Storm Queen | |
Birth Name: | Morgan Geist |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1972 |
Birth Place: | Wayne, New Jersey, United States |
Years Active: | 1994–present |
Morgan Geist (born November 5, 1972)[1] is an American music songwriter, producer, mix engineer and DJ from Wayne, New Jersey.[2] Among mainstream music consumers, he is best known for his UK number one song "Look Right Through," recorded under the alias Storm Queen and remixed by Marc Kinchen.[3] Geist is also half of the influential duo Metro Area.[3] He has also remixed many artists, among them Caribou, Tracey Thorne, The Rapture, Franz Ferdinand, and Telex.
In 2010, Storm Queen released his debut single "Look Right Through" on Geist's own Environ label. In 2011, the follow-up "It Goes On" was released. In July 2012 he released "Let's Make Mistakes" as his third single. On November 3, 2013, a licensed version of the single "Look Right Through" was released via Defected Records/Ministry of Sound. In the United Kingdom, the song entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on November 10, 2013, becoming Storm Queen's first number one song in The UK, dethroning Eminem and Rihanna's "The Monster" from the top of the chart.[4] In Ireland, the song entered at number thirty on the Irish Singles Chart on November 8, 2013, and peaked at number twenty.
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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BEL (Vl) [5] | BEL (Wa) [6] | DEN [7] | IRE [8] | NL [9] | UK [10] | ||||||
2010 | "Look Right Through" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
2011 | "It Goes On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2012 | "Let's Make Mistakes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2013 | "Look Right Through" | 21 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 54 | 1 | ||||
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||