Reel 2 Real

Reel 2 Real
Origin	New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Genres	Electronica, reggae fusion, Eurodance, ragga
Years active	1992–1997
Labels	Strictly Rhythm
Past members	Erick Morillo Mark Quashie

Reel 2 Real was an American electronic and reggae-influenced duo which had seven Top 10 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1990s.

Biography

The duo's core member is producer and DJ Erick Morillo from New York City, who spent a portion of his childhood living in Colombia and also in Union City, New Jersey. The first release as Reel 2 Real was "The New Anthem" which spent a week at No. 1 in 1992.

Although it peaked at No. 8 on the dance chart, Reel 2 Real is best known for the dancehall reggae-influenced dance track "I Like to Move It", which featured Trinidad and Tobago native and toaster Mark Quashie, also known as The Mad Stuntman. The song peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994. It was successful in Germany where it peaked at number 3 on the single-charts, in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 5, and in France and the Netherlands it peaked at number-one. The song would later be used in 2005 animated film Madagascar, and was covered by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen but produced by Morillo, making it a hit once again in 2005 with it becoming the film series' theme song. In all, The Mad Stuntman was featured on four of Reel 2 Real's top 10 dance hits. Later singles featured Barbara Tucker, Charlotte Small, and Proyecto Uno. The Reel 2 Real alias was abandoned.

Discography

Albums

• 1994 Move It!
• 1995 Reel 2 Remixed
• 1996 Are You Ready for Some More?

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions												Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
		AUS [1]	AUT [2]	FIN [3]	FRA [2]	GER [4]	IRE [5]	NED [2]	SUI [2]	SWE [2]	UK [6][7]	U.S. [8]	U.S. Dance [9][10]
1992	"The New Anthem" (featuring Erick Moore)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1		Single only
1993	"Go On Move" (featuring The Mad Stuntman)	79	16	4	12	20	6	11	18	15	7	—	6		Move It
	"I Like to Move It" (featuring The Mad Stuntman)	6	2	10	1	3	5	1	4	12	5	89	8	AUS: Gold[11] FRA: Gold[12] GER: Gold[13] NETH: Gold[14] UK: Silver[15]
1994	"Can You Feel It?" (featuring The Mad Stuntman)	—	28	7	49	32	17	20	31	26	13	—	3
	"Raise Your Hands"	—	—	6	—	—	20	—	—	—	14	—	—
1995	"Conway" (featuring The Mad Stuntman)	—	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	—	4
1996	"Jazz It Up"	69	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	58	7	—	—		Are You Ready for Some More?
	"Are You Ready for Some More?"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	—	5
	"Move Your Body (Mueve la Cadera)" (featuring Proyecto Uno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

See also

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

References

1. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Reel 2 Real". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
   • Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
   • "Go on Move": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – 09 Oct 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
2. Lescharts.com: International peak positions
3. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
4. German peak positions
5. Irish peak positions search
6. "Official Charts > Reel 2 Real". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
7. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
8. "Billboard > Artists / Reel 2 Real > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
9. "Billboard > Artists / Reel 2 Real > Chart History > Danc Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
10. Allmusic U.S. peaks
11. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
12. "Les Certifications depuis 1973". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
13. German Certification
14. "Reel 2 Real". NVPI. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
15. BPI: UK Certification