M People are a British house music act from Manchester formed in 1990 which achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is from the initials of Mike Pickering, who formed the group.

M People were a British house music act from Manchester which formed in 1990. They consisted of Mike Pickering, Heather Small and Paul Heard and Shovell. Pickering was a member of factory records dance act Quando Quango , but became more noted as one of the original DJs at The hacienda . Heard was a member of acid jazz band Ace Of Clubs . Heather Small was in the British Soul band Hot House who had released a number of critically acclaimed records without scoring any major success. In 1994 and 1