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Vitamin C (artist)
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Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1972) is an American
pop music
singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress better known by her stage name, Vitamin C. Her singles include "Graduation (Friends Forever)
", "As Long As You're Loving Me
", "The Itch
", and her most successful hit the Top 20 Gold certified "Smile
". Vitamin C is also the former lead singer of the alternative rock
band Eve's Plum
. As an actress she has appeared in the films Hairspray, Get Over It
, Da Hip Hop Witch
, Scary Movie 2
, and Dracula 2000
.
She was ranked #76 on the Maxim
Hot 100 Women of 2001. Mattel
released a Vitamin C doll
in 2000. She was a video game character in the game EA Sports Triple Play by EA Sports
. Vitamin C has her own Tommy Hilfiger
lipstick color developed after her signature yellow and orange hair.
, New Jersey
, on July 20, 1972. She is the youngest of three children born to Vita, a legal secretary, and Gerard Fitzpatrick, a communications executive.
, now called Old Bridge High School
. During her high school years she was a dancer who danced professionally in several TV ads, and also starred in her high school musical. She later attended and graduated from New York University
in 1991. She has been married since 2004 to guitarist
Michael Kotch, her former band mate in Eve's Plum
who worked on her solo debut.
Vitamin C made her first musical outing as the lead singer of the alternative rock
band Eve's Plum, named after The Brady Bunch
actress Eve Plumb
. She formed the band with Michael Kotch in 1991, whom she met while studying at New York University.
A year later the group got a record deal with Epic Records
in 1992, releasing 2 albums and 7 singles between 1993 and 1995 before being dropped by their label for failing to achieve any mainstream success. The band continued to perform together until 1998. Immediately following the group's breakup, she took interest in a dance/pop musical solo project she dubbed "Vitamin C". She shopped demos she recorded for a while and eventually signed an album deal with Elektra Records
in 1998.
Her debut solo album, Vitamin C
, peaked on the Billboard 200
at number 29 and was certified both Gold and Platinum by the RIAA. The album's first single, "Smile
", climbed to number 18 on the Hot 100 and was also certified Gold by the RIAA. The second single from her album "Me, Myself & I
", failed to chart. However, the third single "Graduation (Friends Forever)
" made a huge impact on the radio, peaking at #12 on the Top 40 Mainstream Chart and #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Graduation (Friends Forever)" peaked at #2 on the ARIA Charts
,
and was certified Platinum in Australia. The song is considered a landmark in graduation-themed songs and is still hugely popular amongst graduation parties and ceremonies. It has appeared on the iTunes Music Chart
at the end of every school year since the chart's inception. In the summer of 2000, a DJ from the Republic of Ireland picked up a copy of the single while on holidays in New York. The song was subsequently one of the biggest hits in 2000 in the Republic of Ireland peaking at number 4 in the charts and still receives massive airplay each summer.
Her cover version of the Frankie Valli
and the Four Seasons
song "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
" was used as a brand image
theme by the American television network
The WB in image spots, promo
s, and interstitials
during the 1999-2000 television season. She also recorded a song she wrote called "Vacation", which became the opening theme to the short movie Pikachu's Vacation (Pokémon: The First Movie
).
Like many artists before her, Vitamin C took advantage of the marketing opportunities available to a pop star, licensing everything from her own doll to a shade of lipstick matching her signature orange hair. She was also turned into a video game character for a baseball game. The Mattel
Vitamin C doll was a hair activity doll that came with changeable hairstyle extensions available in orange and red, the doll also came with a microphone, platform shoes, and was approximately retailed at $16. The Vitamin C lipstick shade was made by Tommy Hilfiger
. Both the doll and lipstick were available to the retail market in 2000. The 2001 video game featured Vitamin C as herself in animated form, playing baseball for the game EA Sports Triple Play. Her song "I Know What Boys Like," was used for the game. It was made by EA Sports
.
In late 2000, Vitamin C released "The Itch
", the first single from her second album More
. Though the song got some popular dance/club airplay, it stalled on the Hot 100 at number 45. "The Itch" was a much bigger success in Australia for Vitamin C, where it charted at #6 on the ARIA Charts
and was certified Platinum. The single was a minor hit in 2001 in Ireland. After her album More debuted at a disappointing #122 on the Billboard 200
, Elektra Records
released the second single "As Long As You're Loving Me
" with almost no promotion. The song failed to chart in the US, thus the planned third single, "I Know What Boys Like
", was scrapped and Vitamin C was dropped from Elektra Records
.
In the February 2001 issue of Cosmopolitan
magazine, Vitamin C was voted as one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" of the year. She was honored by the magazine at a luncheon on January 29, 2001 in New York City
. That same year Vitamin C was ranked #76 on the Maxim
Hot 100 Women of 2001.
Vitamin C signed with V2 Records
in 2001 and began recording her third album over the course of 2002 and 2003. The first single "Last Nite", was a cover version of the hit song by The Strokes
and was released in July 2003. Although the single sampled Blondie's
"Heart of Glass
", it failed to chart in the US, as well as doing poorly in the United Kingdom
by peaking at #70 on the UK Top 75. Her third album under the Vitamin C name was subsequently shelved and has yet to see the light of day, though fans hope it will leak. Promotional copies of the album were never made available.
In 2005, Vitamin C's cover of the 1980s hit "Voices Carry
" by 'Til Tuesday
was included on the soundtrack for the Disney superhero comedy movie Sky High
.
In 2006, she assembled a Radio Disney
-aimed group of four young teenagers named The Truth Squad
. She allowed the group to cover "Graduation (Friends Forever)
" and wrote a number of songs for their debut album as well as producing it. The album was released on April 3, 2007 and failed to spark much interest besides a brief appearance on the Top Kid Audio Chart
where it peaked at #23 for two weeks, dropped to #25 the next week and by the third week had fallen off the chart completely. Despite this, the group's video for their single "Flip" had been heavily promoted on the Disney Channel
. She also assembled and produced the girl group The Stunners.
Over the last three years, Vitamin C has been steadily recording two new albums for herself and trying to land herself an album deal with another record label. She hopes to have both albums out before the end of the year, but no official release dates or labels have been cited. Most recently, she contributed vocals on Information Society
's latest album, Synthesizer (2007). Her song "Money" was used in the opening of the 2010 Lifetime television movie Who is Clark Rockefeller?.
feature film
Hairspray as Amber Von Tussle, the bratty on screen daughter of co-stars Debbie Harry
and Sonny Bono
. In 1991, she sang in a blues
club in the comedy film The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
. She played the role of Lucy Westerman in the horror film Dracula 2000
with Gerard Butler
playing the part of Dracula
. She also starred as herself in the spoof film Da Hip Hop Witch
with Eminem
in 2000.
She had a cameo in the film Rock Star
in 2001. In addition, in 2001 she appeared in the romantic comedy film
Get Over It
, with Kirsten Dunst
and Sisqó
. She made a brief comedic cameo appearance
as herself (in voiceover
) in the film Scary Movie 2
. She also starred in the little known movie "I Need You Now!" a movie in which she was a high school student who had a dream to become a rapper but ended up falling for someone in the pop industry. Her famous song Graduation was written for this movie origanally a duet between her and her love at their graduation ceremony.
Her television appearances included playing a judge
in the American Idol
spoof
The WB's Superstar USA
. She also appeared in an episode of MTV's The Andy Dick Show and Celebrity Bootcamp, a celebrity
game show
. Vitamin C made cameos on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
, The Brothers Garcia
, The Amanda Show
, and The Sausage Factory
. Currently she is one of three judges of Lifetime reality series Your Mama Don't Dance. In the 80's she appeared on The Equalizer
. Also in the 80s, she appeared on SNL as an "Update Dancer" during Dennis Miller's news segment. The dancers would come out scantily clad and dance to a classic rock song.
In 2006, she starred in an indie TV sitcom called THE LEK that was released to the Internet through YouTube
, though to date there have been only three episodes released.
In early 2007, she was interviewed by People Magazine and stated the albums will be out by the end of the year. In the June 11 issue, People Magazine had a special "Where Are They Now" article.
Vitamin C has written or co-written many songs for other artists. She wrote the song "We Are Gonna Happen" for actress/singer Emma Roberts
featured on her 2005 Unfabulous and More CD. She co-wrote "Where Do We Go" with Scout Taylor-Compton
in 2005. She wrote the single "Make Some Noise
" for Krystal Meyers
in 2008. In 2009, she wrote "Let's Get Crazy
" for Miley Cyrus
as Hannah Montana
. Miley sang the song in-character as Hannah Montana on Hannah Montana The Movie and Hannah Montana (season 3). Vitamin C also wrote the song "One and the Same", a duet recorded by Demi Lovato
and Selena Gomez
for the Disney Channel Playlist
album.
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pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress better known by her stage name, Vitamin C. Her singles include "Graduation (Friends Forever)
Graduation (Friends Forever)
"Graduation " is a single by American pop singer Vitamin C released in 2000 through Elektra Entertainment. It was the third single from her debut album Vitamin C. The song is considered, to date, the biggest hit of Vitamin C. The song is well known for being played at high school graduations and at...
", "As Long As You're Loving Me
As Long As You're Loving Me
"As Long As You're Loving Me" is a single by Vitamin C released in 2001. This was the second and final single taken from her second album More. It was written by Shelly Peiken and Guy Roche. The song was also included on the 2001 soundtrack to the comedy film See Spot Run.- Reception :The single...
", "The Itch
The Itch (Vitamin C song)
"The Itch" is pop singer Vitamin C's first single from her second album, More. Vitamin C also performed the song on the sketch comedies MADtv and All That.-Reception:The song failed to crack the top 40 on the Hot 100 in 2001, peaking at #45....
", and her most successful hit the Top 20 Gold certified "Smile
Smile (Vitamin C song)
"Smile" is the debut single by Vitamin C released in 1999. It was the first single released from her debut solo album Vitamin C. Although billed as a Vitamin C single, the song is actually a duet with Vitamin C alternating riffs with Lady Saw , a Jamaican reggae singer known as "the first Lady of...
". Vitamin C is also the former lead singer of the alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Eve's Plum
Eve's Plum
Eve's Plum was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. The band was fronted by Colleen Fitzpatrick. Eve's Plum released two albums and numerous singles on 550/EpicRecords, before breaking up in 1998.- Forming :...
. As an actress she has appeared in the films Hairspray, Get Over It
Get Over It (film)
Get Over It is a 2001 American romantic comedy film about a teenage boy whose girlfriend ends their relationship. The film was directed by Tommy O'Haver for Miramax Films. The film stars Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Colin Hanks, Shane West, and Martin Short. R. Lee Fleming,...
, Da Hip Hop Witch
Da Hip Hop Witch
Da Hip Hop Witch is a 2000 American horror/comedy film directed by Dale Resteghini. The film is a parody of The Blair Witch Project, and features appearances by Eminem, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, Pras, Rah Digga, Vitamin C and Vanilla Ice.-Plot:...
, Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 parody film. It is the second film of the Scary Movie franchise. Though part of the first Scary Movies tagline read "...No sequel," this film's tagline compensated by adding "We lied"....
, and Dracula 2000
Dracula 2000
Dracula 2000, also known internationally as Dracula 2001, is a 2000 horror film written and directed by Patrick Lussier. The film stars Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jeri Ryan, and Jennifer Esposito.Dracula 2000, the...
.
She was ranked #76 on the Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
Hot 100 Women of 2001. Mattel
Mattel
Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...
released a Vitamin C doll
Celebrity doll
A celebrity doll is a doll modelled after a celebrity.Celebrity dolls have been in production for a very long time. In the 1840s, several famous ballerinas were featured as paper dolls. Also in the 19th century, various military heroes were portrayed as dolls/figures. With the advent of silent...
in 2000. She was a video game character in the game EA Sports Triple Play by EA Sports
EA Sports
EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...
. Vitamin C has her own Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and founder of the premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger.-Early life:...
lipstick color developed after her signature yellow and orange hair.
Early life
Vitamin C was born Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick in Old Bridge TownshipOld Bridge Township, New Jersey
Old Bridge Township is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township had a total population of 60,456...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, on July 20, 1972. She is the youngest of three children born to Vita, a legal secretary, and Gerard Fitzpatrick, a communications executive.
Personal life
Vitamin C graduated in 1987 from Cedar Ridge High School in New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, now called Old Bridge High School
Old Bridge High School
Old Bridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Old Bridge Township Public Schools...
. During her high school years she was a dancer who danced professionally in several TV ads, and also starred in her high school musical. She later attended and graduated from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
in 1991. She has been married since 2004 to guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Michael Kotch, her former band mate in Eve's Plum
Eve's Plum
Eve's Plum was a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. The band was fronted by Colleen Fitzpatrick. Eve's Plum released two albums and numerous singles on 550/EpicRecords, before breaking up in 1998.- Forming :...
who worked on her solo debut.
Music
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Eve's Plum, named after The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. The series revolved around a large blended family...
actress Eve Plumb
Eve Plumb
Eve Aline Plumb is an American actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Jan Brady in the iconic television sitcom The Brady Bunch.-Early career:...
. She formed the band with Michael Kotch in 1991, whom she met while studying at New York University.
A year later the group got a record deal with Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
in 1992, releasing 2 albums and 7 singles between 1993 and 1995 before being dropped by their label for failing to achieve any mainstream success. The band continued to perform together until 1998. Immediately following the group's breakup, she took interest in a dance/pop musical solo project she dubbed "Vitamin C". She shopped demos she recorded for a while and eventually signed an album deal with Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
in 1998.
Her debut solo album, Vitamin C
Vitamin C (album)
Vitamin C is the self-titled debut album by pop singer Vitamin C, released in 1999. The album was a runaway success, initially failing to chart. It would later climb the Billboard 200 to #29 and was certified as Gold and later certified Platinum by the RIAA. The Japanese edition featured the song...
, peaked on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
at number 29 and was certified both Gold and Platinum by the RIAA. The album's first single, "Smile
Smile (Vitamin C song)
"Smile" is the debut single by Vitamin C released in 1999. It was the first single released from her debut solo album Vitamin C. Although billed as a Vitamin C single, the song is actually a duet with Vitamin C alternating riffs with Lady Saw , a Jamaican reggae singer known as "the first Lady of...
", climbed to number 18 on the Hot 100 and was also certified Gold by the RIAA. The second single from her album "Me, Myself & I
Me, Myself & I (Vitamin C song)
"Me, Myself & I" is a single by Vitamin C released in 1999. It was the second single released from her Platinum debut album Vitamin C. The single was written by Gregg Rolie, Michael John Carabello and Thomas Coke Escovedo. The chorus contains a sample from the Santana song, "No One to Depend On",...
", failed to chart. However, the third single "Graduation (Friends Forever)
Graduation (Friends Forever)
"Graduation " is a single by American pop singer Vitamin C released in 2000 through Elektra Entertainment. It was the third single from her debut album Vitamin C. The song is considered, to date, the biggest hit of Vitamin C. The song is well known for being played at high school graduations and at...
" made a huge impact on the radio, peaking at #12 on the Top 40 Mainstream Chart and #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Graduation (Friends Forever)" peaked at #2 on the ARIA Charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
,
and was certified Platinum in Australia. The song is considered a landmark in graduation-themed songs and is still hugely popular amongst graduation parties and ceremonies. It has appeared on the iTunes Music Chart
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
at the end of every school year since the chart's inception. In the summer of 2000, a DJ from the Republic of Ireland picked up a copy of the single while on holidays in New York. The song was subsequently one of the biggest hits in 2000 in the Republic of Ireland peaking at number 4 in the charts and still receives massive airplay each summer.
Her cover version of the Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons. He is well-known for his unusually powerful falsetto singing voice...
and the Four Seasons
The Four Seasons (group)
The Four Seasons are an American rock and pop band who became internationally successful in the mid-1960s. The Vocal Group Hall of Fame has stated that the group was the most popular rock band before The Beatles...
song "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
"December, 1963 " is a hit single by The Four Seasons, written by original Four Seasons keyboard player Bob Gaudio and his future wife Judy Parker, produced by Gaudio, and included on the group's 1975 album, Who Loves You....
" was used as a brand image
Brand
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...
theme by the American television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
The WB in image spots, promo
Promo
Promo may refer to:*Promotion , one of the four aspects of marketing*Promotional music videos, such as those played on MTV*Promotional recording, a recording distributed free in order to promote a commercial recording...
s, and interstitials
Interstitial program
In television programming, an interstitial program refers to a short program which is often shown between movies or other events, e.g. a cast interview after movies on premium channels...
during the 1999-2000 television season. She also recorded a song she wrote called "Vacation", which became the opening theme to the short movie Pikachu's Vacation (Pokémon: The First Movie
Pokémon: The First Movie
Pokémon: The First Movie, originally released as , is a 1998 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, the chief director of the Pokémon television series. It is the first theatrical release in the Pokémon franchise...
).
Like many artists before her, Vitamin C took advantage of the marketing opportunities available to a pop star, licensing everything from her own doll to a shade of lipstick matching her signature orange hair. She was also turned into a video game character for a baseball game. The Mattel
Mattel
Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...
Vitamin C doll was a hair activity doll that came with changeable hairstyle extensions available in orange and red, the doll also came with a microphone, platform shoes, and was approximately retailed at $16. The Vitamin C lipstick shade was made by Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and founder of the premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger.-Early life:...
. Both the doll and lipstick were available to the retail market in 2000. The 2001 video game featured Vitamin C as herself in animated form, playing baseball for the game EA Sports Triple Play. Her song "I Know What Boys Like," was used for the game. It was made by EA Sports
EA Sports
EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...
.
In late 2000, Vitamin C released "The Itch
The Itch (Vitamin C song)
"The Itch" is pop singer Vitamin C's first single from her second album, More. Vitamin C also performed the song on the sketch comedies MADtv and All That.-Reception:The song failed to crack the top 40 on the Hot 100 in 2001, peaking at #45....
", the first single from her second album More
More (Vitamin C album)
More is the second album released by singer Vitamin C in 2001. The album was not as successful as Vitamin C's previous eponymous album both in terms of chart positions and sales. The album peaked at #122 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was uncertified...
. Though the song got some popular dance/club airplay, it stalled on the Hot 100 at number 45. "The Itch" was a much bigger success in Australia for Vitamin C, where it charted at #6 on the ARIA Charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and was certified Platinum. The single was a minor hit in 2001 in Ireland. After her album More debuted at a disappointing #122 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
released the second single "As Long As You're Loving Me
As Long As You're Loving Me
"As Long As You're Loving Me" is a single by Vitamin C released in 2001. This was the second and final single taken from her second album More. It was written by Shelly Peiken and Guy Roche. The song was also included on the 2001 soundtrack to the comedy film See Spot Run.- Reception :The single...
" with almost no promotion. The song failed to chart in the US, thus the planned third single, "I Know What Boys Like
I Know What Boys Like
I Know What Boys Like may refer to:*"I Know What Boys Like", a song by The Waitresses* I Know What Boys Like , working title for The House Bunny, a 2008 film starring Anna Faris...
", was scrapped and Vitamin C was dropped from Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
.
In the February 2001 issue of Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
magazine, Vitamin C was voted as one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" of the year. She was honored by the magazine at a luncheon on January 29, 2001 in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. That same year Vitamin C was ranked #76 on the Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
Hot 100 Women of 2001.
Vitamin C signed with V2 Records
V2 Records
V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
in 2001 and began recording her third album over the course of 2002 and 2003. The first single "Last Nite", was a cover version of the hit song by The Strokes
The Strokes
The Strokes are an American indie rock band formed in 1999 in New York City. Consisting of Julian Casablancas , Nick Valensi , Albert Hammond, Jr. , Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti ....
and was released in July 2003. Although the single sampled Blondie's
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
"Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass (song)
"Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
", it failed to chart in the US, as well as doing poorly in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
by peaking at #70 on the UK Top 75. Her third album under the Vitamin C name was subsequently shelved and has yet to see the light of day, though fans hope it will leak. Promotional copies of the album were never made available.
In 2005, Vitamin C's cover of the 1980s hit "Voices Carry
Voices Carry (song)
"Voices Carry" is a song by American new wave band 'Til Tuesday. Written by Aimee Mann, the song was produced by Mike Thorne for the group's debut album Voices Carry, released in 1985. The song is about past sour relationships and was originally written and sung as if to a woman, but the lyrics...
" by 'Til Tuesday
'Til Tuesday
Til Tuesday was an American New Wave band formed in Boston in 1982. Its original lineup was bassist/vocalist Aimee Mann, guitarist/vocalist Robert Holmes, keyboardist Joey Pesce, and drummer Michael Hausman.-History:...
was included on the soundtrack for the Disney superhero comedy movie Sky High
Sky High (2005 film)
Sky High is a 2005 American comedic superhero family film about an airborne school for teenage superheroes. It was directed by Mike Mitchell and written by Paul Hernandez, Robert Schooley, and Mark McCorkle...
.
In 2006, she assembled a Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
-aimed group of four young teenagers named The Truth Squad
The Truth Squad
T-Squad was a hip hop/pop group. The members consists of actor and martial artist Boo Boo Stewart, dancer Jade Gilley, actress Miki Ishikawa, and rapper Taylor McKinney . The group auditioned for Vitamin C before coming together. Their first release was a remake of one of her songs, "Graduation "...
. She allowed the group to cover "Graduation (Friends Forever)
Graduation (Friends Forever)
"Graduation " is a single by American pop singer Vitamin C released in 2000 through Elektra Entertainment. It was the third single from her debut album Vitamin C. The song is considered, to date, the biggest hit of Vitamin C. The song is well known for being played at high school graduations and at...
" and wrote a number of songs for their debut album as well as producing it. The album was released on April 3, 2007 and failed to spark much interest besides a brief appearance on the Top Kid Audio Chart
Kid Albums
Kid Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling children's music albums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated September 9, 1995. It originally began as, and still is, a 15-position chart...
where it peaked at #23 for two weeks, dropped to #25 the next week and by the third week had fallen off the chart completely. Despite this, the group's video for their single "Flip" had been heavily promoted on the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
. She also assembled and produced the girl group The Stunners.
Over the last three years, Vitamin C has been steadily recording two new albums for herself and trying to land herself an album deal with another record label. She hopes to have both albums out before the end of the year, but no official release dates or labels have been cited. Most recently, she contributed vocals on Information Society
Information Society (band)
Information Society is an American band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily consisting of Kurt Larson , Paul Robb, and James Cassidy; the latter two reconvened the band in 2006, initially with Christopher Anton as lead vocalist, then with Harland rejoining them as lead vocalist by...
's latest album, Synthesizer (2007). Her song "Money" was used in the opening of the 2010 Lifetime television movie Who is Clark Rockefeller?.
Acting
In 1988, Vitamin C made her screen debut under her real name "Colleen Fitzpatrick" in the John WatersJohn Waters (filmmaker)
John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...
feature film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Hairspray as Amber Von Tussle, the bratty on screen daughter of co-stars Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
and Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...
. In 1991, she sang in a blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
club in the comedy film The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad!. Priscilla Presley plays the role of Jane, with O.J. Simpson as Nordberg and George Kennedy as police captain Ed Hocken...
. She played the role of Lucy Westerman in the horror film Dracula 2000
Dracula 2000
Dracula 2000, also known internationally as Dracula 2001, is a 2000 horror film written and directed by Patrick Lussier. The film stars Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jeri Ryan, and Jennifer Esposito.Dracula 2000, the...
with Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler
Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...
playing the part of Dracula
Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
. She also starred as herself in the spoof film Da Hip Hop Witch
Da Hip Hop Witch
Da Hip Hop Witch is a 2000 American horror/comedy film directed by Dale Resteghini. The film is a parody of The Blair Witch Project, and features appearances by Eminem, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, Pras, Rah Digga, Vitamin C and Vanilla Ice.-Plot:...
with Eminem
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
in 2000.
She had a cameo in the film Rock Star
Rock Star (2001 film)
Rock Star is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole, a tribute band singer whose ascendance to the position of lead vocalist of his favorite band was inspired by the real-life story of Tim...
in 2001. In addition, in 2001 she appeared in the romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
Get Over It
Get Over It (film)
Get Over It is a 2001 American romantic comedy film about a teenage boy whose girlfriend ends their relationship. The film was directed by Tommy O'Haver for Miramax Films. The film stars Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Colin Hanks, Shane West, and Martin Short. R. Lee Fleming,...
, with Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories...
and Sisqó
Sisqó
Mark Durrell Andrews , known by his stage name Sisqó, is an American R&B singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill, and also for "Thong Song", a song from his first solo LP, Unleash the Dragon, that became an international hit. - Biography :Sisqó was born Mark...
. She made a brief comedic cameo appearance
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
as herself (in voiceover
VoiceOver
VoiceOver is a screen reader built into Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, iOS and iPod operating systems. By using VoiceOver, the user can access their Macintosh or iOS device based on spoken descriptions and, in the case of the Mac, the keyboard. The feature is designed to increase accessibility for blind...
) in the film Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 parody film. It is the second film of the Scary Movie franchise. Though part of the first Scary Movies tagline read "...No sequel," this film's tagline compensated by adding "We lied"....
. She also starred in the little known movie "I Need You Now!" a movie in which she was a high school student who had a dream to become a rapper but ended up falling for someone in the pop industry. Her famous song Graduation was written for this movie origanally a duet between her and her love at their graduation ceremony.
Her television appearances included playing a judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
in the American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
spoof
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
The WB's Superstar USA
Superstar USA
The WB's Superstar USA is a television show which spoofed the popular show American Idol. Essentially that show's polar opposite, Superstar USA told contestants they were looking for the best singer when they were actually looking for the worst...
. She also appeared in an episode of MTV's The Andy Dick Show and Celebrity Bootcamp, a celebrity
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
. Vitamin C made cameos on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...
, The Brothers Garcia
The Brothers Garcia
The Brothers García is an American sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. It was among the first projects of Sí TV, an effort to produce programming featuring Latino characters, however being aimed at a diverse audience...
, The Amanda Show
The Amanda Show
The Amanda Show is an American live-action sketch comedy and variety show that aired on Nickelodeon from November 6, 1999 to September 21, 2002. It starred Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, and Nancy Sullivan, along with several performing artists who came and left at different points, such as John Kassir,...
, and The Sausage Factory
The Sausage Factory
The Sausage Factory, also known in the United States as MTV's Now What?, was a Canadian/American television situation comedy that followed the lives of four friends in their junior year at West Boulder High School....
. Currently she is one of three judges of Lifetime reality series Your Mama Don't Dance. In the 80's she appeared on The Equalizer
The Equalizer
The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past...
. Also in the 80s, she appeared on SNL as an "Update Dancer" during Dennis Miller's news segment. The dancers would come out scantily clad and dance to a classic rock song.
In 2006, she starred in an indie TV sitcom called THE LEK that was released to the Internet through YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, though to date there have been only three episodes released.
Future
MTV News interviewed Vitamin C where she revealed details on a comeback, with two new albums. She was about to finish work on a children's world-music album that would celebrate diversity through songs like the Indian-styled "Bhangra On and On" and "We All Share the Same Sky," and that she started work on a non-children's third Vitamin C album she described as "Goldfrapp-meets-Vitamin C," which she had hoped to have out by 2007. Regarding the album, she had stated "Just because you're not always on MTV doesn't mean you're not actively working," she said. Both albums have yet to be released.In early 2007, she was interviewed by People Magazine and stated the albums will be out by the end of the year. In the June 11 issue, People Magazine had a special "Where Are They Now" article.
Vitamin C has written or co-written many songs for other artists. She wrote the song "We Are Gonna Happen" for actress/singer Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts
Emma Rose Roberts is an American actress, model and singer. She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts. Roberts became known for her role as Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous. She released her debut album, which also served as the show's...
featured on her 2005 Unfabulous and More CD. She co-wrote "Where Do We Go" with Scout Taylor-Compton
Scout Taylor-Compton
Scout Taylor-Compton is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in numerous small television roles and in feature films that range from dramas to those in the horror genre....
in 2005. She wrote the single "Make Some Noise
Make Some Noise (Krystal Meyers song)
"Make Some Noise" is the second single from the album, Make Some Noise, by Krystal Meyers, released in the United States and Japan in 2008.-About "Make Some Noise":...
" for Krystal Meyers
Krystal Meyers
Krystal Meyers is an American Christian rock / Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and musician...
in 2008. In 2009, she wrote "Let's Get Crazy
Let's Get Crazy (Hannah Montana song)
"Let's Get Crazy" is a pop song by American singer–songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus, performing as Hannah Montana – the alter ego of Miley Stewart – a character she played on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. It was released to Radio Disney on January 19, 2009 as promotion for...
" for Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....
as Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
. Miley sang the song in-character as Hannah Montana on Hannah Montana The Movie and Hannah Montana (season 3). Vitamin C also wrote the song "One and the Same", a duet recorded by Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato
"She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals...
and Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez
Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...
for the Disney Channel Playlist
Disney Channel Playlist
Disney Channel Playlist is a compilation album of music used in Disney Channel Original Series as well as Disney Channel Original Movies. It was released on June 9, 2009.-Tracklisting:...
album.
Discography
Studio albums- 1999: Vitamin CVitamin C (album)Vitamin C is the self-titled debut album by pop singer Vitamin C, released in 1999. The album was a runaway success, initially failing to chart. It would later climb the Billboard 200 to #29 and was certified as Gold and later certified Platinum by the RIAA. The Japanese edition featured the song...
- 2001: MoreMore (Vitamin C album)More is the second album released by singer Vitamin C in 2001. The album was not as successful as Vitamin C's previous eponymous album both in terms of chart positions and sales. The album peaked at #122 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was uncertified...
Films
- Hairspray (1988)
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of FearThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of FearThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad!. Priscilla Presley plays the role of Jane, with O.J. Simpson as Nordberg and George Kennedy as police captain Ed Hocken...
(1991) - The Mambo KingsThe Mambo KingsThe Mambo Kings is a 1992 drama film starring Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas. Directed by Arne Glimcher in his directorial debut, the film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos...
(1992) - Crinoline Head (1995)
- Higher LearningHigher LearningHigher Learning is a 1995 American drama film, starring an ensemble cast. It also featured Tyra Banks' first performance in a theatrical film...
(1995) - Just CauseJust Cause (film)Just Cause is a 1995 film directed by Arne Glimcher and starring Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne. It is based on John Katzenbach's novel of the same name.-Plot:...
(1995) - High School HighHigh School HighHigh School High is a 1996 comedy film about an inner city high school in the Los Angeles, California area, starring Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Mekhi Phifer, Louise Fletcher, Malinda Williams and Brian Hooks...
(1996) - St. Patrick's Day (1997)
- Liar LiarLiar LiarLiar Liar is a 1997 American comedy film written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical...
(1997) - Da Hip Hop WitchDa Hip Hop WitchDa Hip Hop Witch is a 2000 American horror/comedy film directed by Dale Resteghini. The film is a parody of The Blair Witch Project, and features appearances by Eminem, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, Pras, Rah Digga, Vitamin C and Vanilla Ice.-Plot:...
(2000) - Dracula 2000Dracula 2000Dracula 2000, also known internationally as Dracula 2001, is a 2000 horror film written and directed by Patrick Lussier. The film stars Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jeri Ryan, and Jennifer Esposito.Dracula 2000, the...
(2000) - Get Over ItGet Over It (film)Get Over It is a 2001 American romantic comedy film about a teenage boy whose girlfriend ends their relationship. The film was directed by Tommy O'Haver for Miramax Films. The film stars Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Colin Hanks, Shane West, and Martin Short. R. Lee Fleming,...
(2001) - Scary Movie 2Scary Movie 2Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 parody film. It is the second film of the Scary Movie franchise. Though part of the first Scary Movies tagline read "...No sequel," this film's tagline compensated by adding "We lied"....
(2001) (voice only) - Rock StarRock Star (2001 film)Rock Star is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek and starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. It tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole, a tribute band singer whose ascendance to the position of lead vocalist of his favorite band was inspired by the real-life story of Tim...
(2001) - My X-Girlfriend's Wedding Reception (2001)
- Happy Is Not Hard to Be (2005)
TV
- The Amanda ShowThe Amanda ShowThe Amanda Show is an American live-action sketch comedy and variety show that aired on Nickelodeon from November 6, 1999 to September 21, 2002. It starred Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, and Nancy Sullivan, along with several performing artists who came and left at different points, such as John Kassir,...
(2000) - MADTvMADtvMADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
(2001) - Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2002)
- Celebrity Bootcamp (2002)
- The WB's Superstar USA (2004)
- Your Mama Don't DanceYour Mama Don't Dance"Your Mama Don't Dance" is a hit 1972 song by the rock duo Loggins and Messina. Released on their self-titled album Loggins and Messina, it reached #4 on the Billboard pop chart and #19 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart as a single in early 1973."Your Mama Don't Dance" was covered in 1985...
(2008) - The Brothers GarciaThe Brothers GarciaThe Brothers García is an American sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. It was among the first projects of Sí TV, an effort to produce programming featuring Latino characters, however being aimed at a diverse audience...
External links
- [ Vitamin C at All Music]