My first introduction to Niki Haris was through the Madonna world tours, beginning with the Who’s That Girl Tour in 1987. She continued to travel with Madonna and sing backup on all world tours through 2001. During that time, Niki was writing and recording her own music and released a number of albums and singles, including some collaborations with the successful euro-dance group Snap!. Her debut single was actually a collaboration with another Madonna colleague, Jellybean. That song, “What’s It Gonna Be,” charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #90, and barely missed the top spot on the Dance Club Songs chart peaking at #2. That same year, Niki collaborated with the pop group Natural Selection on a song called “Do Anything.” That song climbed all the way to #2 on the Hot 100. Years later, Niki finally claimed a #1 single on the dance chart, when she collaborated with The Perry Twins on the single “Bad, Bad Boy.”
Niki’s music style is very diverse, as we find her recording music under many different genres. She can be found on some great dance anthem tracks, as well as some R&B, gospel, jazz, and world music. In 2003, Niki released a spectacular all-dance album titled “Dance.”
While touring with Madonna on various world tours, Niki met Donna DeLory. Together, they became a staple of Madonna’s most famous concerts and performances in the 80s and 90s. Their voices harmonized so beautifully, inspiring them to record music together. In fact, they recently recorded an EP, simply titled “Two Friends.” It began as an online campaign to allow pledgers to fund their musical project, and I am happy to have contributed to the project. It turned out so incredibly amazing!
My favorite remix of each single by Niki Haris is listed in chronological order below.
- What’s It Gonna Be (with Jellybean) ( All That Mix)
- Do You Love As Good As You Look (with Jellybean) (Forever Funhouse Mix)
- Tightrope (with Jellybean) (Original Version)
- Do Anything (with Natural Selection) (Justin Strauss Remix)
- Exterminate! (with Snap!) (Endzeit Remix Edit)
- Do You See The Light (with Snap!) (Snap 7 Inch Version)
- I Only Have Eyes For You (with Peter Cox) (Original Version)
- Where Are The Boys, Where Are The Girls? (with Snap! and Donna DeLory) (Original Version)
- Total Love (City Club Remix)
- We Are Family (as We Are Family Collective) (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
- The One (Original Version)
- Do You See The Light 2002 (with Snap! vs. Plaything) (Club Radio Mix)
- Some Day (Original Album Version)
- The Fall (Original Version)
- Upper Room (Original Version)
- Love Will Be Around (Original Version)
- Spanish Harlem (Latin Groove) (Original Version)
- Ain’t That The Way (Original Version)
- Throw It Away (Original Version)
- Someday (with Jean Claude Ades) (Main Radio Mix)
- I Will Always Be There (Original Version)
- Let Me Hear The Music (with L.E.X.) (L.E.X. Extended Mix)
- Total Love 2008 (with JCA Presents Solaphonics) (Yves Murasca & BK Duke Remix)
- Fallin (with Jean Claude Ades) (Original Version)
- Bad, Bad Boy (with The Perry Twins) (Solar City Radio Edit)
- This Time Baby (with Eddie X) (Billy Waters & John Michaels vs. TWB Anthem Mix)
- Not Enough (with John LePage) (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Radio Edit)
- Be The Change (with Donna DeLory) (Willies Electronic Bliss Mix)
- Rain (with Donna DeLory) (Willie Ray Lewis Remix)
- All Through The Night (with Donna DeLory) (Chimera State Remix)
- Blessed To Be A Witness (with Donna DeLory) (Atom Smith Remix)
- Outstanding! (with B. Courtland Saxon) (Original Version)
- This Was My House (with Bright Light Bright Light, Donna DeLory, and Initial Talk) (So Hard House Vocal Mix)
NIKI HARIS WANTED LIST:
- Tightrope (with Jellybean) (any remix)
- I Only Have Eyes For You (with Peter Cox) (any remix)
- Where Are The Boys, Where Are The Girls? (with Snap! and Donna DeLory) (any remix)
- The One (any remix)
- I Will Always Be There (any remix)
- Fallin (with Jean Claude Ades) (any remix)
- Outstanding! (with B. Courtland Saxon) (any remix)
- remixes of any song title not listed above
* My favorite remixes are of personal opinion entirely. All remixes in my collection are edited versions that were either released as professional edits or edited using my personal editing software. This page will be updated as new favorites are added, and new songs are released by the artist. If anyone can supply a track from my Wanted List, please contact me.
