Marc Kinchen (born August 3, 1972), known by his initials MK, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. He hit number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1993 and 1994 with the songs "Always" and "Love Changes". Lead vocals on both of those tracks were performed by Alana Simon (songs were credited to MK featuring Alana). The combo also recorded the underground house music classic anthem "Burning". "Always" peaked at number 69 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1995. MK also hit the dance chart with "4 You", using the pseudonym 4th Measure Men.
In November 2013, his remix of Storm Queen's song "Look Right Through" was released on Defected Records and Warner Music and reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart.
Aside from his own career as a recording artist, he is also known for the remixes he produced for other artists, such as Céline Dion's single "Misled", which became the first number-one Billboard Dance/Club Play chart hit of Dion's career. His remixes of Betty Boo's single "Thing Goin' On" brought the song to number five on the same chart. His remixes of "The Message" by Sofia Shinas reached number 20 on the Dance/Club Play chart. He also produced the remixes of Jody Watley's single "Your Love Keeps Working On Me", which reached number two on that chart. Latest remixes and productions include Lana Del Rey, Dev, Enrique Iglesias, Sky Ferreira, Ellie Goulding, Jamie Jones, Lee Foss, and Tricky.
Kinchen is responsible for the iconic remix of the Nightcrawlers' record "Push the Feeling On". The remix was successful internationally, becoming a number three UK hit. He also assisted Nightcrawlers frontman John Reid with a number of his further releases, but they did not have the same impact on the charts.
In April 2021, Kinchen scored his first number one on Billboards Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart as a featured artist on Anabel Englund's "Underwater", which he also co-produced.
Musical career Production In 2001, Kinchen moved to Los Angeles and started working with Denise Martell, who brought Kinchen in to begin working with David Foster.
In 2002, Kinchen became an in-house producer for actor and singer Will Smith. Kinchen then worked on Shark Tale, did production on one of Will Smith's albums, and did the music of the TV show All of Us, which was produced by Smith. Kinchen also produced for Willow and Jaden Smith with his production partner and other half of Stoopid Robots, Omarr Rambert.
Kinchen worked on projects with Diane Warren and Pitbull. Kinchen worked with Pitbull as a producer and produced three songs on the latter's Armando album (2010), two songs on the Planet Pit album (2011), and co-produced the theme song for Men in Black 3, "Back in Time" by Pitbull.
Kinchen also produced music in collaboration with Blinded in March 2014. In the same year, British DJ Route 94 remixed Kinchen's track "Always", which went on to peak at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
In 2022, MK was supported at his Dublin show in 3Arena by Belters Only, Subsequently they worked on a Remix of Kinchen's hit song, Teardrops on the dancefloor. At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards he won Best Dance/Electronic Release for the single "Rhyme Dust" (February 2023), which was shared with collaborator Dom Dolla.
Discography
Albums Surrender (with Alana Simon) (1993) Defected Presents House Masters: MK (2011) Defected Presents MK in the House (2013) Defected Presents House Masters: MK (Second Edition) (2013) In The Night Again (2026)
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album AUS "Dior": BEL IRE UKPeaks in the UK: All except noted: "Lies": UKDance USDance Club "Somebody New" 1989 — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Decay" (with Never on Sunday) 1991 — — — — — — "Burning" (featuring Alana) — — — — — 7 BPI: Silver Surrender "Always" (featuring Alana) 1992 — — — 69 7 1 BPI: Silver "Love Changes" (featuring Alana) 1993 — — — — — 1 "Surrender" (featuring Alana) — — — — — — "Burning '95" (featuring Alana) 1995 — — — 44 — 7 "Lift Me Up" (featuring Clare Rivers) 1996 — — — — — — rowspan="3" "Always" (Route 94 Remix) 2014 — 23 — 12 3 — "Bring Me to Life" (featuring Milly Pye)2015 — — — — — — "Piece of Me" (with Becky Hill) 2016 — — 53 37 13 5 BPI: 2× Platinum In The Night Again "My Love 4 U" (featuring A*M*E) — — — — — — "17" 2017 — — 9 7 1 — ARIA: Gold BPI: 3× Platinum In The Night Again "Back & Forth" 2018 88 — 11 12 2 — BPI: Platinum "Body 2 Body" 2019 — — — — — — rowspan="2" "There for You" — — — 99 — 1 BPI: Silver "One Night" — — 50 51 10 40 BPI: Gold In The Night Again "2AM" 2020 — — — — — — "Underwater" — — — — — — Messing with Magic "Lies" 2021 — — — 82 27 — "Chemical" — — — — — — In The Night Again "Teardrops" 2022 — — — — — — "Better" — — — 89 33 — In The Night Again "Kiss It Better" — — — — — — "Rhyme Dust"2023 32 — 31 63 15 — ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver In The Night Again "Asking" — — 9 7 3 — ARIA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum "Drinkin'" — — — 44 21 — Another Friday Night "She's in the Club" 2024 — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Next to Me"(with Don Diablo featuring Gaby Gerlis) — — — — — — "Dior" 2025 53 23 2 1 1 — ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum In The Night Again "Come Find Me" — — 62 50 10 — BPI: Silver "Never Let You Go" 2026 — — — — — — "Zone" — — — 67 16 — In The Night Again "Leaving" — — — — — —"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.
Songwriting and production credits Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits Written with Produced with "Push the Feeling On (The Dub of Doom)" 1992 Nightcrawlers Producer - Phil Legg "Anywhere" 1996 Proof Anywhere EP - - "Lois Lane" - - "Why?" - - "Come and Get Some" 1997 SWV Release Some Tension Co-writer/Producer Cheryl Gamble, Earl Stevens - "Gettin' Funky" Calvin Broadus Kevin Evans "Give Me What I Want" 1998 MC Lyte Seven & Seven Lana Moorer, Jamaal Barrow - "Another Way" Tevin Campbell Tevin Campbell Co-writer Tevin Campbell, Theodore Turpin, Terrell Carter - "Only One for Me" 1999 Co-writer/Producer Tevin Campbell, Faith Evans, Mike Mason - "7 Interlude" 702 702 Irish Grinstead - "0 Interlude" Misha Grinstead - "2 Interlude" Kameelah Williams - "Will You Be OK" Angela Slates, Trina Powell, Tamara Powell - "Monica" 2000 Before Dark Daydreamin' Cynthia Loving, Carlos McKinney, Jarret Washington - "Upgrade U" 2006 Beyoncé B'Day Co-writer Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles, Makeba Riddick, Sean Garrett, Angela Beyincé, Sean Carter, William Clarke, Clarence Reid - "Mujeres" 2010 Pitbull Armando Producer - - "Guantanamera (She's Hot)" - DJ Buddha "Amorosa" - DJ Laz "Where Do We Go" 2011 Planet Pit Co-writer/Producer Armando Perez, James Scheiffer, Daniel Morris, Leroy Sanchez, Eric Bishop Jim Jonsin, Mr. Morris "Back in Time" 2012 Global Warming Armando Perez, Urales Vargas, Adrian Trejo, Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson, Ellas McDaniel DJ Big Syphe, DJ Buddha "Get It Started" Armando Perez, Durrell Babbs, Urales Vargas, Sidney Samson, Bigram Zayas, Shakira Ripoll, Kristina Stephens Sidney Samson, DVLP, DJ Buddha "Down" Jaden Smith The Cool Café: The CoolTape Vol. I Producer - OmARR "Jus' Not Ready" - OmARR "First Time" - OmARR "Detroit" 2013 Hot Natured Different Sides of the Sun Co-writer/Producer Lee Foss, Jamie Jones, Alexander Williams Hot Natured, Mark Ralph "My Loving" 2014 Mary J. Blige The London Sessions Co-producer - Darkchild "Nothing" 2016 Big Flock The Great Depression Producer - -
See also List of Billboard number-one dance club songs List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance airplay chart References