Oceanic were an English electronic dance music group, consisting of David Harry, Frank Crofts and singer Jorinde Williams.

Biography The band were most famous for the dance hit song, "Insanity", which was released in 1991. This was the group's biggest commercial success, reaching No. 3 in the UK singles chart for three weeks and the ninth biggest-selling UK single of 1991."1991 Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 11 January 1992. p. 20. The track also made the Australian Top 40.

Later that year they released the follow-up, "Wicked Love", which reached No. 25 in the UK singles chart. In 1992 the act released their first and only album, entitled That Compact Disc by Oceanic, (also, That Cassette/LP By Oceanic for the audio cassette/LP versions respectively) which featured two different versions of "Insanity", and reached a chart position of No. 49 before dropping out of the UK Albums Chart after only 2 weeks. A third single, "Controlling Me", made No. 14 in the UK chart. Their final song to appear on the charts was "Ignorance" (with Siobhan Maher Kennedy), which was on the UK chart at No. 72 for one week in November 1992.

The group performed on several TV shows between 1991 and 1993, including four appearances on Top of the Pops, plus The Hitman and Her and an episode of Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show.Student.brad.ac.uk

Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions UK AUS That Album / That Cassette Released: June 1992 Format: CD, CS Label: Dead Dead Good / EastWest 49 131

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak positions Album UK AUSPeaks in Australia: "Insanity": "Wicked Love": IRE "Insanity"1991 3 31 — That (CD/Cassette/Album) by Oceanic "Wicked Love" 25 96 — "Controlling Me"1992 14 168 19 "Ignorance" 72 — — "Celebration" 1993 — — — rowspan="2" "Insanity '99" 1999 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

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External links David Harry's website Oceanic's Facebook page [ Discography at AllMusic]