Artist · chart history
Dee-Lite
Band New York United States Active 1986–1996
Dee-Lite formed in 1986 in New York, United States and was active until 1996. Dee-Lite has 25 chart appearances on 22 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Groove Is In The Heart”, which appears on 21 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Dee-Lite most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1990.
Deee-Lite, often spelled Dee-Lite, were a New York City house and dance outfit who made the turn of the '90s look like a technicolor block party. The lineup was Lady Miss Kier, Super DJ Dmitry and Towa Tei, and their debut album World Clique in 1990 was a riot of color, funk and house beats, a record that sounds like a glitter bomb going off in slow motion.
"Groove Is in the Heart" was the one, a top-ten hit in several countries, with a bassline that pops like a champagne cork and a groove that swings like a hammock. It still turns any room into a dance floor, and "What Is Love" kept the bubbles rising.
They wound down in 1996, but Billboard ranked them in 2016 as the 55th most successful dance act of all time, and one song has never let them be forgotten.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dee-Lite on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Groove Is In The Heart | 21 | #3 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | What is Love | 3 | #29 | – | 1990 | |
| 3 | Good Beat | 1 | #648 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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