Felix (musician)

Felix
FELIX in Los Angeles 2012
Background information
Birth name	Francis Wright
Also known as	Felix
Origin	Chelmsford, Essex
Genres	House, dance
Occupation(s)	producer, DJ
Years active	1992–present

Felix (born Francis Wright) is a British producer and DJ. He is known for his hit track "Don't You Want Me" and his underground house project "The Party Crashers".

Felix was born in Chelmsford, Essex. His passion for music began early with a love of Soul & Funk from the "Street Sounds" compilations and the House Sound of Chicago. At the age of 15, after exploring a brief interest in Hip Hop, he decided to create his own music and began getting involved with DJ'ing.

After a handful of releases, Felix's 1992 track "Don't You Want Me" became the real game changer of his career and went on to become one of the most important tracks in dance music history. In an interview with AXS (ticket merchant) celebrating the track's 23 year release, Felix admitted "[he] was working a 9-to-5 job when the song first came out. It was just such a massive, massive hit.It caught a lot of people off guard and it changed [his] life completely because [he] jumped into it full-time... making music, then touring, DJing, and producing."

The track, "Don't You Want Me", which sampled Jomanda's "Don't You Want My Love" (remixed by Rollo and Red Jerry), went to number one on the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. It also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992. A remix of the song - "Don't You Want Me: Pugilist Mix" - formed the soundtrack to the multi-award-winning 1997 TV commercial for Blackcurrant Tango. "Don't You Want Me" was also sampled by David Guetta and Snoop Dogg on their collaboration "Wet" ("Sweat" - clean version) in 2011.