Clubland (band)
Clubland was a house-music act assembled by Dave Rawlings and Ronnie Herel as the production duo Quartz, with Jan Ekholm's label B-tech. The British musician Morgan King joined them as a writer. Lead vocals were variously performed by the American rappers 2 in a Room, British rapper Stepz and, increasingly, the Jamaican/Swedish singer, Zemya Hamilton.
In the early 1990s, five songs charted on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, with three of those hitting 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 US Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and number 2 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.[1] In 1993 they won a Swedish Grammy for best album with their second album, Adventures Beyond Clubland.
Zemya Hamilton (Zemya Sylveta Larsson Auna) died on 24 December 2015 from multiple sclerosis, aged 50.[2]
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 [3] |
SWE [4] |
UK [5] |
US [6] |
US Dance [6] | ||||||||||
| 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. ISBN 978-0898201567.
- ↑ Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 2015 July to December". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
- ↑
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- 1 2 John Bush. "Clubland | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
External links
- Clubland at AllMusic
- Clubland US Billboard chart positions (from Allmusic)
- Discography at Discogs.com