DJ Miko
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DJ Miko is an Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

. He had a hit
Hit record
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 with a cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of Four Non Blondes's "What's Up
What's Up (song)
"What's Up?" is a rock song written by Linda Perry for 4 Non Blondes' debut album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! . It was released as the album's second single in 1993...

" in 1994, one year after the original. His version, featuring the British
United Kingdom
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 vocalist Louise Gard, hit #58 on the Billboard Hot 100
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 and #6 in the UK Singles Chart
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.

DJ Miko has also made many appearances on the eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...

 compilation album
Compilation album
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 Dancemania
Dancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...

series, specifically its sub-series albums including Dancemania Speed
Dancemania Speed
Dancemania Speed is a sub-series of Toshiba EMI's Dancemania compilation series. This series features faster, further remixed versions of recordings from previously released Dancemania albums or faster remixed covers of various famous songs...

and Dancemania Covers
Dancemania Covers
Dancemania Covers is a sub-series of the Dancemania compilation series, with various famous songs remixed and covered by various dance music acts.-Dancemania Covers:Dancemania Covers was released on July 16, 1997.-Dancemania Covers 2:...

since 1999, and on Konami
Konami
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's Bemani
Bemani
is Konami's music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply G.M.D., it changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, Beatmania, and expanded into other music-based games.-Bemani video games:...

 series of rhythm music video games with his covers of Jigsaw
Jigsaw (band)
Jigsaw were an English pop music group, fronted by the singer-songwriter duo of Clive Scott and Des Dyer. In Australia the group was called "British Jigsaw" due to the existence of a local band of the same name.-Overview:...

's "Sky High
Sky High
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" and The Knack
The Knack
The Knack was an American New Wave rock quartet based in Los Angeles that rose to fame with their first single, "My Sharona", an international number one hit in 1979.-Founding :...

's "My Sharona
My Sharona
"My Sharona" is the debut single by The Knack, released in 1979 from their album Get the Knack. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart where it remained for six weeks and was #1 on Billboards Top Pop Singles of 1979 year-end chart. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry...

".

Album

  • The Last Millennium (1999, Italy)
  1. "What's Up 2000" (The Ultimate Mix)
  2. "My Sharona"
  3. "Keep On" (BPM 140 Mix)
  4. "Sky High"
  5. "Superboy" (Factory Team Dance Mix)
  6. "Lovely Lullaby" (LP Version)
  7. "Radio Star"
  8. "Dreaming" (Original Mix)
  9. "Hot Stuff" (Factory Team Edit)
  10. "Clementine" (F.T. & Company Edit)
  11. "Rhythm"
  12. "What's Up" (Original Mix)
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