Baha Men

Baha Men
Baha Men performing in June 2010
Background information
Also known as	High Voltage, The Baha Boys
Origin	New Providence, Bahamas
Genres	Junkanoo, dance, pop, reggae fusion
Years active	1980–present
Labels	EMI/S-Curve, Sony Music Entertainment/Latin America, Rough Trade Records
Members	Rik Carey Isaiah Taylor Dyson Knight Colyn "Moe" Grant Anthony "Monks" Flowers Leroy "Breaka" Butler Patrick Carey Jeffery Chea Herschell Small
Past members	Nehemiah Hield Anwar Rolle James "funky boi" Morrison Cedric Poitier Lou Reed Marvin Prosper Knowles Omerit Hield Ryan Andrews

Baha Men are a Bahamian band playing a modernized style of Bahamian music called junkanoo. They are best known for their 2000 hit single "Who Let the Dogs Out?".

The Baha Men formed in 1980 as High Voltage, initially playing disco and funk. They performed regularly in nightclubs and hotels in the Bahamas, and self-released several albums.

In 1991 one of their tapes found its way to Atlantic Records A&R man Steve Greenberg, who signed the band to the Big Beat subsidiary, at the same time getting the band to change their name to the Baha Men.

They released their first album under that name, Junkanoo, in 1992, the album including the local hit "Back to the Island".Kalik followed in 1994, including the international hit "Dancing in the Moonlight". The band moved with Greenberg to Polygram for the 1997 album I Like What I Like and Doong Spank, released the following year. The latter sold only 700 copies in the US and the band were dropped by the label.

Greenberg then started his own S-Curve label and signed the band. Original vocalist Nehemiah Hield left in 1999, to be replaced by his nephew Omerit. The band were most popular in the 1990s in Japan, and their 1999 album 2 Zero 0-0 was initially only released in that country.

They achieved great, but short-lived, popularity with 2000's remake of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (originally composed by Anslem Douglas), produced by Greenberg and Michael Mangini. The song was a chart success in many countries, and also became a popular song at US sporting events.

"Who Let the Dogs Out?" also earned the band several awards: a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Dance Recording;Billboard Music Awards for World Music Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year; and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favorite Song. In 2002, they won another Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.