Oceanic (band)

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title: "Oceanic (band)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["english-electronic-music-groups", "english-techno-music-groups", "english-house-music-groups", "warner-music-group-artists"] description: "English EDM group" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_(band)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary English EDM group ::

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• David Harry
• Frank Crofts
• Jorinde Williams
• Andy Lea

Oceanic were an English electronic dance music group, consisting of David Harry, Frank Crofts and singer Jorinde Williams.

Biography

The band were most famous for the dance hit song, "Insanity", which was released in 1991. This was the group's biggest commercial success, reaching No. 3 in the UK singles chart for three weeks{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | page= 403 | isbn= 1-904994-10-5}} and the ninth biggest-selling UK single of 1991. The track also made the Australian Top 40.

Later that year they released the follow-up, "Wicked Love", which reached No. 25 in the UK singles chart. In 1992 the act released their first and only album, entitled That Compact Disc by Oceanic, (also, That Cassette/LP By Oceanic for the audio cassette/LP versions respectively) which featured two different versions of "Insanity", and reached a chart position of No. 49 before dropping out of the UK Albums Chart after only 2 weeks. A third single, "Controlling Me", made No. 14 in the UK chart. Their final song to appear on the charts was "Ignorance" (with Siobhan Maher Kennedy), which was on the UK chart at No. 72 for one week in November 1992.

The group performed on several TV shows between 1991 and 1993, including four appearances on Top of the Pops, plus The Hitman and Her and an episode of Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show.

In 2006, the track "Insanity" featured on The Hitman and Her compilation CD.

Discography

Albums

::data[format=table title="List of albums, with selected chart positions"] | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | UK | AUS | That Album / That Cassette | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 49 | 131 | | | | ::

Singles

::data[format=table title="List of singles, with selected chart positions"] | Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | UK | AUS Peaks in Australia: | IRE | "Insanity" | "Wicked Love" | "Controlling Me" | "Ignorance" | "Celebration" | "Insanity '99" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1991 | 3 | 31 | — | That (CD/Cassette/Album) by Oceanic | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 96 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992 | 14 | 168 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | 72 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 1993 | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | | | | | | | | | | 1999 | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

References

References

1. "1991 Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 11 January 1992. p. 20.
2. "everyHit.com - UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts".
3. (14 July 1997). "Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show: Olympics".
4. [http://www.student.brad.ac.uk/alradtke/fsfss.html Student.brad.ac.uk] {{webarchive. link. (6 July 2007)
5. "HMV | Music, Films, & Games".
6. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 29 June 1992".
7. "Official Charts Company: Oceanic". [[Official Charts Company]].
8. "The Irish Charts – Search for "Oceanic" in Artist".

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