Artist:Dirty Vegas
Song:Days Go By
Album:Dirty Vegas
The 2003 single Days Go By topped the dance charts after the song was used in a Mitsubishi Motors commercial. That's how songs become hits these days. I don't think the British producers behind Dirty Vegas thought that they would have a hit single. Paul Harris was a DJ in Europe. Ben Harris worked at a recording studio. Singer Steve Smith was in the band Higher Ground. After they split up Smith met Paul Harris at a party in Switzerland. They started working together and then Ben Harris joined them. Days Go By was their first single and it came with a video. An executive for Mitsubishi Motors saw the video and he wanted to use the song in a commercial. Once the commercial aired on TV, Days Go By blew up. Dirty Vegas got a record deal with Capitol and they went into the studio to record a full album. They wrote all the songs except Days Go By. Smith wrote that with former The New Seekers member Victoria Horn. This was her first hit as a songwriter. She has had success since then. Days Go By won a Best Dance Recording Grammy. The album is available as a budget CD. After two albums, Dirty Vegas split up in 2005. Smith recorded solo. The Harris boys continued to work on remixes together. Paul Harris and Smith reformed Dirty Vegas in 2011. They released a couple of albums and split up in 2015. Smith is currently in the current version of Squeeze. The Harris boys continue to produce and remix. Here's the video of Days Go By by Dirty Vegas.
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