The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid. They have become known for their songs Letter from America and I'm Gonna Be ( 500 Miles). In 1990, their cover version of the 1965 classic King of the Road by Roger Miller an international hit, reaching the charts throughout Europe.

Three years later, I'm Gonna Be ( 500 Miles) was then used as the theme song of the movie Benny and Joon and gave them their biggest international success. In the U.S., they came up with it # 3 on the charts. This also gave them once more lift for her 1994 album Hit the Highway. In the following years, the success abated, and the twins took a break from the music. Only in the 2000s, they released new albums and were thus in the charts, even if single- success failed to materialize. Furthermore, the Proclaimers contributed the song I'm on My Way at the soundtrack of the 2001 film Shrek published.

2007 celebrated Craig and Charlie Reid then a chart comeback with the help of two British comedian Peter Kay and Matt Lucas aka Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin ( Little Britain ). Kay, who in 2005 recorded a classic for the charity event Comic Relief new and made ​​a hit, the 500 Miles took before, and together they made 19 years after the first Proclaimers single the first number - one hit of the Scots. As of 2005, the song experienced a big comeback thanks to the U.S. comedy series How I Met Your Mother. A remix of 500 Miles also uses the OMV for the advertising campaign, 2011 In the movie Angels ' Share -. A sip for the angels of Ken Loach (2012 ) the song is also used several times.

In September 2013 ( TIFF) released movie adaptation of the musical " Sunshine on Leith " ( after the eponymous album by Proclaimers see below) 13 songs of the Proclaimers are used in the soundtrack (directed by Dexter Fletcher, Book: Stephen Greenhorn ).

Discography

Albums

Singles

• 2002: The Best of the Proclaimers 1987-2002