# Urban Hype

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{{Short description|English breakbeat hardcore duo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Refimprove|date=February 2011}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Urban Hype
| image           =
| caption         =
| image_size      =
| origin          = [Chandler's Ford](/source/Chandler's_Ford), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), England
| genre           = [Breakbeat hardcore](/source/Breakbeat_hardcore)
| years_active    = 1988–2010
| label           = Pulse-8 (UK)<br>Radikal (US)
| associated_acts =
| Also Known As   =
| website         =
| current_members = Bob Dibden<br>Mark Lewis
| past_members    = MC Bounce
}}

'''Urban Hype''' were an [English](/source/United_Kingdom) [breakbeat hardcore](/source/breakbeat_hardcore) group. The group was formed in 1988, consisting of Bob Dibden (Robert John Dibden) and Mark Lewis (Mark Louis Chitty).  They are best known for their [toytown techno](/source/toytown_techno) [single](/source/Single_(music)),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803105132952 |title=Toytown Techno |publisher=[Oxford Reference](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref> "[A Trip to Trumpton](/source/A_Trip_to_Trumpton)", which peaked at No. 6 in the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) in July 1992.<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= 577}}</ref> They had two other minor UK chart entries, and briefly saw their second album ''Conspiracy to Dance'' released in the United States through Radikal Records.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

==Discography==
===Albums===
*''Introducing Urban Hype'' (Pulse-8 Records) (1989)
*''Conspiracy to Dance'' (Pulse-8 Records/Radikal Records) (1992)<ref name="discogs1"/>
*''Kealey'' (Pulse-8 Records) (1995)
*''Love Island'' (Pulse-8 Records) (1998)
*''Winning Run'' (Pulse-8 Records) (2000)
*''2002'' (Polydor Records) (2002)
*''Singles Collection'' (Polydor Records) (2004)
*''Digital Nation'' (Polydor Records) (2006)
*''Alien Information'' (Polydor Records) (2008)
*''20 Years of Dancefloor Hits: 1989-2009'' (Polydor Records) (2009)

===Singles===
*"Adverts" (Faze 2) (1989)
*"Ellie" (Faze 2) (1989)
*"Join the Acid House" (Faze 2) (1989)
*"Alternating of Jerusalem" (Reachin Records) (1989)
*"Last Weekend" (Reachin Records) (1990)
*"Radio Rome" (Faze 2) (1990)
*"Teknologi" (Reachin Records) (1990) - [UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) No. 94<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26525/urban-hype/|title=URBAN HYPE &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref>
*''Emotion'' ([EP](/source/Extended_play)) (Perception Records) (1991)
*"Jingle Bells" (Perception Records) (1991)
*"Sycopath" (Reachin Records) (1991)
*"[A Trip to Trumpton](/source/A_Trip_to_Trumpton)" (Faze 2) (1992) - UK No. 6
*"JB2" / "Relapsed" ([remix](/source/remix)) (Unie Weimer's Essential Cuts) (1992)
*"Relapsed" (remix) (Unie Weimer's Essential Cuts) (1992)
*"The Feeling" (Faze 2) (1992) - UK No. 67
*"Living in a Fantasy" (Faze 2) (1992) - UK No. 57
*"Game of Love" (Faze 2) (1993)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/><ref name="discogs1">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/7382-Urban-Hype |title=Urban Hype Discography |website=Discogs.com |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>
*"EEUU" (Faze 2) (1993)
*"Fields of Your House" (Reachin Records) (1993)
*"Deep Heat High 'N' Risin'" (Faze 2) (1994)
*"Grand Prix" (Faze 2) (1994)
*"I Feel the Heat" (Faze 2) (1994)
*"[Donald Where's Your Troosers?](/source/Donald_Where's_Your_Troosers%3F)" (Faze 2) (1995)
*"Kealey" (Faze 2) (1995)
*"Marigration Over the State of Blind" (Perception Records) (1995)
*"2000" (Reachin Records) (1995)
*"Ghosts & Bruises" (Faze 2) (1996)
*"Bill & Bernie" (Faze 2) (1996)
*"The Official Christmas Megamix" (Reachin Records) (1996)
*"Wash My Skin in My Sink" (Faze 2) (1997)
*"[No Sleep till Brooklyn](/source/No_Sleep_till_Brooklyn)" (Faze 2) (1997)
*"No School till Monday" (Reachin Records) (1998)
*"Sleepover Day" (Faze 2) (1998)
*"Whittle" (Faze 2) (1998)
*"Priority of the Noon" (Perception Records) (1998)
*"Diva Day" (Faze 2) (1999)
*"[My Heart Will Go On](/source/My_Heart_Will_Go_On)" (Faze 2) (1999)
*"[Night Fever](/source/Night_Fever)" (Faze 2) (1999)
*"The Official 90s Megamix" (Faze 2) (1999)
*"Welcome to the New Millennium" (Faze 2) (2000)
*"Winning Run" (Faze 2) (2000)
*"Winners Weekend" (Faze 2) (2000)
*"A Trip to Trumpton 2000" (Faze 2) (2000)
*"Warning!" ([Polydor Records](/source/Polydor_Records)) (2001)
*"Last Message of Love" (Polydor Records) (2002)
*"Music Scenery" (Polydor Records) (2002)
*"2002" (Polydor Records) (2002)
*"Gravitationary" (Polydor Records) (2002)
*"[Time Warp](/source/Time_Warp_(song))" (Polydor Records) (2003)
*"Blackpool Lights" (Polydor Records) (2003)
*"A Question of Love" (Polydor Records) (2003)
*"Brand New Day" (Polydor Records) (2004)
*"Let's Get Loud" (Polydor Records) (2005)
*"I Quit" (Polydor Records) (2006)
*"Techno Trancing" (Polydor Records) (2006)
*"Sylverington Valley" (Polydor Records) (2006)
*"Digital Nation" (Polydor Records) (2006)
*"Alphabet Station" (Polydor Records) (2007)
*"All the Stars That We Need" (Polydor Records) (2007)
*"Alien Information" (Polydor Records) (2008) 
*"No More Mr. Goodbye" (Polydor Records) (2008)
*"One More Day 'Till Christmas" (Polydor Records) (2008)
*"House Arrest" (Polydor Records) (2009)
*"Native of the World" (Polydor Records) (2009)
*"Winter Blunderland" (Polydor Records) (2009)

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