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Chris Franck
Chris Franck
British musician
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War
War
American funk band
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Republica
Republica
English music group
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The Shamen
The Shamen
Scottish electronic dance music band
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Loggins and Messina
Loggins and Messina
American rock-pop duo
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Geraint Watkins
Geraint Watkins
Welsh musician
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Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald
English musician, a founder of King Crimson
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Embrace
Embrace
English band
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Eumir Deodato
Eumir Deodato
Brazilian musician
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Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Monster funk
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Foreigner
Foreigner
rock band from America and England
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Dawn of the Replicants
Dawn of the Replicants
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The Arrows
The Arrows
musical artist
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Simply Red
Simply Red
English soul band
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Bread
Bread
1970s American soft rock band from California
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Strawberry Alarm Clock
Strawberry Alarm Clock
band
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Third World
Third World
Jamaican reggae band
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The Icicle Works
The Icicle Works
British band
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Lynch Mob
Lynch Mob
band
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Counting Crows
Counting Crows
American alternative rock band
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Kansas
Kansas
American rock band
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The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
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M People
M People
English house music band
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Alabama 3
Alabama 3
British band
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The Gap Band
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
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Sawyer Brown
Sawyer Brown
American country music band
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Pure Prairie League
Pure Prairie League
American country rock band
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Heart
Heart
American rock band
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Miami Sound Machine
Miami Sound Machine
American musical group
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The Aloof
The Aloof
band
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The Grass Roots
The Grass Roots
American pop rock band
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Pete Brown
Pete Brown
English performance poet and lyricist
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Dazz Band
Dazz Band
American funk band
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Sniff 'n' the Tears
Sniff 'n' the Tears
British band
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Big Mountain
Big Mountain
band
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Dalek I Love You
Dalek I Love You
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Felix Pappalardi
Felix Pappalardi
American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist
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Nina Miranda
Nina Miranda
British singer-songwriter
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South Border
South Border
Filipino band
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Gary Wallis
Gary Wallis
British musician
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These Animal Men
These Animal Men
band
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Ohio Players
Ohio Players
American funk and R&B band
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night
British/American traditional folk rock band formed in 1997
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Slapp Happy
Slapp Happy
German/English avant-pop group
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Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
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The Turtles
The Turtles
American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
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The Stranglers
The Stranglers
Rock band
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Blackfoot
Blackfoot
American Southern rock musical ensemble from Jacksonville, Florida
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Shakatak
Shakatak
British pop group
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The Surfaris
The Surfaris
American surf rock band
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Firefall
Firefall
American band
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The Egg
The Egg
British electronic dance band
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Osibisa
Osibisa
British afro-pop band
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Oomph!
Oomph!
German rock band
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’Til Tuesday
’Til Tuesday
American New Wave band
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Brinsley Schwarz
Brinsley Schwarz
English pub rock band
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The Tony Williams Lifetime
The Tony Williams Lifetime
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Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto
band from New York City
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Twinkle Brothers
Twinkle Brothers
band
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Combustible Edison
Combustible Edison
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The Charlatans
The Charlatans
English rock band
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808 State
808 State
English electronic music group
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Lou Gramm
Lou Gramm
American rock singer-songwriter
Smoke City
band that plays jazz

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Smoke City was an English band that blended acid jazz and trip hop, borrowing from Brazilian styles such as samba and bossa nova and some lyrics have excerpts in Portuguese. They are best known for their single "Underwater Love", which was a major hit in 1997, after being used in a Levi's television advertisement, "Mermaids" (directed by Michel Gondry). In 1997, the band released their first album, Flying Away, which included several hits such as "Underwater Love", "Mr. Gorgeous (and Miss Curvaceous)" and "Águas de Março (Joga Bossa Mix)". Smoke City's next album, Heroes of Nature, was released in 2001. An extended version of Heroes of Nature had three more tracks than the original, one of them being a cover version of John Lennon's "Imagine".

"Underwater Love" is also a track on the soundtrack for Thicker Than Water, a surf video.

In 1998, the band contributed "O Cara Lindo (Mr. Gorgeous)" to the AIDS benefit compilation album Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon, which was produced by the Red Hot Organization.

The group disbanded in 2002.