Daniel Merriweather

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Daniel Merriweather
Birth name	Daniel Paul Merriweather
Born	1982
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s)	R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2002-present
Label(s)	Marlin Records (Australia) Allido Records (US & UK) (through J Records in the US, RCA in the UK and Universal in Australia)
Associated acts	Mark Ronson Phrase
Website	http://www.danielmerriweather.com

Daniel Paul Merriweather (born 1982 in Melbourne, Australia) is an R&B singer/songwriter.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Music
- 1.2 Personal life
2 Tours
3 Criticism
4 Discography
5 Awards
6 Charts
7 Videography
8 External links
9 References

Biography

Music

To date, Daniel has released only two solo singles—"City Rules" (which features New York MC Saigon), and "She's Got Me" (originally included in DJ/Producer Mark Ronson's "Here Comes the Fuzz" album) (both 2004). While neither song had any huge commercial success, both songs have become favourites in Australian clubs and urban music circles; and have won APRA and ARIA awards (APRA for most performed Dance work - "City Rules^[1], ARIA for best Urban release^[2]); with "City Rules" also getting some airplay on the major Australian commercial radio stations FOX FM (Melbourne)/2Day FM and Nova.

His 2007 collaboration with Ronson (a version of The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before"), had huge commercial success in the UK where it was released as the lead-off single for Ronson's album "Version" (reaching #2).

Daniel is currently working on his debut album Love and War^[3]; which will feature production from Ronson. It will be released through Marlin Records in Australia and Allido Records (distributed through J Records) in the U.S in April 2009 (according to Daniel's announcement on Mark Ronson's East Village Radio show of 31 October 2008). A guest appearance on the upcoming album by Phrase has also been confirmed^[4]

Daniel cites Stevie Wonder, Prince, Jeff Buckley and Herbie Hancock as his major influences.

Personal life

Daniel grew up in the Dandenong Ranges area of Melbourne and attended Kallista PS, Billanook College and Blackburn High School. His musical education began with violin lessons in classes for lower income children; after dropping out of school, he focused all his attention on music, taking vocal lessons and performing in clubs around Melbourne^[5] He currently divides his time mostly between New York, and London while working on his album.^[6]

Tours

Daniel has supported Kanye West on his Australian tour, opened for Biz Markie in Brooklyn and Justin Timberlake in London; and headlined 2004's "City Rules" tour of Australia with Mark Ronson, Scribe and P-Money. He has performed live on various radio and television programs, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Triple J's Hip Hop show, Radio 1's Live Lounge show, and Sunrise. He has performed at various festivals and events including the Montreux Jazz Festival (alongside Erick Sermon); the 2004 St Kilda Festival and 2004 Melbourne World AIDS Day Concert.

During 2007, he toured the UK with Mark Ronson (as well as performing several solo shows). He also performed with Mark and the BBC Concert Orchestra at the 2007 BBC Electric Proms.

He also performed at the MTV Video Music Awards on 9 September 2007 alongside Ronson who acted as the official DJ for the proceedings.

On 22 February 2008, he appeared on BBC Radio One with Mark Ronson to perform a special version of his track 'Stop Me' as part of the early morning Chris Moyles breakfast show.

He also played at the 2008 Brit Awards alongside Mark Ronson

Also, he sang "stop me" on stage during Mark Ronson's Glastonbury 2008 set on the "other stage" on the afternoon of Sunday 29th of June.

Daniel performed in Australian for the first time since 2006 at the Global Gathering shows in November 2008 with Mark Ronson's Version Players.

Criticism

Many Smiths fans were critical of the Merriweather/Ronson version of "Stop Me" despite the song being approved by Morrissey and Johnny Marr prior to its release^[7].

In a September 2008 Telegraph blog post,^[8], columnist Neil McCormick said that while "the record sounds rich and vibrant", Merriweather had the "the vocal character of a jumped up boy band singer".

Discography

Albums

The Fifth Season 2006 (Unreleased)
Love and War 2009 TBR

Singles and EPs

"City Rules" 2004
"She's Got Me" 2004
Merriweather (promotional EP) 2004
iTunes Live: London Sessions (digital-only EP) 2008
"Chainsaw" (promo single) (2008)
"Change" (TBR) (2009)

Guest appearances and soundtrack contributions

All I Want (w/Disco Montego), Disco Montego (album) (2002)
Another Way Down (w/Harmonic), One Last Ride (soundtrack album) (2005)
Breakadawn (w/Rhymefest), Man In The Mirror (mixtape) (2007)
Bloodlust (w/Pnau) Again (album) (2003)
Catch Phrase (w/Phrase) Talk With Force (album) (2005)
Caught Up (w/ Brad Strut) Legend: Official (album) (2007)
Come Fly With Me (w/Mystro) Diggi Down Unda (album) (2006)
Does She Like It (w/Phrase) Talk With Force (album)(2005)
Four Seasons (w/Jase) Jase Connection Vol. 1 (album) (2006)
Heart & Soul (w/Phrase) Talk With Force (album) (2006)
Let's Ride (w/Wale) 100 Miles & Running (mixtape) (2007)
Maybe (feat. Lee Sissing); Hating Alison Ashley (Various Artists soundtrack album) (2005)
Money In My Pocket (w/ Wiley) See Clear Now (album) (2008)
Pot Of Gold (w/ Wale), 10 Deep Presents The New Deal (v/a mixtape) (2008)
Stop Me (AKA "Stop Me Medley") (w/Mark Ronson) Version' (2007)
Tied Up (w/ Juse), Global Casino (album) (2006)
Tied Up Pt. 2 (w/ Ethical), Ages Turn (album) (2008)
Who Is She? (w/DJ Peril) King Of The Beats (album) (2006)

In 2005, Merriweather recorded vocals for a song by Freeway, but this track remains unreleased.

Awards

Nomination, ARIA Best Urban release 2004, "City Rules"
WINNER, APRA most performed dance work 2005, "City Rules"
WINNER, ARIA Best Urban release 2005, "She's Got Me"

Charts

Year	Song	ARIA Top 100	ARIA Urban Chart	ARIA Club Chart	ARIA Australasian Singles	UK Singles
2004	City Rules	76	25	22 (Organix Remix)	17	-
2004	She's Got Me	69	+	24 (P-Money Mix)	20	N/R
2005	Catch Phrase (Phrase feat. Daniel Merriweather)	55	16	-	15	N/R
2007	Stop Me (Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather)	64	++	22 (Dirty South Mix / Chicken Lips Mix)	N/A	2
2008	Cash In My Pocket (Wiley feat. Daniel Merriweather)	TBR	TBR	TBR	N/A	18
2009	Change (feat. Wale)	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR

+ARIA strangely decided not to include "She's Got Me" in its Urban Singles chart; had it been listed it would have peaked at #21
++"Stop Me" was not eligible to be included in ARIAs Urban Singles chart due to its inclusion on the dance singles chart; had it been listed it would have peaked at #16

Videography

"City Rules" (feat. Saigon)
"She's Got Me"
"Catch Phrase" (Phrase feat. Daniel Merriweather)
"Tied Up" (Juse feat. Phrase, Ethical & Daniel Merriweather)
"Stop Me" (Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather) (Original Video) (note: does not appear in this video)
"Stop Me" (Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather)
"Oh My God" (Mark Ronson feat. Lily Allen) (makes small appearance in video)
"Tied Up Pt. 2" (Ethical feat. Daniel Merriweather)
"Cash In My Pocket" (Wiley feat. Daniel Merriweather) (note: does not appear in this video)
"Change"

External links

References

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