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| name             = Baha Men
| image            = BahaMenJun10.jpg
| caption          = Baha Men performing in June 2010
| landscape        = Yes
| alias            = High Voltage, The Baha Boys
| origin           = [[New Providence]], the Bahamas
| genre            = [[Junkanoo]], [[Dance music|dance]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[reggae fusion]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
| years_active     = 1977–present<ref name="Vicebaha">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-baha-men-will-outlive-us-all-000/ |title=The Baha Men Are Still Going Strong, Even if They Can't Remember All the Words to 'Who Let the Dogs Out' |first=Brandt|last= Hamilton| website=Vice.com |date=2015-01-10 |access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>
| label            = {{hlist|[[EMI Records|EMI]]|[[S-Curve Records|S-Curve]]|Sony Music Entertainment/Latin America|[[Rough Trade Records]]}}
| associated_acts  = 
| current_members  = <!-- Please do not add members without a recent source to verify membership. -->
| past_members     = <!-- Please do not add members without a recent source to verify membership. -->
}}

'''Baha Men''' are a [[Music of the Bahamas|Bahamian]] [[junkanoo]] band formed in [[New Providence]], [[Bahamas]], in 1977. They are best known for their [[Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording|Grammy Award]]–winning hit song "[[Who Let the Dogs Out]]".

==History==

===Early years===
Baha Men formed in 1977<ref name="Vicebaha"/> as High Voltage, initially playing [[disco]] and [[funk]].<ref name="Thompson">Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, {{ISBN|0-87930-655-6}}, pp.28–29</ref> They performed regularly in nightclubs and hotels in the Bahamas and self-released several albums.<ref name="Thompson" />

In 1991, one of their tapes found its way to [[Atlantic Records]] A&R man [[Steve Greenberg (record producer)|Steve Greenberg]], who signed the band to the Big Beat subsidiary, at the same time getting the band to change their name to the Baha Men.<ref name="Thompson" />

===Early success===
The following year, Baha Men released their first album, ''[[Junkanoo (album)|Junkanoo]],'' which included the local hit "Back to the Island".<ref name="Thompson" /> ''Kalik'' followed in 1994, including the international hit "Dancing in the Moonlight".<ref name="Thompson" /> The band moved with Greenberg to [[PolyGram|Polygram]] for the 1997 album ''[[I Like What I Like]]'' and ''[[Doong Spank]]'', released the following year.<ref name="Thompson" /> The latter sold only 700 copies in the US and the band was dropped by the label.

Greenberg then started his own label, S-Curve, and signed the band.<ref name="Thompson" /> Original vocalist Nehemiah Hield left in 1999, and was replaced by his nephew Omerit.<ref name="Thompson" /> The band was most popular in the 1990s in Japan, and their 1999 album ''[[2 Zero 0-0]]'' was initially released only in that country.<ref name="Thompson" />

==="Who Let the Dogs Out"===
They achieved great, but short-lived, popularity with a 2000s remake of "[[Who Let the Dogs Out (song)|Who Let the Dogs Out]]" (originally composed by [[Anslem Douglas]]), produced by Greenberg and Michael Mangini.<ref name="Thompson" /> The song was a chart success in many countries and also became a popular song at US sporting events.<ref name="Thompson" /> "Who Let the Dogs Out" also earned the band several awards: a [[Grammy Award]] in 2001 for [[Best Dance Recording]];<ref name="Thompson" /> [[Billboard Music Award|''Billboard Music Awards'']] for World Music Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year; and a [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award]] for Favorite Song. In 2002, they won another Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.

In June 2008, "Who Let the Dogs Out" was discussed on ''[[I Love the New Millennium]]''. The Baha Men's most recent [[record album|album]] was ''[[Ride with Me (Baha Men album)|Ride With Me]]'', released in 2015.

===Recent years===

After releasing ''Night & Day'' in the summer of 2014 for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup]] that year in Brazil and was featured in the soundtrack: [[One Love, One Rhythm – The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album]] in the Carnival Mix, the Baha Men released a Christmas Medley mixing "[[The Little Drummer Boy]]" with "[[Silver Bells]]". Their single "Off the Leash" was released digitally on 1 July 2015. On 25 October 2015, the band performed the halftime show for the [[New York Giants]]/[[Dallas Cowboys]] football game at [[MetLife Stadium]].

In 2018, the group joined [[Our Last Night]] for a metal cover of their hit song "[[Who Let the Dogs Out (song)|Who Let the Dogs Out]]" and, in April 2019, released a new single, "Let's Go",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=145701|title=Baha Men Returns With Surprise New Single, 'Let's Go'|date=2019-04-06|website=Top40-Charts.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref> dedicated to the [[2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#Final Four|teams playing in the Final Four]].

==TV and film appearances==

Baha Men appeared in a special scene from ''[[Between the Lions]]'' where Leona and Theo meet them while reading some books inside the library.
 
They performed the theme song of the [[Playhouse Disney]] series [[Stanley (2001 TV series)|''Stanley'']], titled "My Man Stanley".

Their track "Rat Race" appeared in the opening scene of the 2001 film [[Rat Race (film)|Rat Race]].

Their track "Coconut" appeared in an episode of the [[Nickelodeon]] series [[ChalkZone]], which also featured a parodied version of the band.

They performed onstage for a Season 14 episode of ''[[The Bachelorette (American TV series)|The Bachelorette]]'', which took place in the Bahamas.

Their track "Holla!" appeared in the opening and closing credits of ''[[Garfield: The Movie]]'', and during one scene in the 2005 film ''[[Kicking & Screaming (2005 film)|Kicking & Screaming]]''. 

Their track "Best Years of Our Lives" appeared in the rolling credits of [[Shrek]].

Their track "[[Crocodile Rock]]" appeared in the rolling credits of [[The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course]].

Their track "Scooby D" appeared in [[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]].

The band made an appearance on the big screen, when they starred as themselves in the 1994 romantic comedy ''[[My Father the Hero (1994 film)|My Father the Hero]],'' starring [[Gérard Depardieu]] and [[Katherine Heigl]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popentertainment.com/bahamen.htm |title=Pop Entertainment Baha Men |publisher=Popentertainment.com |access-date=2010-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219135124/http://popentertainment.com/BahaMen.htm |archive-date=2010-12-19 }}</ref>

== Members ==

* Pat Carey - guitar
* Rik Carey - drums
* Jeffrey Chea - keyboards
* Anthony Flowers - percussion
* Colyn Grant - drums
* Nehemiah Hield 
* Omerit Hield 
* Dyson Knight - vocals
* Marvin Prosper - vocals
* Herschel Small - guitar
* Isaiah Taylor - percussion

==Discography==

===Studio albums===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
|-
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=23}}</ref> 
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/baha-men/chart-history/tlp/|title=Baha Men Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Electrifying'' <small>(as High Voltage)</small>
|
*Released: 1985
*Label: Self-released
*Format: CD, cassette
| &mdash; || &mdash;
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''High Voltage'' <small>(as High Voltage)</small>
|
*Released: 1987
*Label: Self-released
*Format: CD, cassette
| &mdash; || &mdash;
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Junkanoo''
|
*Released: 29 September 1992
*Label: [[Big Beat Records (Atlantic Records subsidiary)|Big Beat]]
*Format: CD, cassette
|&mdash; || &mdash;
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Kalik''
|
*Released: 6 September 1994
*Label: [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
*Format: CD, cassette
| &mdash; || &mdash;
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''I Like What I Like''
|
*Released: 10 June 1997
*Label: [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
*Format: CD, cassette
| &mdash; || &mdash;
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Doong Spank''
|
*Released: 16 June 1998
*Label: Mercury
*Format: CD, cassette
| &mdash; || &mdash;
|
|-
!scope="row"|''2 Zero 0-0''
|
* Released: 25 May 1999<ref>March 13, 2001 in the US and elsewhere. {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARrDQKqFo7AC&pg=PA29 |title=Reggae & Caribbean Music |first=Dave |last=Thompson |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco |year=2002 |isbn=0-87930-655-6 |page=29 |quote=Their 1999 album ''2 Zero 0-0'' was released only in the band's traditionally loyal stronghold of Japan. … Finally released in the US in 2001 (Universal)… |access-date=2016-02-01}}</ref><ref>Exact release date from: {{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/master/646434 |title=Baha Men – 2 Zero 0-0 |website=Discogs.com |access-date=2016-02-01}}</ref>
* Label: Mercury (Japan)
* Format: CD, digital download
| &mdash; || &mdash;
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Who Let the Dogs Out (Baha Men album)|Who Let the Dogs Out]]''
|
*Released: 25 July 2000
*Label: [[S-Curve Records|S-Curve]]
*Format: CD, cassette, digital download
| 16 || 5
|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: 3× Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - June 03, 2015 |publisher=RIAA.com |access-date=2015-06-03}}</ref>
* [[ARIA]]: Gold<ref name=ARIACert>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Baha Men|type=album|certyear=2000|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Move It Like This]]''
|
* Released: 26 March 2002
* Label: S-Curve
* Format: CD, digital download
| &mdash; || 57
|
|-
!scope="row"|''Holla!''
|
* Released: 1 June 2004
* Label: S-Curve
* Format: CD, digital download
| &mdash; || &mdash;
|
|-
!scope="row"|''Ride with Me''
|
* Released: 9 October 2015
* Label: Sony Music Latin
* Format: Digital download
| &mdash; || &mdash;
|
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details
! scope="col"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="font-size:90%;" | [[World Albums|US World]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/baha-men/chart-history/wlp/|title=Baha Men Chart History: World Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Greatest Movie Hits''
|
*Released: 5 November 2002
*Label: [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
*Format: CD, digital download
| 1 
|-
! scope="row" | ''10 Great Songs: Who Let the Dogs Out''
|
*Released: 10 September 2010
*Label: Capitol
*Format: CD, digital download
| 4
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="9"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br><small>([[List of best selling music artists|sales threshold]])</small>
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Baha+Men&cat=s |title=australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017075705/http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Baha+Men&cat=s |archive-date=October 17, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue640.pdf |title=Australian Web Archive |publisher=webarchive.nla.gov.au |date=2006-08-23 |access-date=2012-05-02 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020626140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020627-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue640.pdf |archive-date=2002-06-26 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
! [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br><ref>[http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=Baha+Men&cat=s Austrian peaks], Austraincharts.at</ref>
! [[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Baha+Men&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20 |title=Baha Men Top Singles positions |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |access-date=2011-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021100313/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Baha+Men&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20 |archive-date=2012-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/baha-men-p32016/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=((( Baha Men > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref>
! [[GfK Entertainment|GER]]<br><ref>[https://archive.today/20140707083744/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Baha+Men&x=0&y=0&country=de German peaks], Officialcharts.de</ref>
! [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=Baha+Men&cat=s |title=charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=January 12, 2011 }}</ref>
! [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Baha+Men&cat=s |title=Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320090012/http://www.hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Baha+Men&cat=s |archive-date=March 20, 2012 }}</ref>
! [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Baha+Men&cat=s |title=Swedish Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212031539/http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Baha+Men&cat=s |archive-date=December 12, 2012 }}</ref>
! [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=The Official Charts Company - Baha Men |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=January 12, 2011 }}</ref>
! [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=baha men|chart=all}} |title=Baha Men Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111110311/http://www.billboard.com/ |archive-date=11 January 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1994
! scope="row"| "[[Dancing in the Moonlight]]"
| —
| —
| 42
| —
| 18
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Kalik''
|-
| 1995
! scope="row"| "(Just a) Sunny Day"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 38
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 
|-
| 1997
! scope="row"| "That's the Way I Get Down"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 
| style="text-align:left;"| ''I Like What I Like''
|-
| 2000
! scope="row"| "[[Who Let the Dogs Out]]"
| 1
| 26
| 14
| 6
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 40
| style="text-align:left;"| 
* [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2000.htm |title=ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Singles |publisher=[[ARIA Charts]] |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420033412/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2000.htm |archive-date=April 20, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=British Phonographic Industry search results |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115055129/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=January 15, 2013 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Who Let the Dogs Out''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2001
! scope="row"| "[[You All Dat]]"
| 8
| 59
| —
| 62
| 21
| 86
| 49
| 14
| 94
| style="text-align:left;"| 
* ARIA: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm |title=ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2001 Singles |publisher=[[ARIA Charts]] |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205035939/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2014 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "[[The Best Years of Our Lives (song)|Best Years of Our Lives]]"
| 49
| 66
| —
| —
| —
| 70
| —
| —
| —
| 
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Move It Like This''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2002
! scope="row"| "[[Move It Like This (song)|Move It Like This]]"
| 76
| —
| 13
| 76
| 11
| 65
| —
| 16
| —
| 
|-
! scope="row"| "We Rubbin'"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| 2011
! scope="row"| "Go!"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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