Pizzaman were a British electronic music duo consisting of John Reid (born 17 December 1963) and Norman Cook (born 16 July 1963).[1]

Pizzaman
OriginLondon, England
GenresBreakbeat, house, tech house
Years active1993–1997
LabelsCowboy
Past membersJohn Reid
Norman Cook

Biography

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Their debut album, "Pizzamania", was released in 1995. The album spawned three singles (with videos directed by Michael Dominic) all of which reached the top forty on the UK Singles Chart. The highest charting of these was "Happiness" (#19), until "Trippin' on Sunshine" performed slightly better (#18) when it was re-released the following year. Despite this success, however, the only follow-up material was the 1996 single "Hello Honky Tonks (Rock Your Body)".

"Sex on the Streets" sampled a part of a 1974 sermon by American evangelist Jack van Impe.

After the group disbanded in 1997, Cook went on to greater success under the name Fatboy Slim.

Discography

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Albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[2]
Pizzamania
  • Label: Cowboy
  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
141

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[3]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
"Trippin' on Sunshine" 1994 33 Pizzamania
"Sex on the Streets" 1995 23 207 38 36 20
"Happiness" 19 64
"Trippin' on Sunshine" (re-release) 1996 18 140
"Hello Honky Tonks (Rock Your Body)" 41 Non-album single
"Gottaman" 1997 85 Pizzamania
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

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  1. ^ "Happy Birthday to Fatboy Slim!". Hot Press. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
  3. ^ "Official Charts > Pizzaman". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Belgian (Flanders) chart positions". ultratop.be. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Pizzaman – Sex on the Streets (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Dutch chart positions". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 June 2011.