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Fast Boy

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Fast Boy
OriginBerlin, Germany
Genres
Years active2021–present
Members
  • Lucas Hain
  • Felix Hain

Fast Boy is a German EDM and house duo formed in Berlin in 2021. It consists of the brothers Lucas and Felix Hain.[1]

History

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Lucas and Felix Hain originally are from Karlstadt and founded Fast Boy in February 2021 in Berlin.[2] They were musically active beforehand under the name Oh Brother in Würzburg.[3] Both of them are record producers, songwriters and singers and collaborated with Meduza, Elley Duhé, Tiësto, Afrojack, Alok, Ofenbach, Öwnboss und Armin Van Buuren among others.[4] "Castle" was released in 2022 starring Hugel and Alle Farben.[5]

The song which made them famous is their feature in "Bad Memories" by Meduza and James Carter.[6] The song peaked at number 13 in the German single charts.[7] In February 2023, they released "Forget You" in collaboration with German DJ Topic which peaked at position 73 in the German single charts.[8]

The duo is under contract with the management agency Friends with Benefits.[4]

In 2024 German duo Fast Boy collabration with italian singer Raf presents sampled (remaking) track "Self Control" (Renamed "Wave").

Discography

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Singles

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List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing album name and year released
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GER
[9]
BLR
Air.

[10]
CIS
Air.

[11]
CZR
Air.

[12]
EST
Air.

[13]
MDA
Air.

[14]
POL
Air.

[15]
ROU
Air.

[16]
RUS
Air.

[17]
"Drive All Night"
(with David Puentez)
2021 * * Non-album singles
"Fever"
(with Somma)
"Trouble"
(with Somma)
"Raining on Me"
(Faulhaber and Noel Holler featuring Fast Boy)
"Castle"
(Alle Farben and Hugel featuring Fast Boy)
2022
"Overthinking"
(with Yuma)
"Imagine Me"
(Yves V featuring Fast Boy)
"One Day"
(with Martin Jensen)
"Left & Right"[18]
(with Öwnboss)
34
"Love Me Now"
(Ofenbach featuring Fast Boy)
147
"Bad Memories"
(Meduza and James Carter featuring Elley Duhé and Fast Boy)
13 5 4 1 6 1 1 1 7
"Forget You [de]"
(featuring Topic)
2023 73 11 6 3 1 135 1 4 7
"Good Life" 8 37
"Where You Are"
(with Nico Santos)
[A] 101 45 157
"All My Life"
(with Tiësto)
2024 [B] 143 165 113 178 167
"Electricity"
(with R3hab)
173 8
"Wave"
(with Raf)
[C] 14 5 30 32 1
"Chills (Feel My Love)"[22]
(with Oliver Heldens and David Guetta)
100 171 33
"Airforce"
(with Bausa)
[D]
"Last Summer"
(with Moby and Sophie and the Giants)
64
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
"*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time.

Awards

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Gold record

  •  Denmark
    • 2023: for Bad Memories
  •  France
    • 2024: for Bad Memories
  •  Canada
    • 2023: for Bad Memories
  •  Spain
    • 2024: for Bad Memories

Platinum record

2× Platinum record

  •  Poland
    • 2023: for Bad Memories

Notes

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  1. ^ "Where You Are" did not enter the Offizielle Deutsche Top 100 Single-Charts, but peaked at number 19 on the Offizielle Deutsche Top 100 Single-Trend-Charts.[19]
  2. ^ "All My Life" did not enter the Offizielle Deutsche Top 100 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Offizielle Deutsche Top 100 Single-Trend-Charts.[20]
  3. ^ "Wave" did not enter the Offizielle Deutsche Top 100 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Offizielle Deutsche Top 100 Single-Trend-Charts.[21]
  4. ^ "Airforce" did not enter the Offizielle Deutsche Top 100 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 1 on the Offizielle Deutsche Top 100 Single-Trend-Charts.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "NEW MUSIC AWARD - Fast Boy: "Volle Bruderpower voraus!"". www.sputnik.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  2. ^ Sarah Willer (2020-04-24). "Corona-Medley: Zwei Karlstädter Jungs reiten durch den Deutsch-Pop". Würzburg erleben (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  3. ^ Werbung (2020-08-25). "Oh Brother - Gefährlich". MAINLIKE® (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  4. ^ a b "FAST BOY | FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS" (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  5. ^ WDR (2022-02-25). "Alle Farben & Hugel feat. FAST BOY - "Castle"" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  6. ^ WDR (2022-09-23). "MEDUZA x James Carter feat. Elley Duhé & FAST BOY - "Bad Memories"" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  7. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  8. ^ "Fast Boy x Topic – Forget You (Single)". offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  9. ^ "Discographie von Fast Boy". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  10. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Belarusian Airplay:
  11. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Commonwealth of Independent States Airplay:
  12. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Czech Airplay:
  13. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Estonian Airplay:
  14. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Moldovan Airplay:
  15. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
  16. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Romanian Airplay:
  17. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Russian Airplay:
  18. ^ Gryglewicz, Piotr (2022-10-20). "Left & Right – Öwnboss tym razem inaczej, ale..." [Left & Right – Öwnboss different this time, but...]. DJ Raport (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  19. ^ "Single Trending Charts". mtv.de. GfK Entertainment. 2024-01-26. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  20. ^ "Single Trending Charts". mtv.de. GfK Entertainment. 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  21. ^ "Single Trending Charts". mtv.de. GfK Entertainment. 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  22. ^ "Oliver Heldens, David Guetta and Fast Boy Team Up for "Chills (Feel My Love)"". RCA Records. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Single Trending Charts". mtv.de. GfK Entertainment. 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  24. ^ Platin für Bad Memories in Griechenland at the Wayback Machine (archived 2023-05-17)