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

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
NED
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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

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 60. ISBN 978-0898201567.
  2. Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 2015 July to December". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  3. Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. 1 2 John Bush. "Clubland | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-30.

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