Baha Men

The Baha Men are a pop boyband from Nassau, Bahamas. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.

Early career as High Voltage (1977-1991)

The group was formed in the Bahamas in the late 1970s as High Voltage, ^[1] with the original members being percussionist Isaiah Taylor, Colyn "Mo" Grant and Nehemiah Hield. ^[2] They were known for performing traditional Caribbean junkanoo music.

Baha Men

The 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 success

Through the 1990s they soon began aiming their music at a more mainstream audience, and achieved large, but short-lived, success with 2000's remake of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (originally composed by Anslem Douglas) with the help of Orlando Infante. The song was a chart success across 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; a Billboard Music Award for World Music Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year; and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favorite Band and Favorite Song (in 2002).

Recent activity

Despite rumors of their true origin they are from, and formed in, the Bahamas. In June 2008, their song "Who Let the Dogs Out?" was discussed on I Love the New Millennium. Their most recent album was Holla! released in 2004, but according to their official MySpace, the Baha Men are set to release an album in the year 2010 and began a tour in September 2009.

Involvement in motion pictures

The 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.^[3] 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.

Discography

Albums

• 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)
• Untitled (2010)

Singles

• "That's the Way I Do It" (1997)
• "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (2000) #40 US, #2 UK
• "You All Dat" (2001) #94 US, #14 UK
• "The Best Years of Our Lives" (2001)
• "Move It Like This" (2002) #13 Canada, #16 UK
• "Tell Me Lies" (2005)

References

External links

• Baha Men official site