| Natural Selection | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Genre: | Pop, R&B |
| Years Active: | 1989–2011 |
| Current Members: | Frederick Thomas John Swan Shaun Ware Keith Brown Daniel Knight |
| Past Members: | Steve Bryant Kallsen (1989-1991) Elliot Erickson (1989-1992) Will Palaia (2002-2004) |
Natural Selection was an American pop group, best known for their 1991 hit "Do Anything", which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It also peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Charts in 1991.
"Do Anything" was written and recorded on a 4-track recorder in Minnesota. The song sat unfinished until Erickson began working on it again in 1989. The rap was originally recorded by Ingrid Chavez, a friend of the duo who improvised the rap in the studio. In 1990, the version with Chavez doing the raps was a local hit on Minnesota's WLOL-FM, where Erickson worked as a remix engineer. Once Natural Selection was signed to a recording contract, Chavez's raps were re-recorded by Niki Haris, because Chavez was by then under contract with Paisley Park Records.[2]
Their self-titled debut (and lone) album was released in November 1991.[2] Erickson and Thomas produced the album themselves.[3]
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | |||
| Natural Selection |
| 120 |
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] | US CB [5] | AUS [6] [7] | NZ [8] | UK [9] | ||||
| "Do Anything" | 1991 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 69 | Natural Selection | |
| "Hearts Don't Think (They Feel) | " | 28 | 15 | 106 | 47 | — | ||