Club House (band)
Club House was an Italian house music studio group composed of Gianfranco Bortolotti, Carl Fanini, Hidalgo Serra, and Silvio Pozzoli.
Club House | |
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| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Italo house, Italo disco, Eurodance |
| Years active | 1983–1996 |
| Labels | ZYX Music (Germany) Media Records (Italy) Atlantic Records (USA) |
| Past members | Gianfranco Bortolotti Carl Fanini Hidalgo Serra Silvio Pozzoli |
Career
The group scored a hit in 1983 with a mashup medley of Steely Dan's "Do It Again" and Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", titled "Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean". It reached No. 7 in Ireland, No. 11 in the UK and No. 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In 1991, they hit number-one on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Deep in My Heart",[1] which used portions of Kier Kirby's vocals from Deee-Lite's 1990 single "Power of Love".
The same two songs in Club House's 1983 medley were also recorded as a note-for-note dance medley by the Detroit, Michigan band Slingshot, which hit number-one on the dance chart with its cover version. There was a further version by Brooklyn Express, a New York studio project by Began Cekic and Eric Durham, also in 1983.
Club House was also well known for the dance single "Light My Fire" (featuring Carl) which peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1994.[2] The follow-up single, "Living in the Sunshine", was not quite so successful as it only managed number 21 in the UK in July the same year.[2]
Discography
Album
- Nowhere Land (The Album) (1995)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| AUS [3][4] |
FIN [3] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NED [3] |
NZ [3] |
UK [2] |
US [7] |
US Dance [7] | ||||||
| 1983 | "Do It Again/Billie Jean (medley)" | — | — | 41 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 11 | 75 | — | Singles only | |||
| "Superstition/Good Times (medley)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | |||||
| 1987 | "I'm a Man/Yeké Yeké (medley)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | "I'm Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | "Deep in My Heart" | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | 55 | — | 1 | ||||
| 1991 | "I'm Falling Too" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | ||||
| 1992 | "Take Your Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nowhere Land | |||
| 1993 | "Light My Fire" (featuring Carl) | 67 | — | — | 19 | — | — | 45 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | "Light My Fire" (remix) | 26 | 20 | — | 11 | — | — | 7 | — | — | ||||
| "Living in the Sunshine" (featuring Carl) | 106 | — | — | 23 | — | — | 21 | — | — | |||||
| "Nowhere Land" (featuring Carl) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | "All By Myself" (featuring Carl) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | "You and I" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | "World of Dreams" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 60.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 111. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- International peaks
- Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Living In the Sunshine" and "Nowhere Land" (single): "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05". imgur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- German peaks
- "Search for irish peaks". Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- US peaks
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