Daz Sampson - Teenage Life

Daz Sampson started his music career as a mobile DJ but first found fame as the MC, songwriter and ideas man in Bus Stop. Bus Stop's debut single Kung Fu Fighting featuring Carl Douglas sold 250,000 copies in the UK and was a major international hit. Bus Stop had four hit singles in the UK and released two albums internationally before splitting. Daz formed the duo Rikki & Daz with John Matthews, their single Rhinestone Cowboy (Giddy Up Giddy Up) featured a new vocal from country music legend Glen Campbell, and reached number 12 in the UK .

Next up was a return to dance music - Daz was playing the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City when he heard Out Of Touch by Hall & Oates on the soundtrack. Within hours, his production partner Paul Keenan had knocked up a demo sampling Out Of Touch, and they formed Uniting Nations. The single sold well over 100,000 singles in the UK , and was a pan-European hit. There followed further Uniting Nations hit singles and an album that showcases Daz's ability to write original smash hooks of his own. Their reputation as one of the UK's leading commercial dance act was sealed when Smash Hits readers and T4 viewers voted them Best Dance Act at the last ever Pollwinners Party in 2005.

But through it all, Daz yearned to get back to making pop music, and Daz's greatest ambition to bring home the Eurovision crown to Britain . With that in mind he co-wrote Teenage Life long-term collaborator John Matthews.