Widelife

Canadian electronic music duo

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Widelife

Origin| Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres| Dance
Years active| 2002-2005
Labels| Nervous Records, Capitol
Past members| Ian J. Nieman
Rachid Wehbi

Widelife is a Canadian electronic music songwriting and production team consisting of Ian J. Nieman and Rachid Wehbi. They are best known for their single "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)", which was the theme song for the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

## History

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Widelife collaborated with Thunderpuss on their release "Six Feet Under". They then released a single, "I Don't Want You", which topped Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in October 2002.[1]

The duo was soon asked to remix songs by Mariah Carey, Lamya, Deborah Cox, Soluna and LeAnn Rimes. Their next writing and production effort, "Body (Reach Out)" with vocals by Faith Trent, also went to number 2 on the Billboard dance charts.

The duo composed the theme song for the television series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, titled "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)".[2][3] Featuring Simone Denny on vocals, the track was released as the lead single from the soundtrack to the TV series,[4] reached number two on world dance charts,[5] and peaked in the top 20 on the Australian singles chart in April 2004. The track was performed by the duo on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was also featured in the episode of South Park entitled "South Park Is Gay!".

Widelife later developed the theme music for the television shows Knock First and for Trio's "24 w/".[2]

## Discography

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### Singles

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Year  | Single  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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AUS
[6] | US
Dance
[7]
2001  | "Six Feet Under"[8] | —  | —  | Singles only
2002  | "I Don't Want You"[9] | —  | 1
"Body (Reach Out)"[10] | —  | 2
2003  | "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)"  | 12  | 5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

### Remixes

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Year  | Single  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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Dance
[7]
1998  | "Faith Hill - This Kiss"[11] | —  | Remixes
2002  | "Lamya - Empires"[12] | 1
"Deborah Cox - Mr. Lonely"[13] | 1
"Heather Headley - He Is"[14] | 4
"Thunderpuss - Head"[15] | 1
"Soluna - Mi Amor"[16] | —
"LeAnn Rimes - Tic Toc"[17] | 10
"Suddenly"  | —
2003  | "Rockik - Memories"[18] | 31
"You Got Me Movin'"[19] | —
"LeAnn Rimes - We Can"[17] | 19
"Haru - Haru"[20] | 5
"Nelly Furtado - Powerless"[21] | 5
2015  | "Tori Kelly - Hollow"[22] | 3
2021  | "Mariah Carey - The One"[23] | —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

## Awards

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Widelife won a Juno Award in 2005 for "Dance Recording of the Year" for "All Things".[24] Widelife was nominated for "Best Underground Dance Track" and "Best New Dance Artist Group" at the IDMA 31st Annual International Dance Music Awards.[25]

## See also

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* List of number-one dance hits (United States)
* List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

## References

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1. ^ "Dance Club Chart". Billboard, October 26, 2002.
2. ^ a b "A Winner for Widelife". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 6 March 2004. pp. 30–. ISSN 0006-2510.
3. ^ Chuck Taylor (13 December 2003). "Singles: Dance". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 45–. ISSN 0006-2510.
4. ^ Alonzo Duralde (30 March 2004). Tunes Queer for the Straight Ear. Here Publishing. pp. 61–. ISSN 0001-8996. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
5. ^ "World Dance / Trance Top 30 Singles - Year-End". T49-Charts, 2004.
6. ^ Australian peaks
7. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003, 2004
8. ^ Wide Life & Thunderpuss – Six Feet Under (2002, Vinyl), retrieved 2021-05-19
9. ^ "Widelife". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
10. ^ Faith Trent – Body (Reach Out) (2002, CD), retrieved 2021-05-19
11. ^ Faith Hill – This Kiss (1998, CD), retrieved 2021-05-19
12. ^ "Lamya". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
13. ^ "Deborah Cox". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
14. ^ "Heather Headley". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
15. ^ "Barnes". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
16. ^ Soluna – Monday Mi Amor (Vinyl), retrieved 2021-05-19
17. ^ a b "LeAnn Rimes". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
18. ^ "Rockik". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
19. ^ Kim Esty – You Got Me Movin' The Widelife Mixes (CD), retrieved 2021-05-19
20. ^ "Haru". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
21. ^ "Nelly Furtado". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
22. ^ "Tori Kelly". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
23. ^ "Mariah Carey Drops 'Charmbracelet' Remix EPs". Billboard. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
24. ^ "Dance Recording of the Year 2005". Juno Awards Database
25. ^ "31st Annual International Dance Music Awards - Winter Music Conference 2016 - WMC 2016". 2016-03-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2021-05-19.

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