The Original (group)

The Original was a house music project created by French DJ Walter Taieb in his studio in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

The Original
Genres	House, dance
Years active	1990s
Labels	WT Records, Ore Music
Past members	Walter Taieb Everett Bradley Giuseppe Nuzzo

In April 1994, after acquiring a CS2000 Euphonix mixing board for his studio,^{[citation needed]} Taieb invited his friend, the Italian DJ and producer Giuseppe Nuzzo (DJ Pippi) who was the resident DJ of Pacha in Ibiza to come to New York to do a track for the summer.

After DJ Pippi's arrival, he played a couple of club tracks to Taieb, that gave the overall direction the recording was to take.

For vocals, Taieb invited another friend, New York session vocalist Everett Bradley. "I Love You Baby (Swing Mix)" was the first release on Taieb's label WT Records in 1994 after Mercury Universal passed on their option to release it. The following year, a remix by Dancing Divaz became a hit single titled as "I Luv U Baby", which reached No. 2 in the UK, No. 6 in Scotland, No. 12 in Ireland and No. 25 in the Netherlands. Its follow-up single, "B 2 Gether" was a top 30 hit in the UK reaching No. 29 and top 10 on the UK Dance Singles Chart at No. 8.

The huge success of "I Luv U Baby" prompted Everett Bradley to perform the song live on the BBC flagship music chart programme Top of the Pops^[1] on the 17 August 1995 episode.^[2]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		US ^[3]	US Rhythmic ^[4]	AUS ^[5]	BEL ^[6]	EUR ^[7]	IRE ^[8]	NLD ^[9]	SCO ^[10]^[11]	UK ^[12]	UK Dance ^[13]^[14]
"I Luv U Baby"	1995	66	35	48	48	10	12	25	6	2	3
"B 2 Gether"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42	29	8
"2 Your Right" (with Virtualdisco)	1996	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

1. "THE ORIGINAL - I LUV U BABY (TOTP)".
2. "On This Day In TOTP History". Popscene.
3. "The Original Chart History". Billboard.
4. . Billboard. Archived from the original on January 8, 2019.
5. "Australian-charts.com - The Original - I Luv U Baby".
6. "The Original - I Luv U Baby". ultratop.be.
7. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 2 September 1995. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
8. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know".
9. "The Original". Dutch Top 40.
10. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company".
11. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company".
12. "THE ORIGINAL - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company".
13. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 - Official Charts Company".
14. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 - Official Charts Company".

External links

• The Original discography at Discogs
• Walter Taieb on the song "I Luv U Baby"