2 in a Room

2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta.

2 in a Room
Rog Nice and Dose
Background information
OriginWashington Heights, New York City, New York
GenresHouse, hip-hop, freestyle
Years active1987–1995
LabelsCutting/Charisma/Virgin/EMI Records
MembersRafael Vargas
Roger Pauletta

Musical career

They are best known for their 1990 hit single "Wiggle It", written and produced by George Morel and Rafael Vargas. It spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart (and #3 in the UK Singles Chart,[1]) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single.

Before that, they were known for a track called "Do What You Want" (1990) that got a lot of club and DJ play in New York and Chicago. "El Trago (the Drink)" was a #86 Billboard Hot 100 chart entry (the last of their pop hits), but they did chart several more singles on the dance chart through the 1990s. Their first release in the UK was "Somebody In The House Say Yeah!" in the late part of 1989. They later changed their name to Fulanito; and style of music to merengue. Vargas, also known under Dose Material, was also member of 740 Boyz from 1991.

Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[2]
US Dance
[3]
CAN
[4]
AUS
[5]
NZ
[6]
NED
[7]
BEL
(Fla)

[8]
GER
[9]
AUT
[10]
SUI
[11]
ITA
[12]
IRE
[13]
UK
[1][14]
1989 "Somebody In the House Say Yeah!" 66 The Album Vol. 1
1990 "Do What You Want" 9 25
"Take Me Away" (NED only)
"Wiggle It" 15 1 55 3 38 24 39 17 30 14 3 3 Wiggle It
1991 "She's Got Me Going Crazy" 72 40 34 54
"Body To Body" (ITA only)
1994 "El Trago (The Drink)" 86 36 209 34 World Party
1995 "Ahora Es (Now Is the Time)" 43
"Giddy-Up" 74
1996 "Carnival" 24
"Get Up And Move" (SPA only)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Wiggle It" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House.

See also

References

  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 571. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. "2 in a Room - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com.
  3. "2 in a Room - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com.
  4. "Canadian peak". Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  5. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
  6. "New Zealand charts portal". Charts.nz.
  7. "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl.
  8. "ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". Ultratop.be.
  9. "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de.
  10. "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at.
  11. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch.
  12. "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: 0-9". Hitparadeitalia.it.
  13. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 2 in a Room". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  14. "Official Charts > 2 in a Room". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  15. "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  16. "Certified Awards Search: 2 in a Room". BPI. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-08-14.


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