Clubland was a Swedish/British house music act assembled in 1990 by BTECH label boss/producer Jan Ekholm and British duo Dave Rawlings and Ronnie Herel of Quartz. British musician Morgan King joined them later as a songwriter. Lead vocals for the first album Themes from Outer Clubland were variously performed by the American hip house duo 2 in a Room, British rapper Stepz, and Swedish singers Zemya Hamilton and Kayo Shekoni. In 1991, Ekholm reformed the act with members now comprising singer Zemya Hamilton and Morgan King.
Clubland | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | house |
| Years active | 1990– |
Biography
editBetween 1991 and 1992, 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
editAlbums
edit- Themes from Outer Clubland (1991)
- Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton (1992)
- Adventures Beyond Clubland (1992)
- Secrets of Inner Clubland (Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton) (1995)
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
NED [4] |
SWE [5] |
UK [6] |
US [7] |
US Dance [7] | |||||||||
| 1990 | "Let's Get Busy (Pump It Up)" (featuring Quartz) | 139 | 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 | 148[8] | — | — | ||||||||
| "Gimme Love Gimme All" (Europe only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Open Your Eyes" (Japan only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under 7 January 1991". 7 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Lescharts.com - Clubland - Let's Get Busy". lescharts.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b John Bush. "Clubland | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Clubland Songs *** Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography *** Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Music VF. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
External links
edit- Official website for Clubland and their label BTECH[permanent dead link]
- Clubland at AllMusic
- Discography at Discogs.com
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