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Audio Bullys | |
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| Origin | London,United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2001 (2001)–2012 (2012); 2014 (2014)–present |
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Audio Bullys are a Britishelectronic music project fromLondon, originally consisting of Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale.
Franks and Dinsdale released their debut albumEgo War in 2003, and two years later followed up withGeneration, which featured a collaboration withSuggs and keyboardistMike Barson ofMadness on the track "This Road" and a collaboration with Suggs and Madness saxophonistLee Thompson on the subsequent track "Struck by the Sound". Their 2005 hit "Shot You Down", whichsampled theNancy Sinatra version of the song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", reached number 3 in theUK Singles Chart.[1]
Their third albumHigher Than the Eiffel, released on 29 March 2010, featured another collaboration with Suggs and Barson on the track "Twist Me Up", with Suggs' daughter Viva providing backing vocals on the track "Smiling Faces".
In celebration of the 20th anniversary ofEgo War Audio Bullys launched their comeback with a new collaboration with Michael Bibi onSolid Grooves. Featuring a fresh take on the iconic vocals of “We Don’t Care” from Simon Franks.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | UK Dance [3] | UK Down. [4] | UK Indie [5] | FRA [6] | NED [7] | SCO [8] | ||||||||
| Ego War | 19 | — | — | — | 129 | 86 | 21 | |||||||
| Generation |
| 33 | 3 | — | — | — | 36 | 42 | ||||||
| Higher Than the Eiffel |
| 87 | 10 | 55 | 9 | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| UK [2] | UK Dance [10] | UK Down. [11] | UK Indie [12] | AUS [13] | FRA [6] | IRE [14] | ITA [15] | NED [7] | SCO [16] | |||||
| 2003 | "We Don't Care" | 15 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 97 | 20 | Ego War | ||
| "The Things"/"Turned Away" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | ||||
| "Way Too Long" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | ||||
| 2004 | "Snake" | 45 | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | 100 | — | |||
| "Break Down the Doors" (Morillo featuring Audio Bullys) | 44 | 4 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 86 | 52 | Non-album single | |||
| 2005 | "Shot You Down" (featuringNancy Sinatra) | 3 | — | 2 | — | 17 | — | 22 | 56 | 23 | 6 |
| Generation | |
| "I'm in Love" | 27 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | 72 | 28 | ||||
| 2006 | "Drop It" | 200 | 35 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 2008 | "Gimme That Punk" | — | 9 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Flickery Vision" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Dope Fiend" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | "Only Man" | 44 | 6 | 47 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | Higher Than the Eiffel | ||
| 2011 | "Shotgun" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2015 | "Wicked Things" (Sander Kleinenberg featuring Audio Bullys) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Under Pressure" (with Alex Kidd) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | "It Was a Very Good Year" (featuring Surge) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | "The Scene" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2023 | "As We Step" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2024 | "Dilate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Outlaws" (with Anti-Up) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Paperwork" (with TCTS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
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