promote ""Black Coffee"" in September and October 2000, All Saints performed it on television shows such as """", the BBC People's Awards, ""T4"", ""Top of the Pops"" and the ""Pepsi Chart Show"". On 18 November 2000, the group performed ""Black Coffee"" along with ""Pure Shores"" and ""Whoopin' Over You"" on ""Later... with Jools Holland"". A number of All Saints' renditions"
"group released their fifth number one single ""Black Coffee"", was certified silver for sales of 200,000 copies sold. In early 2001 All Saints broke up, and Lewis later explained that the catalyst for the break-up was a disagreement over who would wear a certain jacket for a photoshoot: ""I would never in a million years have put money on the group ending over a jacket incident. But when that incident happened, it fired up so strong, it had to be over. And the way I was then, the state we'd got into then, there was no way she was getting"
"and Nichols all agreed to. After much time had passed since the recording arrangement, Nichols stressed whether All Saints were going to record the song at all. Over 40 songs were written for the group's second album, ""Saints & Sinners"", for which William Orbit was enlisted to produce, but Orbit's popularity at the time made it difficult for All Saints to meet with him in studio. It was only after the release of the album's lead single ""Pure Shores"" in February 2000 that they began working on a follow-up together. Orbit along with Lewis and group member Melanie Blatt gave"
"blows backstage over who would wear a particular jacket causing an onstage rift during the performance and ultimately, All Saints splitting up the following year. In 2014, All Saints reunited and performed ""Black Coffee"" as part of their setlist as special guests on the Backstreet Boys' In a World Like This Tour. The group also performed the song during their Red Flag Tour in 2016, and as an opening act for Take That's 2017 tour, Wonderland Live. ""The Scotman""s Fiona Shepherd wrote that the ""smart-pop attack"" of ""Black Coffee"" paved the way for British girl groups such as Girls Aloud"
"Chick Fit ""Chick Fit"" is a song performed by British-Canadian girl group All Saints from their third studio album ""Studio 1"". It was released as the second and final single from the album on 26 February 2007. The release was originally planned to include a two-part CD single but that was cancelled due to the poor sales of ""Studio 1"" and a fall-out between All Saints and their label Parlophone Records. ""Chick Fit"" was then released as a digital-only single instead. The song was co-written by group member Shaznay Lewis in collaboration with the song's producer Rick Nowels. The song"
"All Saints (group) All Saints are a girl group formed in London in 1993. They were founded as All Saints 1.9.7.5 by members Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis and Simone Rainford. The group struggled to find commercial success upon being signed to ZTT Records and were dropped by the label shortly after Rainford left the group. In 1996 the group were joined by sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton and signed to London Records under their shortened name. The group's debut album, ""All Saints"" (1997), peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and went on to become the third best-selling"
"""Black Coffee"", which became their fifth and final number-one single in the UK, selling 200,000 copies. Also in 2000, Nicole and her sister both appeared in the film ""Honest"". This preceded their second studio album, ""Saints & Sinners"", which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, eventually reaching double platinum certification in the UK for sales of 600,000 copies. The second and final single was ""All Hooked Up"" in January 2001, which peaked at number seven. In February 2001, All Saints announced that they were to take a break so that they ""could clear the air between themselves""."
"the video ""sees the girls doing what they do best – singing infectious harmonies, looking cool and having fun!"" Chick Fit ""Chick Fit"" is a song performed by British-Canadian girl group All Saints from their third studio album ""Studio 1"". It was released as the second and final single from the album on 26 February 2007. The release was originally planned to include a two-part CD single but that was cancelled due to the poor sales of ""Studio 1"" and a fall-out between All Saints and their label Parlophone Records. ""Chick Fit"" was then released as a digital-only single instead."