Colleen Fitzpatrick
Overview
Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1972) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress better known by her stage name, Vitamin C. Her singles include "Graduation (Friends Forever)
Graduation (Friends Forever)
"Graduation " is a single by American pop singer Vitamin C released in 2000 through Elektra Entertainment. It was the third single from her debut album Vitamin C. The song is considered, to date, the biggest hit of Vitamin C. The song is well known for being played at high school graduations and at...

", "As Long As You're Loving Me
As Long As You're Loving Me
"As Long As You're Loving Me" is a single by Vitamin C released in 2001. This was the second and final single taken from her second album More. It was written by Shelly Peiken and Guy Roche. The song was also included on the 2001 soundtrack to the comedy film See Spot Run.- Reception :The single...

", "The Itch
The Itch (Vitamin C song)
"The Itch" is pop singer Vitamin C's first single from her second album, More. Vitamin C also performed the song on the sketch comedies MADtv and All That.-Reception:The song failed to crack the top 40 on the Hot 100 in 2001, peaking at #45....

", and her most successful hit the Top 20 Gold certified "Smile
Smile (Vitamin C song)
"Smile" is the debut single by Vitamin C released in 1999. It was the first single released from her debut solo album Vitamin C. Although billed as a Vitamin C single, the song is actually a duet with Vitamin C alternating riffs with Lady Saw , a Jamaican reggae singer known as "the first Lady of...

". Vitamin C is also the former lead singer of the alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Eve's Plum
Eve's Plum
Eve's Plum was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. The band was fronted by Colleen Fitzpatrick. Eve's Plum released two albums and numerous singles on 550/EpicRecords, before breaking up in 1998.- Forming :...

. As an actress she has appeared in the films Hairspray, Get Over It
Get Over It (film)
Get Over It is a 2001 American romantic comedy film about a teenage boy whose girlfriend ends their relationship. The film was directed by Tommy O'Haver for Miramax Films. The film stars Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Colin Hanks, Shane West, and Martin Short. R. Lee Fleming,...

, Da Hip Hop Witch
Da Hip Hop Witch
Da Hip Hop Witch is a 2000 American horror/comedy film directed by Dale Resteghini. The film is a parody of The Blair Witch Project, and features appearances by Eminem, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, Pras, Rah Digga, Vitamin C and Vanilla Ice.-Plot:...

, Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 parody film. It is the second film of the Scary Movie franchise. Though part of the first Scary Movies tagline read "...No sequel," this film's tagline compensated by adding "We lied"....

, and Dracula 2000
Dracula 2000
Dracula 2000, also known internationally as Dracula 2001, is a 2000 horror film written and directed by Patrick Lussier. The film stars Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jeri Ryan, and Jennifer Esposito.Dracula 2000, the...

.

She was ranked #76 on the Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
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Hot 100 Women of 2001.
Quotations

I don't think the music is all that different, actually. It is produced and presented in a different way. I don't favour one type of music over another. I like music that is melodic, so I like what I am doing now. I haven't abandoned guitars, I am just a little less angry than I was then. I am still proud of Eve's Plum, and I think they could be Vitamin C songs, and some Vitamin C songs could be Eve's Plum songs. I really like this one, it is the best one of all.

It was great, I love onions!

It's not as if I went from hardcore punk to four-on-the-floor dance music. I always considered the songs I've written to be intelligent pop songs and perhaps just the production that varies but it's still very much the same voice.

Comparing Eve's Plum to Vitamin C

I'm better suited to doing this because I enjoy dancing and performing, so I can incorporate a whole bunch of different elements of my personality into the performance component of Vitamin C and it turns out, without trying, there was a certain positive spirit and strong point of view [in the songs] that fairly well represented my personality. So it all came together quite nicely.

About the Vitamin C project

I decided that instead of replacing members of Eve's Plum and keeping it going against some internal and external odds, I would continue doing music, but do it by myself," explains Fitzpatrick. "But it took me a little while because I wasn't sure I was really ready emotionally and mentally to jump back into the fire immediately.

About the Vitamin C project

You get treated better [laugh], Being a girl about town is different from being a girl with five guys about town.

Comparing Eve's Plum to Vitamin C

I'm not quite sure that I know how they complement each other, because I use them for the opposite reason. I find music to be an intensely personal kind of thing, perhaps it's because I write a lot of the stuff. I use acting to escape from being me, and I use music to explore being me. I think that's the best way to put it.

Asked how dancing & music complement each other

 
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