Natural Born Hippies is a Danish pop rock group.
Natural Born Hippies | |
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| Origin | Randers, Denmark |
| Genres | Pop rock, punk pop |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Labels | Iceberg Music Group |
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History edit
In 1997, the band formed in Randers, Denmark when Dan Hougesen, Sune Thorbjornsen, Bo Christensen, and Tom Lindby met. The following year, they signed with Iceberg Records.[1] Their cover of “Lola (If You Ever)” reached number 72 in Germany, and number 25 in Italy.[2] In 1999 they released Popshit as their debut album (re-issued in 2000).[3]
In 2001, they released their second album and a song titled after it, I Don’t Care.[4] The 2006 song, “Best Looking Guy in Town” was released as a single and was used as part of the soundtrack of video game tie-in to the Pixar film, Cars.[5][6] This song was also used as part of the 2007 racing game Juiced 2 Hot import Nights which it was deleted from the game Their album In Your Dreams was produced by Lutz Rahn and Mark Wills. Their cover of “Get It On” by T. Rex charted at 92 in Germany.[7] In 2004, their fourth album Wake Up Calls was released.
In 2018, they released “Mandela Under the Sun” as a single, and the song was used as the theme song for Nelson Mandela Library Project in South Africa.[1] They debuted the single during Go Morgen Danmark and it placed at number 2 on Danish Viral Spotify Charts.[8]
Discography edit
Albums
- Popshit (1999)
- I Don't Care (2001)
- In Your Dreams (2002)
- Wake Up Calls (2004)
Singles
- "Lola (if you ever...)" (1999)
- "Save Me" (1999)
- "Lovestream" (1999)
- "Spiderman" (1999)
- "I Don't Care" (2001)
- "Best Looking Guy in Town" (2001)
- "Get It On" (2002)
- "Mandela Under the Sun" (2018)
- "Mandela Under the Sun (The Danish Edition)" (2018)
References edit
- ^ a b "Natural Born Hippies". www.icebergmusicgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "italiancharts.com - Natural Born Hippies - Lola". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "Natural Born Hippies Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "danishcharts.com - Natural Born Hippies - I Don't Care". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "danishcharts.com - Natural Born Hippies - Best Looking Guy In Town". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ Cars (Video Game 2006) - Soundtracks - IMDb, retrieved 2023-06-21
- ^ "germancharts.de - Natural Born Hippies - Get It On". germancharts.de. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "Scene News: Natural Born Hippies wants us all to be together under the sun!". Whats My Scene. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2023-07-09.