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”’Catherine Roseanne Dennis”’ (born 25 March 1969)<ref name=”Gregory”>Gregory, Andy (2002) ”International Who’s Who in Popular Music 2002”, Europa; {{ISBN|1-85743-161-8}}, p. 133</ref><ref name=Guardian2008>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/aug/15/popandrock|title=’Her songs are ostensibly throwaway pop songs, but they’re serious … they completely stick in your head’|first=Mark|last=Brown|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 August 2008|access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> is a British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She was the vocalist for [[D Mob]], which had the successful hit single “[[C’mon and Get My Love]].” After a moderately successful international solo career, Dennis later achieved great success as a writer of pop songs, scoring eight UK number ones and winning six [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/5645344/imagem-music-uk-sign-cathy-dennis-to-global-deal|title = Imagem Music U.K. Sign Cathy Dennis to Global Deal|last = Brandle|first = Lars|date = 9 August 2013|work = Billboard Biz|access-date = 9 August 2015}}</ref> Notably, she co-wrote “[[Can’t Get You Out of My Head]]” (recorded by [[Kylie Minogue]]), the [[Britney Spears]] song “[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]”, and [[Katy Perry]]’s hit “[[I Kissed a Girl]].”

”’Catherine Roseanne Dennis”’ (born 25 March 1969)<ref name=”Gregory”>Gregory, Andy (2002) ”International Who’s Who in Popular Music 2002”, Europa; {{ISBN|1-85743-161-8}}, p. 133</ref><ref name=Guardian2008>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/aug/15/popandrock|title=’Her songs are ostensibly throwaway pop songs, but they’re serious … they completely stick in your head’|first=Mark|last=Brown|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 August 2008|access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> is a British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She was the vocalist for [[D Mob]], which had the successful hit single “[[C’mon and Get My Love]]”. After a moderately successful international solo career, Dennis later achieved great success as a writer of pop songs, scoring eight UK number ones and winning six [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/5645344/imagem-music-uk-sign-cathy-dennis-to-global-deal|title = Imagem Music U.K. Sign Cathy Dennis to Global Deal|last = Brandle|first = Lars|date = 9 August 2013|work = Billboard Biz|access-date = 9 August 2015}}</ref> Notably, she co-wrote “[[Can’t Get You Out of My Head]]” (recorded by [[Kylie Minogue]]), the [[Britney Spears]] song “[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]”, and [[Katy Perry]]’s hit “[[I Kissed a Girl]]”.

In 2004, Dennis was listed 66th in the ”[[Q (magazine)|Q Magazine]]” list of the top 100 most influential people in music and in 2006, she won the UK music industry’s Woman of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-music-industrys-100-most-influential-people-733895.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209042627/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-music-industrys-100-most-influential-people-733895.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2010|title=The music industry’s 100 most influential people|access-date=11 October 2008|author=Ciar Byrne|date=29 June 2004|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenoftheyearawards.co.uk/winners.htm|title=Women of the Year|access-date=11 October 2008|publisher=womenoftheyearawards.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828233245/http://www.womenoftheyearawards.co.uk/winners.htm|archive-date=28 August 2008}}</ref>

In 2004, Dennis was listed 66th in the ”[[Q (magazine)|Q Magazine]]” list of the top 100 most influential people in music and in 2006, she won the UK music industry’s Woman of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-music-industrys-100-most-influential-people-733895.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209042627/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-music-industrys-100-most-influential-people-733895.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2010|title=The music industry’s 100 most influential people|access-date=11 October 2008|author=Ciar Byrne|date=29 June 2004|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenoftheyearawards.co.uk/winners.htm|title=Women of the Year|access-date=11 October 2008|publisher=womenoftheyearawards.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828233245/http://www.womenoftheyearawards.co.uk/winners.htm|archive-date=28 August 2008}}</ref>

“Touch Me (All Night Long)” stayed at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, and was kept out of the No. 1 spot by [[Hi-Five]]’s “I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)” in the first week, and [[Mariah Carey]]’s “[[I Don’t Wanna Cry]]” in the second week. The song was a [[cover version|cover]] and lyrical reworking of a 1984 single by Wish featuring Fonda Rae, which had peaked at No. 70 on the US [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] chart that year. “Touch Me (All Night Long)” reached No. 1 on the US [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart, and its follow-up, “Too Many Walls”, which Dennis co-wrote with [[Anne Dudley]] of [[Art of Noise]] (who also co-wrote the [[ABC (band)|ABC]] track “All of My Heart”), was a No. 1 [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] hit in the United States. It was around this time Dennis agreed to join [[Club MTV]]’s first tour, booked for six weeks. She dropped out on the third date, later publicly accusing one of [[Milli Vanilli]]’s members (the tour’s headline act) of sexual harassment. During this period, she recorded a song called “Find the Key to Your Life” with [[David Morales]], for the [[soundtrack]] to the movie ”[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze]]”. Subsequent releases were only minor hits.

“Touch Me (All Night Long)” stayed at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, and was kept out of the No. 1 spot by [[Hi-Five]]’s “I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)” in the first week, and [[Mariah Carey]]’s “[[I Don’t Wanna Cry]]” in the second week. The song was a [[cover version|cover]] and lyrical reworking of a 1984 single by Wish featuring Fonda Rae, which had peaked at No. 70 on the US [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] chart that year. “Touch Me (All Night Long)” reached No. 1 on the US [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart, and its follow-up, “Too Many Walls”, which Dennis co-wrote with [[Anne Dudley]] of [[Art of Noise]] (who also co-wrote the [[ABC (band)|ABC]] track “All of My Heart”), was a No. 1 [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] hit in the United States. It was around this time Dennis agreed to join [[Club MTV]]’s first tour, booked for six weeks. She dropped out on the third date, later publicly accusing one of [[Milli Vanilli]]’s members (the tour’s headline act) of sexual harassment. During this period, she recorded a song called “Find the Key to Your Life” with [[David Morales]], for the [[soundtrack]] to the movie ”[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze]]”. Subsequent releases were only minor hits.

Dennis released her second album, ”[[Into the Skyline]]”, in September 1992, written with a focus toward the US market. The album featured the singles “You Lied to Me”, “Irresistible”, “Moments of Love,” “Falling”, and “Why” – the latter was credited to D Mob with Dennis. The album got to No. 8 in the UK Albums Chart, whilst in the US Billboard Hot 100, “You Lied to Me” was a Top 40 hit – her final American Top 40 single as a performer<ref name=”Larkin90″/> – and “Irresistible” made the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] Top 10; however, the album descended the chart rapidly. Dennis experienced a brief peak of fame, making a cameo in ”[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]” singing the songs “Moments of Love” (a minor US Adult Contemporary chart hit), “Why” (in the episode, not to feature D Mob) and “Touch Me (All Night Long)”. In Japan, the album was called ”Into the Skyline +1”, and featured three [[bonus track|extra tracks]]: “Nothing Moves Me”, a previous [[A-side and B-side|B-side]], and two tracks that were both released as singles, “It’s My Style”, and “Love’s a Cradle”. She also provided background vocals on [[PM Dawn]]’s US Top 10 and UK Top 20 hit “Looking through Patient Eyes”, released in 1993.

Dennis released her second album, ”[[Into the Skyline]]”, in September 1992, written with a focus toward the US market. The album featured the singles “You Lied to Me”, “Irresistible”, “Moments of Love”, “Falling”, and “Why” – the latter was credited to D Mob with Dennis. The album got to No. 8 in the UK Albums Chart, whilst in the US Billboard Hot 100, “You Lied to Me” was a Top 40 hit – her final American Top 40 single as a performer<ref name=”Larkin90″/> – and “Irresistible” made the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] Top 10; however, the album descended the chart rapidly. Dennis experienced a brief peak of fame, making a cameo in ”[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]” singing the songs “Moments of Love” (a minor US Adult Contemporary chart hit), “Why” (in the episode, not to feature D Mob) and “Touch Me (All Night Long)”. In Japan, the album was called ”Into the Skyline +1”, and featured three [[bonus track|extra tracks]]: “Nothing Moves Me”, a previous [[A-side and B-side|B-side]], and two tracks that were both released as singles, “It’s My Style”, and “Love’s a Cradle”. She also provided background vocals on [[PM Dawn]]’s US Top 10 and UK Top 20 hit “Looking through Patient Eyes”, released in 1993.

Dennis began to record a third album, ”Inspiration”. The title track was recorded with [[Todd Terry]], along with another song “Is There Life After You”. Only one song from the recording sessions was ever released, “S.O.S.”, which can be found on the ”Beverly Hills 90210: The College Years” soundtrack. She wrote her first song for another artist by writing a song for [[Dannii Minogue]] called “[[Love’s on Every Corner]]”.

Dennis began to record a third album, ”Inspiration”. The title track was recorded with [[Todd Terry]], along with another song “Is There Life After You”. Only one song from the recording sessions was ever released, “S.O.S.”, which can be found on the ”Beverly Hills 90210: The College Years” soundtrack. She wrote her first song for another artist by writing a song for [[Dannii Minogue]] called “[[Love’s on Every Corner]]”.