Natural Selection (group)

Natural Selection was a U.S. pop group, best known for their 1991 hit "Do Anything", which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It also peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Charts in 1991.

Natural Selection
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota
GenresPop, R&B
Years active1989–2011
LabelsEastWest Records
SBK Records
MembersFrederick Thomas
John Swan
Shaun Ware
Keith Brown
Daniel Knight
Past membersSteve Bryant Kallsen (1989-1991)
Elliot Erickson (1989-1992)
Will Palaia (2002-2004)

History

"Do Anything" was written and recorded on a 4-track recorder in Minnesota. The song sat unfinished until Erickson began working on it again in 1989. The rap was originally recorded by Ingrid Chavez, a friend of the duo who improvised the rap in the studio. In 1990, the version with Chavez doing the raps was a local hit on Minnesota's WLOL-FM, where Erickson worked as a remix engineer. Once Natural Selection was signed to a recording contract, Chavez's raps were re-recorded by Niki Haris, because Chavez was by then under contract with Paisley Park Records.[2]

Their self-titled debut (and lone) album was released in November 1991.[2] Erickson and Thomas produced the album themselves.[3]

Discography

Albums
  • 1991: Natural Selection

Singles
  • 1991: "Do Anything" (U.S. #2)[1] (UK #69)[4] (AUS #10[5])

Cashbox #2[6]

  • 1991: "Hearts Don't Think (They Feel)!" (U.S. #28)[7]

Cashbox #15[6]

References
  1. "Billboard Hot 100, Week of October 19, 1991," Billboard. Accessed August 26, 2012.
  2. Jon Bream, "Recording duo would 'Do Anything' - and did," Star Tribune, January 12, 1992.
  3. Barbara Jaeger, "They're Glad to Take a Chance," The Record, January 14, 1992.
  4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 388. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
  7. "Billboard Hot 100, Week of February 8, 1992," Billboard. Accessed August 27, 2012.
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