2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, formed in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York and active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" 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 number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart,) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single. In early 1991 they released the album Wiggle It that Andrew Martin in Q Magazine called intelligent, modern hot-making".
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 number 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 Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions AUS UK The Album Vol. 1 Released: 1989 Format: LP, CD, cassette Label: Cutting Records — — Wiggle It Released: 1990 Format: LP, CD, cassette Label: Charisma 45 73 World Party Released: 1995 Format: LP, CD, cassette Label: Cutting Records — —
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) Album US USDance AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Do What You Want: AUT BEL(Fl) FIN GER NLD SWI UK "Somebody in the House Say Yeah!" 1989 — — — — — — — — — 66 The Album Vol. 1 "Do What You Want" 1990 — 9 120 — — — — 25 — — "Take Me Away" (NED only) — — — — — — — — — — "Wiggle It" 15 1 3 30 39 19 17 24 14 3ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver Wiggle It "She's Got Me Going Crazy" 1991 — — 72 — — 30 — 40 — 54 "Body to Body" (ITA only) — — — — — — — — — — "El Trago (The Drink)" 1994 86 36 — — — — — — — 34 World Party "Ahora Es (Now Is the Time)" 1995 — — — — — — — — — 43 "Giddy-Up" — — — — — — — — — 74 "Carnival" 1996 — 24 — — — — — — — — "Get Up and Move" (SPA only) — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
In popular culture In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Wiggle It" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House.
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
2 In A Room at Discogs