Clubland (band)
Clubland was a house-music act assembled by Dave Rawlings and Ronnie Herel as production duo Quartz with Jan Ekholm's label B-tech British musician Morgan King joined them as a writer. Lead vocals on " Adventures in Clubland " were performed by US Rappers 2 in a room. UK Rapper Stepz and Jamaican/Swedish singer Zemya Hamilton.
In the early 1990s, five songs charted on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and three of those hit number-one: "Let's Get Busy" (credited to Clubland featuring Quartz) (1990), "Hold On (Tighter to Love)" (1992) and "Hypnotized" (1992). Another single, "Set Me Free," hit number-one on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and number 2 on the dance play chart.[1]
Discography
Albums
- Themes from Outer Clubland (1991)
- Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton (1992)
- Adventures Beyond Clubland (1992)
- Secrets of Inner Clubland (Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton) (1995)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NED [2] |
SWE [3] |
UK [4] |
U.S. [5] |
U.S. Dance [5] | ||||||||||
| 1990 | "Let's Get Busy (Pump It Up)" (featuring Quartz) | 32 | — | 86 | — | 1 | Themes From Outer Clubland (Keep It Pumping) | |||||||
| 1991 | "Pump The Sound (Like a Megablast)" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Hold On (Tighter to Love)" | — | 17 | — | 79 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1992 | "I'm Under (Love Strain)" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | Adventures Beyond Clubland | |||||||
| "Set Me Free" | — | — | — | 90 | 2 | |||||||||
| "Hypnotized" | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||||
| "Come Rain, Come Shine" (US only) | — | — | — | — | 39 | |||||||||
| "Hot For You" (featuring Quartz) (UK only) | — | — | — | — | — | single only | ||||||||
| 1995 | "Cry" (Sweden only) | — | 8 | — | — | — | The Secrets Of Inner Clubland | |||||||
| "Peace of Luv" (Europe & UK only) | — | 24 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Gimme Love Gimme All" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Open Your Eyes" (Japan only) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 60.
- ↑ Dutch peak
- ↑ Swedish peaks
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 US peaks
External links
- Clubland at AllMusic
- Clubland US Billboard chart positions (from Allmusic)