Propellerheads were an English electronic music duo, formed in 1995 in Bath by Will White and Alex Gifford.
History
Prior to Propellerheads' formation, Alex Gifford played as a backing saxophonist for The Stranglers appearing on the albums Dreamtime (1986) and 10 (1990) as well as the live album All Live and All of the Night (1988). They gained fame the next year by providing a remix for James Bond movie composer David Arnold's Bond tribute album Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project covering John Barry's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", the theme song to the sixth James Bond film, re-orchestrated by Arnold.
Their version of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" featured as a choice of Horizon presenter Kevin Fong on Desert Island Discs, as this was the track he played every morning when driving to the Kennedy Space Center while working with NASA.
White was part of the live incarnation of Long Range, the now-defunct project of Phil Hartnoll of Orbital.
Discography
Studio album
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Certifications
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! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| CAN<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| EUR<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| FIN<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| FRA<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| GER<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NLD<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US<br />
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! scope="row"| Decksandrumsandrockandroll
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- Released: 26 January 1998
- Label: Wall of Sound <small>(WALL015)</small>
- Formats: LP, CS, CD, MD
| 6 || 13 || 56 || 18 || 36 || 20 || 26 || 29 || 11 || 100
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- BPI: Gold
- ARIA: Gold
|}
EPs
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! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Tracks
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
|-
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| UK<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ITA<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NZ<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| EUR<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| FIN<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| NLD<br />
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| US<br />Dance<br />
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:left;"| "Take California"
| 69 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="7"| Decksandrumsandrockandroll
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1997
| style="text-align:left;"| "Spybreak!"
| 40 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 47 || —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"<br /><small>(with David Arnold)</small>
| 7 || — || 73 || — || — || — || — || — || 8 || —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Bang On!"/"Dive"
| 86 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "History Repeating"<br /><small>(featuring Shirley Bassey)</small>
| 19 || 55 || 67 || 16 || 71 || 65 || 52 || 32 || 24 || 10
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| style="text-align:left;"| "Bang On!"
| 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 56 || —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Velvet Pants"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| "Take California and Party"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="3"
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Lethal Cut"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2004
| style="text-align:left;"| "Take California" <small>(remix)</small>
| 154 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
Other appearances
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:28em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Album
|-
! scope="row" | "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
| rowspan="1"| 1997
| Various Artists
| Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project
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! scope="row" | "Lopez (Hard On)" (A Progressive Mix By The Propellerheads) <br /><small>(808 State)</small>
| rowspan="1"| 1998
| 808 State
| "Lopez" single
|-
! scope="row" | "Goldfinger" (Propellerheads Mix) <br /><small>(Shirley Bassey)</small>
| rowspan="1"| 2000
| Shirley Bassey
| The Remix Album...Diamonds Are Forever
|-
! scope="row" | "Star Crossed Lovers"<br /><small>(Propellerheads + Martha Wainwright)</small>
| rowspan="1"| 2001
| Various Artists
| Red Hot + Indigo
|-
! scope="row" | "Ten Years (Johnston's Strut Part 1)"
| rowspan="1"| 2003
| Various Artists
| Off The Wall (10 Years Of Wall Of Sound)
|-
|-
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