Tuesday 25 October 2022

UK Number 40s: Mr V - Give Me Life (1994)

 

When Dido first became known to the world it was off the back of being sampled in an Eminem record. It was therefore safe to assume she'd been round for a bit, at least long enough to have made a record for Eminem to sample.

Then we discovered she was sister of Rollo from Faithless and had been involved with their music. Both Rollo and Sister Bliss of Faithless had enjoyed Top 40 success prior to Faithless.

Going back even before that though we find a record which involves Dido, Rollo and Sister Bliss which is this record. Rollo was producer, Dido and Sister Bliss both provided vocals and Dido was also co-writer of the record.

Rollo had been behind the scenes with Top 40 records prior to this, but this was the first Top 40 hit to my knowledge that Dido and Sister Bliss had been involved with.

But what about Mr. V himself?

His real name is Rob Villiers hence the name Mr. V but aside from that the only thing I can find about him on the internet is that he is presumably the horrible ex boyfriend of Dido who she started out making music with.

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