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| occupation = Musician
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| birth_name = Jyoti Prakash Mishra
| birth_name = Jyoti Prakash Mishra
| birth_place = [[Rourkela]], India
| birth_place = [[Rourkela]], India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|30 July 1966|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|30 July 1966|df=y}}
| origin = [[Derby]], England
| origin = [[Derby]], England
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Indie pop]]|[[electronic music|electronic]]|[[alternative dance]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[trip hop]]}}{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
| years_active = 1989–present
| years_active = 1989–present
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| label = {{hlist|Satya|[[Parasol Records|Parasol]]|[[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]/[[EMI]]||[[Elefant Records|Elefant]]|Bzangy}}
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'''Jyoti Prakash Mishra''' (born 30 July 1966), better known by his stage name '''White Town''', is a British-Indian singer and musician.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/><ref>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p200682}}</ref> He is best known for his 1997 hit song "[[Your Woman]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/09/10-greatest-british-one-hit-wonders|title=10 Greatest British One-Hit Wonders|last=McAlpine|first=Fraser|publisher=[[BBC America]]|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>
'''Jyoti Prakash Mishra''' (born 30 July 1966), better known by his stage name '''White Town''', is a British-Indian singer, musician, and [[record producer| producer]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/><ref>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p200682}}</ref> He is best known for his 1997 hit song "[[Your Woman]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/09/10-greatest-british-one-hit-wonders|title=10 Greatest British One-Hit Wonders|last=McAlpine|first=Fraser|publisher=[[BBC America]]|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Jyoti Prakash Mishra was born in [[Rourkela]] on 30 July 1966, and emigrated to England with his family at the age of three. He grew up in [[Derby]].<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=425}}</ref>
Jyoti Prakash Mishra was born in [[Rourkela]], India on 30 July 1966, and emigrated to England with his family at the age of three. He grew up in [[Derby]], England.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=425}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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The lead single from White Town's second album, ''[[Women in Technology (album)|Women in Technology]]'', titled "[[Your Woman]]", reached No. 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in January 1997.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums" /> It also peaked at No. 1 in Spain and Iceland; No. 2 in Australia; No. 4 in Canada, Denmark, and Finland; and No. 23 on the U.S. Pop Airplay chart.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} After a troubled working relationship with EMI, Mishra was dropped from the label in 1997.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Since then, he has gone back to working with indie labels such as Parasol Records. In 2006, he contributed the song "The [[Project for the New American Century|PNAC]] Cabal" to the charity album ''Voyces United for UNHCR''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
The lead single from White Town's second album, ''[[Women in Technology (album)|Women in Technology]]'', titled "[[Your Woman]]", reached No. 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in January 1997.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums" /> It also peaked at No. 1 in Spain and Iceland; No. 2 in Australia; No. 4 in Canada, Denmark, and Finland; and No. 23 on the U.S. Pop Airplay chart.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} After a troubled working relationship with EMI, Mishra was dropped from the label in 1997.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Since then, he has gone back to working with indie labels such as Parasol Records. In 2006, he contributed the song "The [[Project for the New American Century|PNAC]] Cabal" to the charity album ''Voyces United for UNHCR''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}


The EP ''A New Surprise'' was released in September 2006 by Swedish indie label Heavenly Pop Hits, and was followed by the album ''[[Don't Mention the War]]'', which launched Mishra's own Bzangy Records label. A 7" White Town single titled "I Wanna Be Your Ex", with the B-side "Rainy Day", was released by Golly Jane Records in November 2014. Mishra released the albums ''Deemab'' and ''Polyamory'' in 2019. As of March 2020, he accumulates over 500,000 [[Spotify]] streams per month; his work received a boost in popularity in 2020 when [[Dua Lipa]] sampled the same trumpet hook White Town sampled in "Your Woman" in her song "[[Love Again (Dua Lipa song)|Love Again]]".<ref name="Sample 2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/9346247/white-town-dua-lipa-sample-your-woman-love-again|title=White Town's Jyoti Mishra on Dua Lipa Lifting 'Your Woman' Hook For 'Love Again': 'There's Magic in Old Samples'|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Jefferson|first=J'na|date=30 March 2020|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref>
The EP ''A New Surprise'' was released in September 2006 by Swedish indie label Heavenly Pop Hits, and was followed by the album ''[[Don't Mention the War]]'', which launched Mishra's own Bzangy Records label. A 7" White Town single titled "I Wanna Be Your Ex", with the B-side "Rainy Day", was released by Golly Jane Records in November 2014. Mishra released the albums ''Deemab'' and ''Polyamory'' in 2019. As of March 2020, he accumulates over 500,000 [[Spotify]] streams per month; his work received a boost in popularity in 2020 when [[Dua Lipa]] sampled the same trumpet hook White Town sampled in "Your Woman" in her song "[[Love Again (Dua Lipa song)|Love Again]]".<ref name="Sample 2020">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/pop/9346247/white-town-dua-lipa-sample-your-woman-love-again|title=White Town's Jyoti Mishra on Dua Lipa Lifting 'Your Woman' Hook For 'Love Again': 'There's Magic in Old Samples'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Jefferson|first=J'na|date=30 March 2020|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref>


==Artistry==
==Artistry==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Mishra became [[straight edge]] at the age of sixteen<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kuhn |first1=Gabriel |title='Why Is Your Band Called White Town?': Indie Pop, Dialectical Materialism, and Straight Edge |url=https://diyconspiracy.net/jyoti-mishra-interview/ |website=DIY Conspiracy |access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> and is a radical [[Marxist]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Lester|first=Paul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/21/devo-white-town-babybird-what-happens-when-your-cult-pop-band-gets-huge|title=Devo, White Town, Babybird: what happens when your cult pop band gets huge?|date=2016-01-21|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-28|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He has been outspoken about his beliefs.<ref name=dazed>{{cite web|access-date=26 March 2018|magazine=[[Dazed]]|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/34617/1/white-town-your-woman-number-one-1997|title=Remembering one of the UK's unlikeliest number one singles|publication-date=8 February 2017|first=Selim |last=Bulut|date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
Mishra became [[straight edge]] at the age of sixteen<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kuhn |first1=Gabriel |title='Why Is Your Band Called White Town?': Indie Pop, Dialectical Materialism, and Straight Edge |url=https://diyconspiracy.net/jyoti-mishra-interview/ |website=DIY Conspiracy |access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> and is a radical [[Marxist]];<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Lester|first=Paul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/21/devo-white-town-babybird-what-happens-when-your-cult-pop-band-gets-huge|title=Devo, White Town, Babybird: what happens when your cult pop band gets huge?|date=21 January 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=28 April 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> he has been outspoken about his beliefs.<ref name=dazed>{{cite web|access-date=26 March 2018|magazine=[[Dazed]]|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/34617/1/white-town-your-woman-number-one-1997|title=Remembering one of the UK's unlikeliest number one singles|publication-date=8 February 2017|first=Selim |last=Bulut|date=8 February 2017}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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| 2000
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|align="left"| ''[[Peek & Poke (White Town album)|Peek & Poke]]''
|align="left"| ''[[Peek & Poke (album)|Peek & Poke]]''
* Released: 23 May 2000
* Released: 23 May 2000
* Label: Bzangy Groink
* Label: Bzangy Groink
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|align="left"|''Philogrammetry''
* Released: 9 September 2023
* Label: Bzangy
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===Extended plays===
===EPs===
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* Label: Bzangy
* Label: Bzangy
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|2024
|align="left"|''Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky''
* Released: 2024
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! rowspan="2"| Single
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
! rowspan="2" |[[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! rowspan="2" | Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
!width="35"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
!width="35"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 599}}</ref>
| page= 599}}</ref>
!width="35"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=White+Town&titel=Your+Woman&cat=s|title=White Town – Your Woman|website=Australian-charts|access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>
!width="35"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]
!width="35"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]
!width="35"|[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]
!width="35"|[[French Singles Chart|FRA]]
!width="35"|[[French Singles Chart|FRA]]
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* [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]: Platinum<ref>{{Cite web |title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles |url=https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/orr9fphn3kyhykimwm11l/ABGMc-2n1wlfWmzmM0MYe4E/1997%20Accreds.pdf?rlkey=b5et6u9n5p7f3gkxgmqhivbyf |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=ARIA}}</ref>
* [[SNEP]]: Gold<ref>{{Cite web |title=French single certifications – White Town – Your Woman |url=https://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/?categorie=Tout&interprete=White+Town&titre=Your+Woman |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=SNEP}}</ref>
* [[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]]: Gold<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand single certifications – White Town – Abort, Retry, Fail/Your Woman |url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3773 |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=RMNZ}}</ref>
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref>{{Cite web |title=British single certifications – White Town – Your Woman |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8450-631-1 |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=BPI}}</ref>
| align="left" | ''>Abort, Retry, Fail?_'' and ''Women in Technology''
| align="left" | ''>Abort, Retry, Fail?_'' and ''Women in Technology''
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|''Women in Technology''
| align="left" |''Women in Technology''
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| 1998
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| align="left" rowspan="1"| ''Peek & Poke''
| rowspan="1" align="left" | ''Peek & Poke''
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| 2006
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| align="left"| ''Don't Mention the War''
| align="left" | ''Don't Mention the War''
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| 2010
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| align="left" rowspan="1"| ''Monopole''
| rowspan="1" align="left" | ''Monopole''
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| 2014
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| rowspan="3" align="left" |''Deemab''
| rowspan="3" align="left" |''Deemab''
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|align="left"| "How I Love You"
|align="left"| "How I Love You"
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[[Category:1966 births]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Rourkela]]
[[Category:English people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Odia people]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to England]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to England]]
[[Category:British alternative rock musicians]]
[[Category:British alternative rock musicians]]
[[Category:British trip hop musicians]]
[[Category:British trip hop musicians]]
[[Category:English Marxists]]
[[Category:English techno musicians]]
[[Category:English techno musicians]]
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[[Category:Parasol Records artists]]
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[[Category:Alternative dance musical groups]]
[[Category:Alternative dance musicians]]

Revision as of 00:03, 22 August 2024

This article is about the British-Indian musician. For the American ghost town, see White Town, Ohio.

White Town
Birth nameJyoti Prakash Mishra
Born (1966-07-30) 30 July 1966 (age 58)
Rourkela, India
OriginDerby, England
Genres
[citation needed]
OccupationMusician
Years active1989–present
Labels
Websitewhitetown.co.uk

Jyoti Prakash Mishra (born 30 July 1966), better known by his stage name White Town, is a British-Indian singer, musician, and producer.[1][2] He is best known for his 1997 hit song "Your Woman".[3]

Early life

Jyoti Prakash Mishra was born in Rourkela, India on 30 July 1966, and emigrated to England with his family at the age of three. He grew up in Derby, England.[4]

Career

White Town was originally the name of a band formed by Mishra in 1989, inspired by a Pixies concert he had attended. Initially, there were other members on guitar, bass, and drums; they played support gigs for various bands, most notably Primal Scream.[5] In 1990, the project released its first self-financed record, White Town EP, on 7" vinyl. This featured Nick Glyn-Davies on drums and Sean Deegan on bass, with Mishra on guitar and vocals. Sean Phillips, who is credited as a guitarist on the EP, joined the band shortly before the release. In time, Deegan and Glyn-Davies left and were replaced live by a drum machine and Leon Wilson on guitar. The rest of the band drifted away in the autumn of 1990, and Mishra continued with the project as a one-man band from then on, occasionally collaborating with musicians such as Gary Thatcher of the Beekeepers on guitar.[citation needed]

The lead single from White Town's second album, Women in Technology, titled "Your Woman", reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1997.[1] It also peaked at No. 1 in Spain and Iceland; No. 2 in Australia; No. 4 in Canada, Denmark, and Finland; and No. 23 on the U.S. Pop Airplay chart.[citation needed] After a troubled working relationship with EMI, Mishra was dropped from the label in 1997.[4] Since then, he has gone back to working with indie labels such as Parasol Records. In 2006, he contributed the song "The PNAC Cabal" to the charity album Voyces United for UNHCR.[citation needed]

The EP A New Surprise was released in September 2006 by Swedish indie label Heavenly Pop Hits, and was followed by the album Don't Mention the War, which launched Mishra's own Bzangy Records label. A 7" White Town single titled "I Wanna Be Your Ex", with the B-side "Rainy Day", was released by Golly Jane Records in November 2014. Mishra released the albums Deemab and Polyamory in 2019. As of March 2020, he accumulates over 500,000 Spotify streams per month; his work received a boost in popularity in 2020 when Dua Lipa sampled the same trumpet hook White Town sampled in "Your Woman" in her song "Love Again".[6]

Artistry

Mishra has said, "I'm a mediocre singer, I'm a terrible guitarist, I'm a pretty good keyboardist, I'm a good producer, not amazing, but good."[6] Noting his status as a one-hit wonder, he said it is "better than a no-hit wonder" and elaborated, "To be a professional musician and to be entertaining people twenty years after my biggest hit, I feel like I'm the luckiest person alive. Just to have one song that connects with people—most musicians dream their entire lives of having that."[6]

Personal life

Mishra became straight edge at the age of sixteen[7] and is a radical Marxist;[5] he has been outspoken about his beliefs.[8]

Discography

Albums

Year Information Chart positions
UK US US Heatseekers
1994 Socialism, Sexism & Sexuality
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Bzangy / Parasol
 — — —
1997 Women in Technology 83 84 4
2000 Peek & Poke
  • Released: 23 May 2000
  • Label: Bzangy Groink
 — — —
2006 Don't Mention the War
  • Released: 23 October 2006
  • Label: Bzangy
 — — —
2011 Monopole
  • Released: 13 October 2011
  • Label: Bzangy
 — — —
2019 Deemab
  • Released: 1 January 2019
  • Label: Bzangy
 — — —
2021 Fairchild Semiconductor
  • Released: 19 May 2021
  • Label: Bzangy
 — — —
2023 Philogrammetry
  • Released: 9 September 2023
  • Label: Bzangy
 — — —

EPs

Year Information
1990 White Town
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Satya
1991 Alain Delon
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Parasol
1992 Bewitched
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Parasol
Fairweather Friend
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Elefant
1996 >Abort, Retry, Fail?_
2015 The Barren Seas EP
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Bzangy
2019 Polyamory
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Bzangy
2024 Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky
  • Released: 2024

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1] 		AUS
[9] 		CAN FRA GER IRE NL NZ SWE US
1990 "Darley Abbey" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
1991 "All She Said" — — — — — — — — — —
1997 "Your Woman" 1 2 4 5 24 5 21 5 10 23 >Abort, Retry, Fail?_ and Women in Technology
"Undressed" 57 — — — — — — — — — Women in Technology
1998 "Another Lover" — — — — — — — — — — Peek & Poke
2006 "A New Surprise" — — — — — — — — — — Don't Mention the War
2010 "Cut Out My Heart" — — — — — — — — — — Monopole
2014 "I Wanna Be Your Ex" — — — — — — — — — — Deemab
2015 "I'm Giving Up" — — — — — — — — — —
"How I Love You" — — — — — — — — — —

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 599. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ White Town at AllMusic
  3. ^ McAlpine, Fraser. "10 Greatest British One-Hit Wonders". BBC America. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 425. ISBN 0-7535-0427-8.
  5. ^ a b Lester, Paul (21 January 2016). "Devo, White Town, Babybird: what happens when your cult pop band gets huge?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Jefferson, J'na (30 March 2020). "White Town's Jyoti Mishra on Dua Lipa Lifting 'Your Woman' Hook For 'Love Again': 'There's Magic in Old Samples'". Billboard. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  7. ^ Kuhn, Gabriel. "'Why Is Your Band Called White Town?': Indie Pop, Dialectical Materialism, and Straight Edge". DIY Conspiracy. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  8. ^ Bulut, Selim (8 February 2017). "Remembering one of the UK's unlikeliest number one singles". Dazed. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. ^ "White Town – Your Woman". Australian-charts. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles" (PDF). ARIA. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  11. ^ "French single certifications – White Town – Your Woman". SNEP. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  12. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – White Town – Abort, Retry, Fail/Your Woman". RMNZ. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  13. ^ "British single certifications – White Town – Your Woman". BPI. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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