Formation

Phillip Andrew Rodell, Neil James Watts, Lee John Missen, and Roger Ratajczak formed themselves as the lineup for the vocal group, and they were signed by Polydor Records

Polydor Records

Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

. They performed in the 1996 Great British Song Contest singing "I Gave You Everything", and finished as runners-up in the competition.

Subsequent career

Scarlet

Scarlet (Code Red album)

Scarlet is the debut album by British quartet Code Red, released in 1997 via Polydor Records. Unlike other European boybands like Boyzone, Westlife, and Take That, Code Red had more of a soul and R&B genre, which reflected in most of their songs.-Singles:...

was released in 1997, and produced the hits "This Is Our Song", "Is There Someone Out There?" and the Tevin Campbell

Tevin Campbell

Tevin Jermod Campbell is an American R&B singer-songwriter and actor. He scored a string of R&B chart hits as a teenager in the early to mid-1990s.-Music career:...

 original, "Can We Talk".

Two years later, they released Missin You Already

Missin You Already

Missin You Already is the second album by British quartet Code Red, released in 1999 via Polydor Records.-Track listing:# What Would You Do, If? — 3:29# What Good Is A Heart? — 4:27...

, a follow-up album which featured two hits, "What Would You Do If... ?" and "What Good Is A Heart" , which became a number two hit in the MTV Asia Hitlist

MTV Asia Hitlist

MTV Asia Hitlist is an Asian chart show or countdown on MTV Asia, produced by MTV Asia and hosted by MTV VJs, which first aired in 1996. It resembles the MTV US show TRL, which also featured music videos in a countdown. From 1996-1999, the show presented the Top 20 videos in Asia, lasting for two...

.

Albums

• 1997: Scarlet
  Scarlet (Code Red album)
  Scarlet is the debut album by British quartet Code Red, released in 1997 via Polydor Records. Unlike other European boybands like Boyzone, Westlife, and Take That, Code Red had more of a soul and R&B genre, which reflected in most of their songs.-Singles:...
  
  
• 1999: Missin You Already
  Missin You Already
  Missin You Already is the second album by British quartet Code Red, released in 1999 via Polydor Records.-Track listing:# What Would You Do, If? — 3:29# What Good Is A Heart? — 4:27...
  
  
• 2001: Crimson
  Crimson (Code Red album)
  Crimson is the third album by British quartet Code Red, released in 2001 via Polydor Records.-Track listing:# Break It To Me Gently — 2:59# Only For You — 3:17# A Crimson Sky — 3:37...
  
  
• 2007: What Good Is A Heart

Singles

• 1996: "I Gave You Everything" - UK
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
  #50
• 1996: "This Is Our Song" - UK #59
• 1997: "Can We Talk" - UK #29
• 1997: "Is There Someone Out There?" - UK #34
• 1998: "What Would You Do If... ?" - UK #55