2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, formed in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York and active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta.

Musical career

They are best known for their 1990 hit single "Wiggle It", written and produced by George Morel and Rafael Vargas. It spent two weeks at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart,) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single. In early 1991 they released the album Wiggle It that Andrew Martin in Q Magazine called intelligent, modern hot-making".

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! scope="row"| "Somebody in the House Say Yeah!"

| 1989

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! scope="row"| "Do What You Want"

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! scope="row"| "Take Me Away" <small>(NED only)</small>

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! scope="row"| "Wiggle It"

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  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Wiggle It

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! scope="row"| "She's Got Me Going Crazy"

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! scope="row"| "Body to Body" <small>(ITA only)</small>

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! scope="row"| "El Trago (The Drink)"

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! scope="row"| "Ahora Es (Now Is the Time)"

| rowspan=2| 1995

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! scope="row"| "Carnival"

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! scope="row"| "Get Up and Move" <small>(SPA only)</small>

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|align="center" colspan="17" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

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In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Wiggle It" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House.

See also

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

  • 2 In A Room at Discogs