Bus Stop (band)

Bus Stop
Origin	London, England
Genres	Pop, dance, Europop, Eurodance, hip hop
Years active	1998–2002
Labels	EMI
Associated acts	Daz Sampson
Members	Darren Sampson (Daz Sampson) Graham Turner Mark Hall Nikki Reid (Lane)

Bus Stop were a British dance act made up of Darren Sampson (known as Daz Sampson), alongside Graham Turner, Mark Hall and Nikki Reid (Lane). It was formed in 1998 and had a string of hit singles before disbanding in 2002. The main vocalist Daz Sampson went on for a successful musical career including representing Britain in 2006 in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The band was best known for its dance remakes of well-known hits, and some of the remakes quite often featured the original artists themselves invited to take part in the new recordings. This way, Bus Stop was able to bring back many old hits to the charts with new catchy arrangements and revved up tunes and mixes. On many recordings, Daz Sampson, the main vocalist of the band, would add some rap sequences as well.

Starting in 1998, Bus Stop had a string of hits and are best known for their very successful 1998 single "Kung Fu Fighting", the original being a UK #1 hit in 1974. Bus Stop's remake of the original song featuring the vocals of the original artist himself Carl Douglas. The sampled song added original rap lyrics, a style they would resort to in later hits as well. The single reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1998.

After the success of "Kung Fu Fighting", the group released three further remakes, "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" that featured Randy Bachman, dance version of Van Halen's "Jump" and "Get It On" that featured T. Rex.

Other hits included remakes of "Footloose" (originally by Kenny Loggins) and "Na-Na" (originally a hit by Steam called "Goodbye" popularly known as "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". Bus Stop also released "Kick the Can", "Swing It", "One Two (Little Bitch)" and "Long Train Runnin'".

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