Londonbeat

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Londonbeat Poland 2018
Londonbeat (2018)

Londonbeat is a British - American pop group that enjoyed worldwide success between late 1988 and autumn 1992.

Band history

The Rhythm & Blues band consisted of the American singers Jimmy Helms, George Chandler and Jimmy Chambers (born January 20, 1946, from Trinidad & Tobago) as well as the producer and multi-instrumentalist Willy M. (actually William Henshall).

Londonbeat was particularly noticeable for its clear voices, especially from Jimmy Helms, who himself landed a top 10 hit in Great Britain in the early 1970s with Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse . The group emerged in 1987 from the vocal trio Beatjockeys, who sang in the background with Paul Young , among others . In 1988 Londonbeat was the first band to get a record deal with Dave Stewart's new music label Anxious.

The final breakthrough came in the fall of 1990 I've Been Thinking About You (number 1 hit in 27 countries). The group achieved further chart placements with A Better Love , No Woman, No Cry and You Bring on the Sun, among others . Most notably, I've Been Thinking About You was a global success and topped the US dance charts.

After 1992 the old successes could no longer be achieved. Even a comeback in autumn 1994 did not bring great success. After the last single, released in May 1995, nothing more was heard from the band.

In the autumn of 2003, Londonbeat tried a comeback with a partly new line-up (Jimmy Helms, Jimmy Chambers and the new Myles Kayne and Marc Goldschmitz) and released a new album in 2003 and 2004. Marc Goldschmitz left the band in 2005. He now lives in Berlin, where he plays in the indie rock band Leash, among others.

Londonbeat persists and still performs worldwide.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1990 In the Blood DE15th
gold
gold

(33 weeks)DE 		AT12 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH5
gold
gold

(20 weeks)CH 		UK34
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		US21st
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
First published: October 1990
1992 Harmony DE24 (11 weeks)
DE 		- CH27 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: September 1992

More albums

  • 1988: Speak
  • 1994: Londonbeat
  • 2003: Back in the Hi-Life - Hit Collection Vol. 1
  • 2004: Gravity

Compilations

  • 1995: Best! The Singles
  • 1997: The Very Best Of
  • 2004: Legends (3 CDs)
  • 2007: Greatest Hits

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US Dance Dance
1988 There's a beat going on
speak 		- - - UK88 (2 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: September 1988
9 am (The Comfort Zone)
Speak 		- - - UK19 (11 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: November 1988
1989 Failing in Love Again
Speak 		- - - UK60 (3 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: January 1989
1990 I've Been Thinking About You
In the Blood 		DE1
gold
gold

(45 weeks)DE 		AT1
gold
gold

(18 weeks)AT 		CH1 (21 weeks)
CH 		UK2
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US 		Dance1 (13 weeks)
Dance
First published: August 1990
A Better Love
In the Blood 		DE13 (23 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH12 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK23 (11 weeks)
UK 		US18 (15 weeks)
US 		-
First published: November 1990
1991 No Woman, No Cry
In the Blood 		DE23 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - UK64 (2 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: February 1991
1992 You bring on the Sun
Harmony 		DE6 (24 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH14 (19 weeks)
CH 		UK32 (4 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: May 1992
Lover You Send Me Colors
Harmony 		DE33 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - - - -
First published: September 1992
That's How I Feel About You
Harmony 		DE52 (15 weeks)
DE 		- - UK69 (1 week)
UK 		- -
First published: October 1992
1994 Come back
Londonbeat 		DE50 (19 weeks)
DE 		- - UK69 (2 weeks)
UK 		US62 (5 weeks)
US 		Dance1 (13 weeks)
Dance
First published: October 1994
1995 I'm Just Your Puppet on a… (String!)
The Very Best Of 		- - - UK55 (2 weeks)
UK 		- -
First published: March 1995
Build It with Love
Londonbeat 		DE64 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - - - Dance2 (13 weeks)
Dance
First published: May 1995
2003 Where Are U
Back in the Hi-Life 		DE54 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - - - -
First published: September 2003

More singles

  • 1988: Killer Drop / One Blink / Beat Patrol
  • 1989: One Blink
  • 1989: It Takes Two, Baby (with Liz Kershaw, Bruno Brookes and Jive Bunny )
  • 1990: It's in the Blood
  • 1991: This Is Your Life
  • 1991: Special Remix
  • 1992: The Sea of ​​Tranquility
  • 1995: I've Been Thinking About You (The '95 Remixes)
  • 2004: Heaven
  • 2004: The Air
  • 2004: I've Been Thinking About You (Damae feat.Londonbeat)
  • 2004: Busker McGee
  • 2010: I've Been Thinking About You 2010 (vs. Silverscreen)
  • 2018: I've Been Thinking About You (feat. Traumton)

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles / Albums / UK / US1 US2
  2. ↑ Awards: DE AT CH UK US

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