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Baha Men are a band from Nassau, Bahamas. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo. They originated in the Minneapolis, United States area and then, after gaining some recognition, relocated to the Bahamas.
Early career as High Voltage (1977–1991)The group was formed in the Bahamas in the late 1970s as High Voltage, with the original members being percussionist Isaiah Taylor, Colyn "Mo" Grant and Nehemiah Hield. They were known for performing traditional Caribbean junkanoo music.
Baha MenThe group renamed themselves as Baha Men in 1991, and released their first album under that name, Junkanoo, in 1992. The album was very traditional in its sound.
International successIn the 1990s they began aiming their music at a more mainstream audience, and achieved great, if short-lived, popularity with 2000's remake of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (originally composed by Anslem Douglas), recorded with the help of Orlando Infante. The song was a chart success in many countries, and also became a popular song at US sporting events.
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" also earned the band several awards: a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Dance Recording; Billboard Music Awards for World Music Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year; and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favorite Song. In 2002, they won another Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.
Recent activityIn June 2008 "Who Let the Dogs Out?" was discussed on I Love the New Millennium
. The Baha Men's most recent album was Holla! , released in 2004, but according to their MySpace page, they are set to release an album in the year 2010 and began a tour in September 2009.
Involvement in motion picturesThe Baha Men were one of the many artists to record a song on the album DisneyMania and two of its four sequels. On the first DisneyMania, they recorded "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King. On DisneyMania 2, they recorded the famous song "It's a Small World" from the Disney park attraction of the same name. They were absent from DisneyMania 3, though they returned for DisneyMania 4, recording their take on the song "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from Lilo and Stitch entitled "Bahaman Roller Coaster Ride." A number of their songs have used in major motion pictures such as: Rugrats In Paris, Miss Congeniality, Rat Race, and Garfield: The Movie. They also recorded a cover of Elton John's hit "Crocodile Rock" for the film Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course starring Steve Irwin and family. In fact, the band has also made an appearance on the big screen, when they starred as themselves in the 1994 romantic comedy My Father the Hero starring Gerard Depardieu and Katherine Heigl. The Baha Men also were featured in the soundtrack of Shrek with their hit song "Best Years of Our Lives". "Who Let the Dogs Out?" was also featured in the 2009 hit comedy The Hangover.
DiscographyAlbums- Junkanoo (1992)
- Kalik (1994)
- Here We Go Again (1996)
- I Like What I Like (1997)
- Doong Spank (1998)
- Who Let the Dogs Out (2000)
- 2 Zero 0-0 (2001)
- Move It Like This (2002)
- Holla! (2004)
- Noo Junk (2010)
Singles
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