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{{short description|French musical project}}
'''Keedz''' is a musical project of a group of young French singers who release songs as a choir accompanied by electro-disco-dance influences. In 2008, Keedz released a studio album entitled ''Stand on the Word'' containing 11 tracks on Elias Music / Mercury Records / Universal Music. It was produced by Julien Jabre, Jimmy Mikaoui and Laurent Tordjman with David Eugène Joubert and Phyliss McKoy Joubert, with the latter having written 7 of the 11 tracks. The vocals were by formation named The Children of God.
Keedz achieved fame with the big commercial success of the title track "[[Stand on the Word]]". The single, remixed by MiMa (made up of Michael Tordjman and Maxime Desprez), was a remake of a [[Joubert Singers]] song. Many drew similarities between it and the musical project [[Justice (band)|Justice]], particularly their single "[[D.A.N.C.E.]]", but this was disputed.<ref>[http://www.thechuckness.com/2011/04/keedz-stand-on-the-world/ TheChukness: Keedz – Stand on the World] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130203183333/http://www.thechuckness.com/2011/04/keedz-stand-on-the-world/ |date=2013-02-03 }}</ref><ref>[http://ykw.fr/keedz-stand-on-the-word/ YKW - Debout sur le monde avec Keedz] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> The Keedz release was accompanied by a music video which became equally popular.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_eIDMOvfM Music video of "Stand on the Word"]</ref> The single has been in the [[SNEP]] French Singles Chart since October 2011 totalling 28 weeks until end of July 2012 and reaching its peak position at #12 on chart dated 23 June 2012.<ref>[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Keedz&titel=Stand+On+The+Word&cat=s LesCharts.com "Keedz' - "Stand on the Word" page]</ref>
Keedz' version of "Stand on the Word" was used as a short introduction to ''[[Le Grand Journal (Canal+)|Le Grand Journal]]'' broadcast on [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] for the week 29 September to 3 October 2008. ''Le Grand Journal'' picks weekly one particular song (called "coming next") as a jingle to its introduction and changes it on a weekly basis.<ref>[[:fr:Liste des coming-nexts du Grand Journal|French Wikipedia: Liste des ''coming-nexts'' du ''Grand Journal'']]</ref> The choices prove usually to be future hits. The Keedz version of the song was also used in 2008 in an episode of the Australian television series ''[[Underbelly (TV series)|Underbelly]]''.
==Discography==
===Albums===
*2008: ''Stand on the Word''
Track list:
#"Stand on the Word" (MiMa Version) (3:28)
#"Stomp" (2:55)
#"Love is All" (3:29)
#"Praises" (4:07)
#"Crazy" (4:07)
#"Wade in the Water" (3:48)
#"Destiny" (3:05)
#"Clap on" (3:22)
#"World Hold On" (4:00)
#"Can You Feel It" (4:47)
#"Stand on the Word 1982" (4:46)
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="160"|Single
!align="center" colspan="1"|Peak <br>position
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="40"|Certification
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="200"|Album
|-
!width="20"|<small>[[SNEP|FR]]</small><br><ref name="lescharts">[http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ben+L%27Oncle+Soul LesCharts.com: Ben l'Oncle Soul  discography]</ref>
|-
|2011/2012
|"[[Stand on the Word]]"
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|
|align="center"|''Stand on the Word''
|-
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.myspace.com/keedzmusic Myspace]
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[[Category:French musical groups]]