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DOUBLE YOU
Double You is a Eurodance group started in 1985, when William Naraine (singer), started producing demos with Franco Amato and Andrea de Antoni.
In 1992. they became the phenomenon of the world dance scene with more than three million copies sold and the single "Please Don’t Go" the most danced song in that year.
In 1991 Double You met the producer Roberto Zanetti. In December of the same year, "Please Don't Go" was recorded. The song was released in January 1992 and it was an instant hit. Double You toured across Europe and appeared in TV shows around the world.
"Please Don’t Go", a dance version from a KC and the Sunshine Band song, earned many gold and platinum records in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. The record also sold in North America (top ten maxi sales), in Israel (#12), and in the UK (# 2 on the Cool Cuts Chart).
The second single, "We All Need Love", confirmed the world-wide success of Double You. This song was recorded in June 1992, during a European tour. It made the charts around the world. After this second single, the first album We All Need Love followed, which put together such songs as:
"Who’s Fooling Who" - the third single - was released in September 1992 closing a year of successes. It reached #12 in Israel.
"Why (Let’s Make It Christmas)" - Double You interpreted this song together with the original composer and singer of "Please Don’t Go", Harry Casey, professionally known as "KC". The song was launched on the market before Christmas 1992.
"Looking At My Girl" - this song was a great success in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, where it stayed at the top of all the charts for three consecutive months. The other songs, collected in the album, are: "Drive", "Walking On The Chinese Wall", "You Are My World", "Going Back", "With Or Without You". At the end of 1993, the recording of the second album, the Blue Album, started. These singles followed:
"Missing You" - the song that preceded the release of the second album. It had success in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Latin America.
"Part Time Lover" - the second single was a great success all over Europe, particularly in France (where the group appeared in the most important European show for pop-dance music, Dance Machine-Bercy) and in Germany, where Double You participated in television. It reached #1 in Israel, being Double You's biggest hit there to date.
"Heart of Glass" - it met with outstanding success in Spain and in eastern Europe.
"Run to Me" - a big hit in the Netherlands, Spain and the USA. The song gave the group the possibility of starting their first tour in North America (1995). They performed in such cities as Miami, Daytona, Orlando and other towns along the east coast.
The biggest surprise for the group were the extraordinary sales in Brazil. In a short time, the album sold more than three hundred thousand copies, earning a platinum record and, definitely, confirming Double You’s success.
The group performed in theatres and concert-halls in Brazil, such as the "Metropolitan" in Rio de Janeiro and "Olympia" in São Paulo. The tour was an unprecedented success for a dance group.
In less than three months, the group performed sixty-four show, attended by more than 350,000 people.
In 1995 a new single "Dancing With An Angel" came out, with the singer Sandra Chambers. In Italy the success was overwhelming! the group was at summer shows, making "Dancing With An Angel" the hit of summer 1995. A long Italian tour began, lasting eight months. The song was also a success in other countries: Switzerland, Australia, Israel and Latin America, too. The single, "Because I’m Loving You", was released in different versions. It was a big hit in Spain, Italy, Israel (where it reached # 19), and Brazil and one of the most aired on European radios.
At the beginning of 1996, Andrea de Antoni left the group to undertake his own artistic career. In this period, Double You was in great demand in Brazil, so the new tour started. There they performed in the most important concert-halls of the country. The group dedicated the album Forever to all their Brazilian fans. This new album was produced 50% in Italy and 50% in Brazil. It was released only in that country, selling one hundred and fifty thousand copies. In three months, it was awarded a gold record. A high point was the big show in Uberaba, in front of a crowd of 50, 000 spectators.
A single was released in the same year, in Brazil only, under the label Spotlight. It was entitled "If You Say Goodbye".
William Naraine also took part in several DWA projects: Data Drama, Eclipse, Mission, Funkelectra, Infinity feat Sense, Kaas, Pacific, Space Tribe, Time Machine, Toro, Willy Morales.
After a two years rest, spending time in the studio to create new songs for their next album, in spring 1997, the new single, "Somebody", was released. In 1999, another single was released, called "Desperado"
In 2000, Double You released a track called "Music (Is The Answer)" followed by a 2001 remix of the hit "Please Don't Go". A best of album called Studio Live was released the same year in Brazil. In 2002, Double You released a single entitled "Dance Anymore". He had worked with Memi P. and Ryo S., produced and performed with other bands such as T-Factory. The same year, his voice was featured by Love Solution for the track "I'll Be Over You".
In 2003, Double You did a remake of Bryan Adams hit "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)", and a cover of U2's "With or Without You" (that was not released as a single). The band toured in all the main Brazilian cities. In May they did shows in the South and Southeast, including both a presentation in the "Olympia" of São Paulo and their playing at the Caipiriba Dance, in the city of Aparecida. Then they went to Belém, Macapá and Manaus. William Narnine was married in the year 1998,to Izeka Marsh from Egypt.
In 2004, March William Naraine contributed to Vanni G's single "All My Illusion". In October he appeared once again on the next single "I Say Yeah". He also took part to a remix of the single by Promise Land vs Netzwerk Memories, where he made a duet with Sandy. In 2005, Double You released with Artist Don Cartel "Please Don't Go" 2005 for Record Company Triple B Records. The single hit the Dutch mega top 100 chart at 40 position and Pepsi Chart at 38 position.[citation needed] In November 2007, a live DVD (shot during a concert in São Paulo) and a live CD were released, available in Brazil only.
Double You's voice was featured on DJ Ross single "Get Up", under the project name DJ Ross vs DY. Their follow up single was called "Beat Goes On". Both were big hits
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