Dirty Vegas

Dirty Vegas are an English house music group initially made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris (no relation to each other) on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals. The group formed in 2001, then broke up in 2005 before reforming in December 2008 to record new material.

They are best known for their international hit single "Days Go By", which gained mainstream popularity in a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse television commercial, and for remixing songs created by other artists.

History Early success Dirty Vegas's debut release was the single "Days Go By." It originally made the top 30 in 2001, but when reissued in 2002 reached the top 20 in the UK. They released their self-titled debut album in June 2002 and a second album, One, in 2004.

The song "Days Go By", from their eponymous first album, gained wide exposure in the US when it was used in a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial. The song went on to win the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.

They have remixed songs for artists such as Justin Timberlake and Madonna.

Present day The group played their last concert together in May 2005. After the band's breakup, Smith released his first solo album This Town on 18 February 2008, on his own G.A.S. Records label. During their hiatus from the public, they began working on the film score for Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down.

After four years, Paul Harris and Steve Smith decided to reform and returned with their third studio album Electric Love in April 2011.Billboard - Apr 2-9, 2011 - Page 30 " “Electric Love" mashes up the U.K. rave era during which Dirty Vegas came of age—defined by rock-oriented ..." In April 2013, the band released the EP Let the Night, which reached #4 in US iTunes Dance Album chart and gained Gold status in Italy. Their fourth and latest studio album, entitled Photograph, was released via iTunes in September 2015. "Days Go By" was featured on the video game Grand Theft Auto V'''s in-game radio.

Pop culture The band has also appeared on a variety of television shows such as FOX television's drama Standoff, where "Late Nights and Street Fights" was used as the show's theme song, FOX's The O.C. where "Closer" appeared in episode 32 entitled The SnO.C., and One Tree Hill where the single "Walk Into the Sun" appeared in episode 214. Dave Chappelle has parodied the Mitsubishi Eclipse television commercial, the song "Never Enough" from Electric Love also play on the game Nike+ Kinect TrainingAwards and nominations {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Nominee(s) ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| |- !scope="row" rowspan=2|BMI London Awards | rowspan=2|2003 | rowspan=2|"Days Go By" | Pop Award | | rowspan=2| |- | Dance Award

!scope="row"|BMI Pop Awards | 2003 | "Days Go By" | Award-Winning Song

| Best Pop Dance Track

| "Days Go By" (Lucien Foort remix) | Best Underground Dance Track

!scope="row"|MTV Video Music Awards | 2002 | "Days Go By" | Best Dance Video

Discography Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions UK US USDance Dirty Vegas Release date: 4 June 2002 Label: Capitol Format: CD 40 7 1 One Release date: 18 October 2004 Label: Parlophone Format: CD — — 7 Electric Love Release date: 26 April 2011 Label: Om Formats: download, CD — — 13 Photograph Release date: 11 September 2015 Label: D-Vision Format: Download — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Remix albums A Night at the Tables by Dirty Vegas Sound System (2003) The Trip (2003) Stealth Live! (2009)

Extended plays The Story So Far (2009) Electric Love Acoustic EP (2012) Let the Night (2014)

Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Album AUS CAN IRE NZ SWI UK US USDance 2001 "Days Go By" 67 6 28 27 97 16 14 1 Dirty Vegas 2002 "I Should Know" — — — — — — — 31 "Ghosts" — — — — — 31 — — 2003 "Simple Things" — — — — — — — — 2004 "Walk Into the Sun" — — — — — 54 — 1 One 2008 "Pressure" — — — — — — — — The Story So Far 2009 "Changes" — — — — — — — — "Tonight" — — — — — — — — 2011 "Electric Love" — — — — — — — 27 Electric Love "Changes" — — — — — — — 19 "Little White Doves" — — — — — — — 38 2012 "Emma" — — — — — — — — 2015 "Let the Night" — — — — — — — — Photograph "Setting Sun" — — — — — — — — "Save a Prayer" — — — — — — — — 2020 "Happening" — — — — — — — — 2024 "Believer" — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Songwriting and Production Credits

Year Artist Song Album Contributor(s) 1998 Recall 22 "Subimos Juntos (We Rise Together)" Steve Smith 2007 2AM "Lonely" Paul Harris Kylie Minogue "In My Arms" X "Stars" "I Don't Know What It Is" 2008 Ladyhawke "Better Than Sunday" Ladyhawke 2009 Bananarama "Extraordinary" Viva 2010 Gabriella Cilmi "Superhot" Ten 2012 Kylie Minogue "Timebomb" Kate Alexa "Buttercup" Infatuation Jenifer "La pudeur" L'Amour et Moi Ross Lynch "Can You Feel It" Just Dance: Disney Party 2 Steve Smith 2013 Havana Brown "Naughty" Flashing Lights Paul Harris 2014 Mike Mago "Outlines" 2015 Florrie "Too Young to Remember" Aiden Grimshaw "Virtually Married" Lenno "Fever" Good Thing EP Sigma "Stay" Life 2016 Tritonal "Waiting 4 U" Painting with Dreams 2017 Moncrieff "Symptoms" 2018 NCT "Baby Don't Stop" Empathy Iiola "Sickly Sweet" Chrysalis EP Oliver Nelson "Talk" Daniel Adams-Ray "IRL" IRL "I'd Rather Live" Boyzone "Symphony of Hearts" Thank You & Goodnight 2019 Glenn Morrison "A Better Man" Vigiland "We're the Same" Moncrieff "Ghost" The Early Hurts EP Cashmere Cat "For Your Eyes Only" Princess Catgirl 2020 Alex Gaudino "Remember Me" Michael Calfan "No Lie" Lenno "Us Kids" Simple Magic EP BT "The War" The Lost Art of Longing Jay Pryor "Aside" Kelli-Leigh "Whiskey Midnight" Can't Get Enough EP Anabel Englund "Underwater" Messing with Magic Flynn "Young" One of Us EP Twice "Go Hard" Eyes Wide Open Steps "To the Beat of My Heart" What the Future Holds Steve Smith 2021 Anton Powers "Do Me Right" Paul Harris Moss Kena "Let's Get Naked" Purple Disco Machine "Fireworks"

Filmography Musical scores The Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down (2006)The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) - IMDb Goal! - The Movie Soundtrack'' (2005)

See also List of number-one dance hits (United States) List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

External links Official site (archived)

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