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Livin' Joy is a house music group from Italy who released two successful dance hits in the 1990s. In 1994, fronted by the American lead singer Janice Robinson, they reached number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Dreamer". The song turned out to be a mild sleeper hit on pop radio, finally entering the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1995. It peaked at number 72 and spent seventeen weeks on the chart. The song had a more successful run on the UK Singles Chart, hitting the number one spot after being re-issued (its original run in late 1994 had taken it to #18).^{[1 ]}

In mid 1996, "Dreamer" re-entered the Hot 100, this time climbing to number 95. By then, Robinson had left the group and been replaced by Tameka Starr. With Starr on lead vocals, the follow-up single "Don't Stop Movin'" peaked at number five in the UK and was number one in Italy in 1996. It hit number three on the U.S. dance chart in early 1997 and became another modest, although long-lived, hit in the mainstream - climbing to number 67 on the Hot 100, spending twenty weeks on the chart. It was followed by one additional Top 10 single in the UK in 1996 ("Follow the Rules") and two Top 20 hits in 1997. In Australia, "Don't Stop Movin'" peaked at number 6 on the national ARIA singles chart. The parent album, also called Don't Stop Movin', grouped together the hits, including "Dreamer" with new vocals by Starr (although the original with Robinson singing was a hidden bonus track). Robinson subsequently re-released 2005 remixes of "Dreamer", credited as a solo release, which charted in the American dance charts.

Plans for a widescale commercial release of "Just for the Sex of It" in 1999 were scrapped, due to lack of interest in the song. It only received a limited club run, but was released as a single in Australia and proved popular in the nightclubs. In 2008, recordings for the ill-fated follow-up were leaked online: "Love Yourself", "Lookin' Fine", "I Only Wanna Dance", "U R My Livin' Joy", "You Don't Love Me", and "Bump This".

Discography

Albums

• Don't Stop Movin' (1997) UK #41

Singles

• "Dreamer" (1994) UK #18^{[1 ]}
• "Dreamer" (1995) UK #1^{[1 ]} / U.S. #72^[2] / Australia #90
• "Don't Stop Movin'" (1996) UK #5^{[1 ]} / Australia #6 / U.S. #67^[2] / Italy #1
• "Follow the Rules" (1996) UK #9^{[1 ]} / Australia #73
• "Where Can I Find Love" (1997) UK #12^{[1 ]}
• "Deep in You" (1997) UK #17^{[1 ]}
• "Just for the Sex of It" (1999) (Australia and U.S. only release) Australia #76

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
• List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart

References