Quick Facts
Biography
Felix (born Francis Wright) is a British producer and DJ. He is known for his hit track "Don't You Want Me" and his underground house project "The Party Crashers".
Life and career
Felix was born in Chelmsford, Essex. His passion for music began early with a love of Soul & Funk from the "Street Sounds" compilations and the House Sound of Chicago. At the age of 15, after exploring a brief interest in Hip Hop, he decided to create his own music and began getting involved with DJ'ing.
After a handful of releases, Felix's 1992 track "Don't You Want Me" became the real game changer of his career and went on to become one of the most important tracks in dance music history. In an interview with AXS (ticket merchant) celebrating the track's 23 year release, Felix admitted "[he] was working a 9-to-5 job when the song first came out. It was just such a massive, massive hit.It caught a lot of people off guard and it changed [his] life completely because [he] jumped into it full-time... making music, then touring, DJing, and producing."
The track, "Don't You Want Me", which sampled Jomanda's "Don't You Want My Love" (remixed by Rollo and Red Jerry), went to number one on the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. It also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992. A remix of the song - "Don't You Want Me: Pugilist Mix" - formed the soundtrack to the multi-award-winning 1997 TV commercial for Blackcurrant Tango. "Don't You Want Me" was also sampled by David Guetta and Snoop Dogg on their collaboration "Wet" ("Sweat" - clean version) in 2011.
"Don't You Want Me" was sampled by Meck in 2007, to provide the majority of the music for his single, "Feels Like Home". In 2008, Madonna used elements of Meck's version during "Like a Prayer" on the Sticky & Sweet Tour.
Other UK charting singles for Felix included "It Will Make Me Crazy" and "Stars".
"Don't You Want Me 2015" was released on Armada Music on 13 April 2015 and included five new mixes: "Classic", "Turbo", "Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike", "Atjazz Club" and "Brodanse Bass Hall".
In 2015, Felix launched his new label "DANCE FX" and all sales from his release of "Reaching for the top" were donated to the David Lynch Foundation.
Felix is currently working on new releases, but is also enjoying his time with his family.
Discography
Albums
- 1993: #1 – UK #26, AUS #124, AUT #24, GER #76, NED #86, SWE #45, SWI #29
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | BEL (FLA) | FIN | GER | IRE | NED | NOR | SWE | SWI | |||||
| 1992 | "Don't You Want Me" | 6 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| #1 | |
| "It Will Make Me Crazy" | 11 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | — | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 1993 | "Stars" | 29 | 100 | — | 31 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fastslow/It's Me" (promotional only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | "Get Down" (promotional only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | ||
| 1995 | "Don't You Want Me" (Patric Prins remix) | 10 | — | — | — | 16 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1996 | "Don't You Want Me" ('96 Pugilist mix) | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2015 | "Reaching For The Top" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | "Give You My Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | "Golden" feat. SJae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||