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2 in a Room
Rog Nice and Dose
Background information
Origin	Washington Heights, New York City, New York
Genres	House, hip-hop, freestyle
Years active	1987–1995
Labels	Cutting/Charisma/Virgin/EMI Records
Members	Rafael "Dose" Vargas Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta

2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta.

Musical career

They are best known for their 1990 hit single "Wiggle It", written and produced by George Morel and Rafael Vargas. It spent two weeks at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart,) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single. In early 1991 they released the album Wiggle It that Andrew Martin in Q Magazine called intelligent, modern hot-making".

Before that, they were known for a track called "Do What You Want" (1990) that got a lot of club and DJ play in New York and Chicago. "El Trago (The Drink)" was a number 86 Billboard Hot 100 chart entry (the last of their pop hits), but they did chart several more singles on the dance chart through the 1990s. Their first release in the UK was "Somebody in the House Say Yeah!" in the late part of 1989. They later changed their name to Fulanito; and style of music to merengue. Vargas, also known under Dose Material, was also member of 740 Boyz from 1991.

Discography

Albums

Singles

In popular culture

In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Wiggle It" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House.

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

1. ^ Martin, Andrew (5 March 1991). "Wiggle It review". Q Magazine. 55: 80.
2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 571. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
3. ^ Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > 2 in a Room in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
   • Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 287.
   • Do What You Want:"Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing September 16, 1991". Retrieved September 16, 2022.
4. "2 in a Room - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com.
5. "2 in a Room - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com.
6. "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at.
7. "ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". Ultratop.be.
8. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "2 in a Room". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 6. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
9. "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de.
10. "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl.
11. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch.
12. "Official Charts > 2 in a Room". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
13. "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
14. "Certified Awards Search: 2 in a Room". BPI. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-08-14.

External links

• 2 In A Room at AllMusic
• 2 In A Room at Discogs

• American dance music groups
• American house music duos
• Musical duos from New York (state)
• Charisma Records artists
• Electronic music groups from New York (state)
• American hip-hop duos
• American male musical duos
• Hip-hop groups from New York City
• Hip house music groups
• Musical groups established in 1987
• Musical groups disestablished in 1995
• American rappers of Dominican Republic descent
• East Coast hip-hop groups
• 1990 establishments in New York City