Whigfield 848290 224283713 2008-07-08T04:02:15Z Mikacer 3345012 {{Cleanup|date=March 2007}} {{Infobox musical artist 2 |Name = Whigfield |Img = |Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Sannie Charlotte Carlson | Born = {{birth date and age|1970|4|11}} [[Skælskør]], [[Denmark]] |Died = |Origin = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] |Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Dance music|Dance]], [[Eurodance]], [[Europop]], [[Bubblegum pop]] |Occupation = [[Singer]], [[Actress]], [[Record Producer]] |Years_active = [[1993]] - present |Label = }} '''Sannie Charlotte Carlson''' (born [[April 11]], [[1970]] in [[Skælskør]], [[Denmark]]) is best known as '''Whigfield''' and also '''Naan'''. She is a [[Denmark|Danish]] singer best known for the song "[[Saturday Night (Whigfield song)|Saturday Night]]", a hugely popular single of summer [[1994]]. Whigfield spent several years in [[Africa]] as a child before returning to her native country. She rose to prominence when her single "Saturday Night" became the summer smash hit of 1994, thanks to extensive play in the clubs of the Mediterranean and the fact that it had a dance which many found easy to learn. She became the first ever non-UK artist to debut at No.1 in her first week in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Her music was also very successful in [[Brazil]], [[Spain]], [[The Netherlands]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[France]] and the [[Nordic countries]] during the [[1994]] [[Eurodance]] phenomenon. However the only place where she has yet to achieve success, and has eluded her since, is the [[United States]] (Even though she placed both "Saturday Night" and "Another Day" on the [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play]] chart in [[1995]], with "Night" peaking at #19 and "Day" coming in at #21, respectively). Later singles include "Think of You", "Close To You", "[[Last Christmas]]", "Gimme Gimme" and "Sexy Eyes". Like the group [[Milli Vanilli]], Whigfield was accused of not singing her own songs. This was because she did all her live performances [[lip synch]]ing (miming to a backing track), and she has a high-pitched voice in the recorded tracks which is different from her speaking voice. "Saturday Night" was produced by [[Larry Pignagnoli]] and [[Davide Riva]], two Italian producers known for a variety of Eurodance projects, who usually worked with [[vocalist]]s such as Daniella Galli (better known as [[Dhany]]), Annerley Gordon (aka [[Ann Lee (singer)|Ann Lee]]) and [[Sandy Chambers]]. Another Pignagnoli project, Ally & Jo, featured a similar voice to Whigfield's but different faces in the CD cover and led to the accusations. However, it has been demonstrated on numerous occasions that Whigfield does do her own vocals, whilst touring in Brazil with a live band and being requested to sing live by Neil Fox, a UK DJ. According to http://www.eurokdj.com the vocals of Whigfield might belong to Annerly Gordon (one of the well-kept secrets of 90's Italian eurodance music) In October 2007 Whigfield released "All In One", a greatest hits album with past hits being resung with newer, modern beats. The album includes updated versions of "Think Of You", "Gotta Getcha", "Sexy Eyes", "Givin All My Love", "No Tears To Cry", "Was A Time", "Close To You", "Out Of Sight", "Another Day", and of course her biggest hit "Saturday Night". The album also includes 2 brand new songs titled "Right in the Night" and "Rainbow". On December 18, she released her first single in 3 years, think of you, which contains mixes from Mathieu Bouthier & Muttonheads and Gabry Ponte. A second single ''Right In The Night'' was released in May 2008. ==Saturday Night dance== "Saturday Night" is famous for its characteristic associated dance, which has the unusual feature of looping a pattern of five bar-long steps over an ordinary four-bar cycle of music. The steps are, in order: * Both arms bent at 90 degrees, elbows held at waist, both pushing to the right then to the left * Left arm stationary, supporting right elbow, right upper arm twiddles. Then reversed. * Bend over forwards rolling arms around each other * Hands on waist, step forwards then backwards * Four jumps, whilst rotating body gradually clockwise by 90 degrees. The end of the cycle is marked by a clap on the fourth beat, and leaves the body facing 90 degrees clockwise from the beginning. ==Discography== ===Albums=== These are the different track listing over the world of Whigfield's albums including B-sides and megamixes, these are the most common track listings *"[[Whigfield (Whigfield album)|Whigfield]]" (1995) * ''Whigfield 2'' (1997) *#"Givin' All My Love" *#"No Tears to Cry" *#"Baby Boy" *#"Tenderly" *#"What We've Done for Love" *#"Love" *#"Gimme Gimme" *#"Whiggy Whiggle" *#"Forever on My Mind" *#"Through the Night" *#"[[Summer Samba]]" *#"Saturday Night '97" *#"Last Christmas" *#"Ricks Megamix" Think Of You, Another Day, Saturday Night, Sexy Eyes (Album Version) * ''Whigfield 3'' (2000) *#"Be My Baby" *#"Much More" *#"Unbelievable" *#"Lost in You" *#"Makin' My Day" *#"Outside" *#"Upon a Star" *#"All Your Love" *#"Mi Amor" *#"Waitin' for Saturday" *#"Doo Whop" *#"Whigfield Megamix" Think of You, Another Day, Saturday Night, Sexy Eyes (Album Version), Be My Baby (House Edit) * ''Whigfield 4'' (2002; Later released in 2004 as ''Was a Time'' with bonus summer single "Was a Time" (Track 1 on the album "Was A Time") and bonus DVD *#"Gotta Getcha" *#"Amazing and Beautiful" *#"Beep Beep" *#"Boys Boys Boys" *#"Fantasy" *#"Candy" *#"I Knew Before" *#"My Love's Gone" *#"Get Get Get" *#"Take Me to the Summertime" *#"Outside Life" (remix of "Outside" from ''Whigfield III'') *#"Welcome to Fun" *#"My My" *#"Every Single Day and Night" *#"Tomorrow" *''Greatest Remix Hits'' (2006; Australia) *#"Saturday Night (Abigails Party Remix)" *#"Was A Time (Favretto Remix)" *#"Gimme Gimme (American Cut)" *#"Think Of You (David Remix)" *#"No Tears To Cry (Original Extended)" *#"Sexy Eyes (David's Epic Experience)" *#"Givin' All My Lovin' (Alesis Extended Mix)" *#"Gotta Getcha (Extended)" *#"Much More (Dj Nukk Extended)" *#"Whigfield Megamix" *#"Close To You (Downtown Remix)" *#"Doo-Whop (Rivaz Tune Club)" *#"Gimme Gimme (Original Vox Extended)" *#"Was A Time (Yagor Mix)" *:plus DVD with all videos incl. "Was A Time" *''Dance With Whigfield'' (2005; Megamix, Germany) *#"Was A Time" *#"Sexy Eyes" *#"Saturday Night" *#"Gotta Getcha" *#"Another Day" *#"Waitin' For Saturday" *#"Tomorrow" *#"Be My Baby" *#"I Want To Love" *#"Much More" *#"Think Of You" *#"Summer Samba" *''Waiting For Saturday Night - Her Greatest Hits'' (Germany) *#"Saturday Night" *#"Another Day" *#"Sexy Eyes" *#"Summer Samba" *#"Through The Night" *#"Be My Baby" *#"Doo-Whop" *#"Gotta Getcha" *#"Amazing & Beautiful" *#"Get Get Get" *#"My My" *#"Tenderly" *#"Close To You" *#"Tomorrow" *#"Waiting For Saturday" *''Greatest Hits'' (México) *#"Saturday Night" *#"Sexy Eyes" *#"Another Day" *#"Think Of You" *#"Big Time" *#"Much More" *#"No Tears To Cry" *#"Be My Baby" *#"Baby Boy" *#"Gimme Gimme" *#"Tu Seras Mi Baby" *#"Doo-Whop" *#"Making My Day" *#"Whigfield Megamix" *"[[All In One - Whigfield (Fans decided tracklisting)]]"(2007) ===Singles=== Singles released at different times in different countries - these are the main release years *"[[Saturday Night (Whigfield song)|Saturday Night]]" (1994) (#1, UK) *"[[Another Day (Whigfield song)|Another Day]]" (1994) *"[[Think Of You (Whigfield song)|Think Of You]]" (1995) (#6, Netherlands) *"[[Close to You (Whigfield song)|Close To You]]" (1995) *"[[Big Time / Last Christmas (Whigfield song)|Big Time / Last Christmas]]" (1995) *"[[Big Time (Whigfield song)|Big Time]]" (1995) *"[[Last Christmas (Whigfield song)|Last Christmas]]" (1995) (#21, UK) *"[[Sexy Eyes (Whigfield song)|Sexy Eyes]]" (1996) (#6, Australia) *"[[I Want to Love (Whigfield song)|I Want To Love]]" (Only in selected countries) (1996) *"[[Megamix (Whigfield song)|Megamix]]" (1996) *"[[Last Christmas / Close To You (Whigfield song)|Last Christmas / Close To You]]" (1996) *"[[Gimme Gimme (Whigfield song)|Gimme Gimme]]" (1996) *"[[Baby Boy / Saturday Night '97 (Whigfield song)|Baby Boy / Saturday Night '97]]" (1997) *"[[Baby Boy (Whigfield song)|Baby Boy]]" (1997) *"[[No Tears to Cry (Whigfield song)|No Tears To Cry]]" (1997) *"[[Happy Maravilha]]" with [[Santamaria (band)|Santamaria]] [[Sem Limite]]" (1998) *"[[Givin' All My Love (Whigfield song)|Givin' All My Love]]" (1998) *"[[Sexy Eyes Remixes (Whigfield song)|Sexy Eyes Remixes]]" (1998) *"[[Be My Baby (Whigfield song)|Be My Baby]]" (1999) *"[[Doo-Whop (Whigfield song)|Doo-Whop]]" (2000) *"[[Much More (Whigfield song)|Much More]]" (2000) *"[[Gotta Getcha (Whigfield song)|Gotta Getcha]]" (2002) *"[[Amazing and Beautiful / My My (Whigfield song)|Amazing and Beautiful / My My]]" (2002) *"[[Saturday Night 2003 (Whigfield song)|Saturday Night 2003]]" (2003) *"[[Was a Time (Whigfield song)|Was A Time]]" (2004) *"[[Think Of You (Whigfield Song)|Think Of You]]" (2007) *"[[Right In The Night (Whigfield Song)|Right In The Night]]" (2008) SATURDAY NIGHT TRIVIA: There have been over twenty remixes released of "Saturday Night". Lookalike [[Carryl Varley]] using the name [[Black Duck (group)|Black Duck]] performed the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmk9Oar3-k0 Whiggle In Line] borrowing heavily from "Saturday Night". As with Whigfield herself it is unlikely that Carryl herself sang on the track, which was produced by the same producers as the original "Saturday night" track. "Whiggle In Line" enjoyed modest popularity in the US, and appears on several compilations of dance music. In 2005, Sannie appeared on the Benassi Bros album 'Phobia' writing and singing on two songs, 'Feel Alive' and 'Rocket In The Sky'. Sannie choose to record these under the name Naan, and also used that name to record 'Come A Little Closer' with Malomodo, and 'Yes U R' and some vocals in 'People Of The Night' with European DJ 'Favretto'. Sannie also wrote the lyrics for 'It's Summertime' performed by Spanish singer Katla which was released October, 2005. Sannie is still currently involved in writing, producing and recording. Most recently she wrote the lyrics for the hit 'Who's Your Daddy' performed by Benny Benassi. 'Feel Alive' was also released in Spring 2006 however the vocals on the single release are performed by Sandy. Also vocals were re-recorded by Dhany for the single release of 'Rocket In The Sky'. She also wrote "Put 'Em Up" for singer [[Alice Edun|Edun]], which has gone on to become a major hit on the Billboard [[Hot Dance Airplay]] chart, where it peaked at number 3 in August 2007. To the date, "Doo Whop" seems to be her last successful song worldwide. It was a hit in many countries like Mexico, Canada and Venezuela, where it was published on some dance music compilations. ==See also== *[[Eurodance]] *[[Europop]] *[[Bubblegum pop]] ==External links== *[http://www.sanniecarlson.com/ Sannie's Official Website] *[http://www.myspace.com/sanniecarlson Sannie's Official MySpace] *[http://www.whigfield.tk/ Whigfield.tk - "The Official Fansite"] *[http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/black%2Bduck/video/x16ufz_black-duck-whiggle-in-line/ Whiggle in line video] *http://www.discogs.com/artist/Whigfield here is naan's website (whigfield - New Vocal Name) - http://www.myspace.com/naanmusic [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Danish musicians]] [[Category:Eurodance musicians]] [[Category:Danish female singers]] [[Category:Dance musicians|Whigfield]] [[Category:Danish dance musicians]] [[da:Whigfield]] [[de:Whigfield]] [[es:Whigfield]] [[eo:Whigfield]] [[fr:Whigfield]] [[it:Whigfield]] [[nl:Whigfield]] [[no:Whigfield]] [[pl:Whigfield]] [[pt:Whigfield]] [[fi:Whigfield]] [[sv:Whigfield]]