Elementfour
Elementfour (variants Element Four and Element 4) was a music producing duo made up of DJ Paul Oakenfold and musician/composer Andy Gray. Sometime before July 2000, they collaborated in writing and producing the opening theme for the Channel 4 reality series Big Brother. The theme, which was later released as a single, continued to be used when Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother moved to Channel 5 from 18 August 2011 until the show was axed and ended on 5 November 2018. A sample from the track was used again in 2022 to promote the upcoming 2023 series on ITV2.
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| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres | Trouse |
| Occupations | Record producer, remixer |
| Years active | 2000 |
| Label | Channel 4 Music |
| Past members | Paul Oakenfold Andy Gray |
Elementfour (variants Element Four and Element 4) was a music producing duo made up of DJ Paul Oakenfold and musician/composer Andy Gray. Sometime before July 2000, they collaborated in writing and producing the opening theme for the Channel 4 reality series Big Brother.[1] The theme, which was later released as a single, continued to be used when Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother moved to Channel 5 from 18 August 2011 until the show was axed and ended on 5 November 2018. A sample from the track was used again in 2022 to promote the upcoming 2023 series on ITV2.[2]
Discography
[edit]Singles
[edit]- As Elementfour
- 2000: "Big Brother UK TV Theme"
- 2000: "Element Four" (Belgium)[3] (reached No.13 in the Ultratop Dance charts)
- As Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| BEL [6] |
SCO [7] |
UK [8] | |||
| "Tast-E" | 2000 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Big Brother UK TV Theme" | — | 3 | 4 | ||
| "Element Four" | 13 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "ElementFour* - Big Brother UK TV Theme". Discogs. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ Coming 2023… | ITV2, retrieved 4 August 2022
- ^ "Element Four - Element Four". Discogs. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray - Tast-E (Australia)". Discogs. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray - Tast-E (Greece)". Discogs. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Element Four - Element Four". ultratop.be. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ Peak positions for Singles in Scotland:
- For "Big Brother UK TV Theme": "Chart Archive > September 3, 2000". Official Charts Company. 3 September 2000. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "ELEMENT FOUR - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
External links
[edit]- Elementfour discography at Discogs
- Elementfour discography at MusicBrainz
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