This is another group that passed me by. I guess I was snoozing again.
Yaki-Da were a Swedish pop group consisting of singers Marie Knutsen and Linda Schönberg. They were put together by Ace of Base band member and producer Jonas "Joker" Berggren. Berggren produced their entire first album and wrote all but two of the songs appearing on it.
They released their first album, Pride, in 1995 and the album's lead single, "I Saw You Dancing" reached number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the Billboard Dance Charts. They were somewhat more successful in Europe and Asia.
Their second album, A Small Step For Love, was released in 1998. It featured no collaborations with Jonas Berggren. The album spawned one single, entitled "I Believe". The song and album saw a very limited release in Europe and Korea. A music video, shot inside of a Korean airport (but featuring Chinese characters), was released for "I Believe".
One of the songs Jonas Berggren wrote and produced for Pride, "Show Me Love", was re-recorded by Berggren's own band, Ace of Base, for their 2002 album, Da Capo. [Wikipedia]
I guess they have been and gone, oh well, pleasant sound while it lasted.
I saw you dancing
Then I believe they changed their name to Y-D.
I'm guessing they changed because the Welsh tracked them down, or maybe they finally worked out it means "cheers" or "very good" in Welsh. Not being Welsh I cannot be sure, it was a phrase I heard a lot back in the UK. And we used it ourselves when we were making out to be Welsh, not very often. I think I remember Peter Sellers or Spike Milligan doing a spoof on Yaki Da being some sort of Welsh martial art. And of course the Goodies compared it to Ecky Thump, the Yorkshire martial art involving black puddings.
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