Albums by M People
ALBUMFrescoM People
ALBUMNorthern SoulM People
ALBUMBizarre FruitM People
ALBUMBizarre FruitM People
ALBUMElegant SlummingM People
ALBUMElegant SlummingM People
ALBUMNorthern SoulM People
M People's Popular Music Videos
Moving On Up
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Excited (M People Master Mix)
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Search for the Hero
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One Night In Heaven
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How Can I Love You More? (Top of the Pops 1993)
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Don't Look Any Further
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Open Your Heart
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One Night in Heaven (Come Again Live in Manchester '94)
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Someday (Elegant TV '93)
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Colour My Life (Come Again Live In Manchester '94)
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Artist Playlists
M People Essentials
Cult figures in the U.S., the house supergroup were pop hitmakers in the UK
Artist Biography
During the ’90s, M People dominated the clubs and pop charts with a potent combination of insistent house-music grooves and aspirational vocals. The group’s 1993 global breakthrough smash, “Moving On Up,” exemplified their sound as it exuded a fiery dance-floor presence and disco-kissed textures. M People formed in 1990 around Mike Pickering, a DJ at Manchester’s legendary Hacienda who was also in Factory Records mainstays Quando Quango, along with acid-jazz veteran Paul Heard and soulful vocalist Heather Small. Their 1991 debut, Northern Soul, spawned the hits “How Can I Love You More?” and “Colour My Life,” leading to M People hitting their stride with a pair of multiplatinum releases, 1993’s Elegant Slumming and the following year’s Bizarre Fruit. Though their hit streak ended with 1999’s “Dreaming,” the group continued to tour and play festivals into the 21st century, exuding the good vibes that first made them stars.
Hometown
Manchester, England
Genre
Pop