Da Click Explained

Da Click
Origin:England
Genre:UK garage
Years Active:1998–2000
Label:FFRR Records, Soul Food Recordings
Past Members:Pied Piper
MC Creed
PSG
Unknown MC
Valerie M

Da Click were a UK garage group which consisted of DJ/producer Pied Piper (Eugene Nwohia), emcees Creed (Christopher Reid), PSG (Paul Gabriel) and Unknown MC (Ronnie Nwohia), and singer Valerie M (Valerie Malcolm). They are best known for their UK chart hit single "Good Rhymes", which reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1999, and spent 6 weeks on the chart. Their second single, "We Are Da Click" was a top 40 hit, peaking at No. 38.[1]

"Good Rhymes" interpolates "Good Times" by Chic and "Never Too Much" by Luther Vandross.[2] "We Are Da Click" interpolates "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" by Tom Browne.[3]

DJ Pied Piper and Unknown MC would go on to have a UK number one single in 2001 with "Do You Really Like It?", as part of the collaboration known as DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies.

In 2013, MC Creed appeared alongside many other garage pioneers in a documentary exploring the legacy of UK garage, Rewind 4Ever: The History of UK Garage.[4]

Discography

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions
UK
"Good Rhymes"199914
"We Are Da Click"38
"Millennium Maddness"2000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DA CLICK - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. Official Charts.
  2. Web site: Good Rhymes by Da Click on WhoSampled. WhoSampled.
  3. Web site: Da Click's 'We Are Da Click' - Discover the Sample Source. WhoSampled.
  4. Web site: Todd Edwards, Wookie and more to appear in documentary exploring the legacy of UK garage – FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music . Factmag.com . 2013-06-27 . 2014-01-10.