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Who is Haddaway
Haddaway scored a huge crossover hit throughout Europe with ‘What Is Love’ in 1993, followed by the equally strident ‘Life’.
Haddaway presents himself as being patient, tolerant, and having a sense of logic. He was a fan of the Beatles, Police and Prince, he learned how to sing, dance, and to play the trumpet and guitar, before relocating to Cologne, Germany in 1987, to find employment as a singer and dancer.
He formed a band, Elegato, with keyboard player Alex Trime, before embarking on solo work with the production duo of Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Turello in 1992. They had previously produced Bad Boys Blue, Chypnotic and the Hollies. Backed by the songwriting and production expertise of Halligan and Turello, ‘What Is Love’, originally written as a ballad, eventually reached no. 2 in the UK charts in 1993, as well as no. 11 in the US and no. 1 at MTV Europe. ‘Life’ also earned good chart position a few months later, ensuring Haddaway’s status as Europe’s most successful solo artist of 1993.
Haddaway’s debut album featured the voices of Lisa Noya, Elkie Schlimbach and Rena R. Otta as background. It achieved gold status in France and reached no. 8 in the UK charts in 1993. Haddaway himself, though often compared to the Euro-dance fare of 2 Unlimited and Cappella, is a far more sophisticated proposition. In 1994 he again scored significant success with two further singles, ‘I Miss You’ and ‘Rock My Heart’, and began his first European tour.
The second album ‘The Drive’ was released in 1995. The first single was ‘Fly Away’, followed up by ‘Fire’. Haddaway’s third album ‘Let’s Do It Now’ was released in 1998. Three singles were taken from it: ‘What About Me’, ‘Who Do You Love’ and ‘You’re Taking My Heart’.
In 1999 a ‘Best Of’-album was released. Haddaway made a comeback in 2001 with the single ‘Deep’ and the album ‘My Face’. In 2003 Haddaway released the single ‘What Is Love Reloaded’ under a new label. The vinyl included 3 mixes, a Reloaded mix, a Jens O. hard remix, and a What is club mix. In 2005 the single ‘Spaceman’ and the album ‘Pop Splits’ followed.
Haddaway sold more than 20 million CD’s in total. Besides a singer, he is also a danser, stylist and choreographer.
