Tony Christie

The song was re-released in March 2005 to raise money for the Comic Relief charity, with an accompanying video where Peter Kay mimed the song accompanied by various celebrities including Bez, Michael Parkinson, Heather Mills McCartney and Tony himself. Four years after the release of Discovery, Daft Punk realeased their follow up album, Human After All. In 2002 "Is This Way The Way To Amarillo?" was used in the comedy series Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, leading to a resurgence in his popularity. Bangalter also teamed up with DJ Falcon to create Together, who subsequently released the club smash So Much Love To Give. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo operates his own music label, Crydamoure. In 1999 he was the vocalist on the Jarvis Cocker-penned UK top ten hit "Walk Like A Panther" by the Sheffield band All Seeing I. In 2002 he produced the motion picture soundtrack for Gaspar Noé's Irréversible. He played the role of Magaldi in the original 1975 album recording of the musical Evita and sought to represent the UK in the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest but came third in the national contest to select an entrant behind eventual contest winners Brotherhood of Man. With Music Sounds Better With You, Thomas Bangalter had a major club hit in 1998, released under the name Stardust on his own Roulé-label.

He also had a minor hit with "Avenues and Alleyways", the theme to the television series The Protectors. The album Discovery subsequentally became the soundtrack to the anime film Interstella 5555, which they co-produced with Leiji Matsumoto. Born with the real name Anthony Fitzgerald in 1943, he had two top twenty hits in the UK charts in 1971 with "I Did What I Did For Maria" and "Is This The Way To Amarillo?". The music videos for their singles from Homework featured memorable characters and were directed by cult video producers, including Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry. Tony Christie is a British singer from Conisborough, South Yorkshire. The duo "became" robots for all of their publicity shots and interviews. Interview on BBC Radio Sheffield (http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/toby/tony_christie/index.shtml). Daft Punk are notable for their use of visuals in music.

Official website (http://www.tonychristie.com). Much of Daft Punk's newer fan base knows them mainly from Discovery. Some have interpreted the title "Discovery" as meaning "very Disco", as much of the album hearkens to the disco era; "Homework" can also be a reference to the respective album's focus, house music (Home ≈ House). Nevertheless, it sold very well, and the single "One More Time" was a major club hit. 2001's Discovery, with its more commercial, synth-pop-oriented style, disappointed some fans of Homework.

In addition to "Da Funk", "Around the World" was the most successful single from Homework. The album Homework (Virgin, 1996) was regarded as an innovative synthesis of techno, house, acid house and electro, and widely acknowledged as one of the most influential dance music albums of the nineties. Daft Punk's debut single The New Wave (Soma, 1993) was followed by their first commercially successful single "Da Funk" (1995). Its name was inspired by a review in the British music magazine Melody Maker, which described their first collaboration, a Beach Boys inspired guitar group named Darling that recorded on Stereolab's Duophonic imprint in 1992, as "a bunch of daft punk".

Daft Punk is the main project of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975), two dance music artists from Paris. Virgin Records Daft Punk official website (http://www.virginrecords.com/daft_punk/). Daft Punk discography on Discogs.com (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Daft+Punk). Official german website (http://www.daftpunk.de/).

Official website (http://www.daftpunk.com/). Face to Face - Hot Dance Music/Club Play, reached #1. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Hot Dance Music/Club Play, peaked at #3. Digital Love - Hot Dance Music/Club Play, peaked at #9.

One More Time - Top 40 Tracks, peaked at #32. One More Time - Top 40 Mainstream, peaked at #33. One More Time - Hot 100, peaked at #61. One More Time - Rhythmic Top 40, reached #27.

One More Time - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-single Sales, peaked at #2. One More Time - Canadian singles chart, reached #1. One More Time - Hot Dance Music/Club Play, reached #1. Revolution 909 - Hot Dance Music/Club Play, peaked at #12.

Da Funk - Hot Dance Music/Club Play, reached #1. Around the World - Hot 100, peaked at #61. Around the World - Hot Dance Music/Club Play, reached #1. Interstella 5555 (Movie, DVD, 2003).

- A Story about Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes (DVD/VHS, 1999). D.A.F.T. Human After All (2005). Daft Club (Remix LP) (2003).