Baha Men is a pop group from
Nassau
, Bahamas
that plays a
modernized style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.
Early career as High Voltage (1977-1991)
The group was formed in the Bahamas in the late 1970s as High
Voltage, with the original members being percussionist
Isaiah Taylor,
Colyn "Mo"
Grant and
Nehemiah Field. They
were known for performing traditional Caribbean
junkanoo music.
Baha Men
The group renamed themselves as
Baha Men in 1991,
and released their first album under that name,
Junkanoo, in
1992. The album was very traditional in its
sound.
International success
Through the 1990s they soon began aiming their music at a more
mainstream
audience, and achieved large,
but short-lived, success with
2000's
remake of "
Who Let the Dogs
Out?" (originally composed by
Anslem
Douglas) with the help of
Orlando
Infante. The song was a chart success across many countries,
and also became a popular song at US sporting events.
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" also earned the band several awards: a
Grammy Award in 2000 for
Best Dance Recording; a
Billboard Music Award for World Music
Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year; and a
Nickelodeon Kids Choice
Award for Favorite Band and Favorite Song (in 2002).
Recent activity
Despite
rumors of their true origin they are from, and formed in, the
Bahamas. In June 2008, their song "Who Let the Dogs
Out?" was discussed on
I
Love the New Millennium.Their most recent
album was
Holla!
released in
2004, but according to
their official
MySpace, the Baha Men are set
to release an album in the year 2010 and began a tour in September
2009.
Involvement in motion pictures
The Baha Men were one of the many artists to record a song on the
album
DisneyMania and two of
its four sequels. On the first DisneyMania, they recorded "Hakuna
Matata" from
The Lion King.
On
DisneyMania 2, they
recorded the famous song "It's a Small World" from the Disney park
attraction of the
same name. They
were absent from
DisneyMania
3, though they returned for
DisneyMania 4, recording their take on
the song "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from
Lilo and Stitch entitled "Bahaman
Roller Coaster Ride." A number of their songs have used in major
motion pictures such as:
Rugrats In
Paris,
Miss
Congeniality,
Rat Race,
and
Garfield: The
Movie. They also recorded a cover of
Elton John's hit "
Crocodile Rock" for the film
Crocodile Hunter: Collision
Course starring
Steve Irwin and
family. In fact, the band has also made an appearance on the big
screen, when they starred as themselves in the 1994 romantic comedy
My Father the
Hero starring
Gerard
Depardieu and
Katherine
Heigl.
Discography
Albums
Singles
- "That's the Way I Do It" (1997)
- "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
(2000) #40 US, #2 UK
- "You All Dat" (2001) #94 US, #14 UK
- "The Best Years of Our Lives" (2001)
- "Move It Like This" (2002) #13 Canada, #16 UK
- "Tell Me Lies" (2005)
References
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- [2]
- Pop Entertainment Baha Men
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