![]() Under a different music label, Big Lake Music, a sublabel of India Media Group. On, Toploader's fourth album, Seeing Stars was released. ![]() In the summer of 2013 they headlined the LeeStock Music Festival in Suffolk and the AmpRocks Festival in Bedfordshire. In 2013, Toploader released a new single "Turn It Around", co-written with Eg White and produced by Andrew Green. In November 2012 they performed a gig in Frome, Somerset with all proceeds going to the charity, which helps ill children and their families. During 2012 the band agreed to act as patrons for a UK-based children's charity called 'Time Is Precious'. They also played at the Tiree Music Festival in July 2012. In May 2012, they played at Lakefest festival. They also performed at Aberystwyth University's May Ball on. On 28 April 2012, they performed at the University of Gloucestershire Student Union Summerball. The present band line-up contains three of the five original members: Joseph Washbourn, Dan Hipgrave and Rob Green. Another single, "A Balance to All Things" (featuring a remix from Ash Howes), followed on 20 June 2011. The album's title was Only Human, and the first single from it, "Never Stop Wondering", was released on 14 March 2011. Six years later, Toploader reformed and signed a one-album deal with Underdogs Music for their third album, which was released in June 2011. Toploader performing at The Doghouse in Dundee in 2011 Julian Deane retired as a musician and in 2007 he founded Raygun Music, a Brighton based management company, that serves both as a record label and publisher. Not long after that, the band broke up in 2003. Because of the negative reception and the album not meeting the same success as the first, they were dropped by S2. They struggled with a backlash from the UK music press and their single, "Time of My Life", could only make it into the Top 20. It was poorly received by critics and failed to match the success of the first. In 2002, they released a second album, Magic Hotel. On 24 June 2000, Toploader attended the Glastonbury Festival, as part of the Saturday line-up. They gained four nominations at the Brit Awards, despite never winning any of them. "Dancing in the Moonlight" was the top single off the album, eventually reaching number seven in the UK Singles Chart, while "Achilles Heel" managed to get to number eight. It debuted at number five in the UK Albums Chart, until it settled at number four. It was produced by Dave Eringa, a long time collaborator of the Manic Street Preachers. Later that same year their debut album, Onka's Big Moka, was released on 11 November and became a huge hit. On, the band made their first live TV performance on TFI Friday, hosted by Chris Evans. Commercial success (1999–2001) īy 1998, Toploader were picked up by S2 Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music, and signed a six-album deal. On 20 July 2000 they backed Bon Jovi at the original Wembley Stadium, becoming the last British band to play there before it was demolished and redeveloped. They later went on to support the likes of Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Tom Jones, Robbie Williams and Simple Minds. The success of this song in the UK has been attributed to it being featured on a commercial for a brand of British steaks known as Sainsbury’s.Īs of this writing and since 2016, the core membership of Toploader consists of vocalist Joseph Washbourn, drummer Rob Green and guitarist Dan Hipgrave. All three of them, being co-founders of the band, participated on “Onka’s Big Moka”. And at the time, they were joined by guitarist Julian Deane and bassist Matt Knight, who have since left the group.Named after a joint-rolling technique, Toploader's live career began playing with Coldplay and Muse in small venues across the UK. Toploader’s version of this song was produced by George Drakoulias. And it proved to be a pretty substantial international hit, charting in nearly 15 countries overall. But where it did best was in their homeland of the United Kingdom, as “Dancing in the Moonlight” reached number 7 on the UK Single Chart, on top of being certified triple-platinum ( as of 2021) by the BPI. Toploader, a rock band from the UK, got around to dropping their cover on 11 November 1999. And they did so as part of their first studio album, “Onka’s Big Moka”, a product of S2 Records. The said release marked the first notable release of “Dancing in the Moonlight” (though another act called Boffalongo were the first to come out with this song, in 1969). The composition of this song dates back to 1969, as written by Sherman Kelly. It was his brother Wells Kelly (1949-1984) who brought the tune to King Harvest, a rock band based in Paris, who dropped their own rendition in 1972.
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