July 20, 20159 yr Ha, another one I bought on 7" - I always thought the original lyrics were a bit controversial People are still having sex Lust keeps on lurking Nothing makes them stop This AIDS thing's not working Changed to "this safe thing's not working" for the release.
July 20, 20159 yr Author As if they invented AIDS to stop being from having sex? yeah - a bit sinister. :D
July 20, 20159 yr Incognito ft. Jocelyn Brown - Always There http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/rsz_incognito_zpstrg6ytcg.png Date 6th July 1991 2 Weeks Official Chart Run 26-9-{6}-9-15-20-29-45-70 (9 weeks) *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. Chart history is somewhat littered with acts that seemingly have got nowhere for decades, and then suddenly out-of-nowhere are able to find the right song or moment and spring into life with a chance mainstream hit. Step forward Incognito, a British acid jazz collective formed in 1980 by Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick. Originally from Mauritius, 'Bluey' moved to London aged 10 and counts amongst his influences Santana, Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang and UK bands such as Gonzalez and FBI. Debut album Jazz Funk released in 1981 was an entirely instrumental record and featured the single “Parisienne Girl” (a minor No.73 UK hit in late 1980) but failed to chart, with consequently many of the band soon after departing. 'Bluey' continued writing and producing however, eventually teaming up with prolific dance music singer Jocelyn Brown in 1989 for their follow-up LP Inside Life which was eventually released in 1991. “Always There” in its original form is a slow-funk jam that wouldn't sound out of place on Mark Ronson's latest album, with plenty of brass accompaniment and jazz and funk breaks. However, this was not the version that gave the group their first and only Top 10 hit; that came courtesy of David Morales, who had been on the ascendency for much of the previous decade and was much in demand for his legendary house remixes, working with huge artists like Madonna, Michael Jackson, U2 to name but a few. The single version gives the track a much needed up-to-date House sound, and some life to accompany Brown's incredibly powerful vocals. The track is a cover of Side Effect's 1976 US jazz-funk single “Always There”, and the song appeared once again in the Top 20 later in '91 as a sample of CharVoni's 1989 version of the song as remixed by Brothers In Rhythm. Incognito have been extremely prolific since, regularly tour worldwide with a solid following, and their 16th album Amplified Soul recently hit No.96 on the UK album chart in 2014. I4weGwDt13Q
July 20, 20159 yr Ha-ha, LaTour. Wonder if that got much daytime airplay. :lol: Always There is still a very good track.
July 20, 20159 yr I wonder what is the lowest peak for a dance number one? Not a fan of any newer revealed songs I fear.
July 20, 20159 yr Author I wonder what is the lowest peak for a dance number one? Not a fan of any newer revealed songs I fear. I know :lol: What is your favourite era/style Zárate?
July 21, 20159 yr I picked up Always There on 12" for about 25p in the bargain bin after it had been and gone from the charts. Great wee tune.
July 21, 20159 yr There's the Divinyl's I touch myself to add the list of 'sex'' related song in the charts in the summer of 1991. Always there is a good track. Incognito also did a decent version of stevie wonders Don't you worry about a thing Edited July 21, 20159 yr by fiesta
July 21, 20159 yr Jeeze, Richie. You must have most of these on record :D High selling dance music was my bag when I was in my early teens!
July 21, 20159 yr Author I was into all this stuff but I think 1992 was my year for dance but 1991 wasn't far behind.
July 21, 20159 yr C + C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams - Things That Make You Go Hmmm… http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/rsz_c-c_music_factory_zpshv2boaem.png Date 20th July 1991 2 Weeks Official Chart Run 33-18-7-{4}-5-8-12-16-27-36-60 (11 weeks) *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. As Bryan Adams bedded in at the top of the singles chart with what would become the longest consecutive run at #1 ever (16 weeks), the Top 10 beneath remained as turbulent and as exciting as it had been all year. Inspired by the catchphrase used by Arsenio in popular 1990s late-night talk show The Arsenio Hall Show “Things That Make You Go Hmmm…” gave the duo’s album Gonna Make You Sweat a much needed boost to #8 on the UK albums chart, though it was to be the duo's final visit to the UK Top 10. Returning with their second big hit of ’91, Clivillés and Cole once again enlisted the feel-good rapping of Freedom Williams to front the record, however having thoroughly upset Martha Wash (see: 19th January 1991) frequent C + C vocalist Deborah Cooper stood in to provide vocals on the track. Whilst “Sweat..” worked really well in the clubs, was made for the dance-floor and had a similar sound to the European house of Black Box and Snap!, “Hmmm…” was just a little bit too poppy and ridiculous and therefore more suited to radio play (albeit it was still played in clubs). It's the funky bassline and killer hook that both starts and repeats throughout the song that immediately catches you, the verses incorporate a number of romantic situations where amongst others - the protagonist finds his newborn baby looking suspiciously like his best friend - situations that.. well, make you go hmmm... The factory would continue to have hits in the UK (with 2 under the name Clivillés and Cole - “A Deeper Love” with vocals from Deborah Cooper and a U2 cover of “Pride (In The Name Of Love) - both peaking at #15), though never would achieve the same level of success, and Cole would sadly pass on in January 1995 aged just 32. XF2ayWcJfxo
July 21, 20159 yr Author I forgot about David Cole passing on in 1995. Things that Make You Go Hmmm...was always my favourite of theirs. Edited July 21, 20159 yr by AntoineTTe
July 22, 20159 yr I didn't realise Cole was no longer with us. Amazingly, I didn't have "Hmm" on record - just a dodgy recording off the Top 40. I think by the summer of 1991 I was turning away fro pop and more towards indie and harder rave...certainly that's where I was by the end of the year.
July 22, 20159 yr I know :lol: What is your favourite era/style Zárate? From this topic? I'm pretty much enjoying the house vibes of early 90s, so currently this is my favourite period!
July 22, 20159 yr Oh, and I didn't think ANYONE in UK was called Arsenio! Edited July 22, 20159 yr by Zárate
July 22, 20159 yr .... It's the funky bassline and killer hook that both starts and repeats throughout the song that immediately catches you.... Yes indeed, and like so many dance songs of this period and beyond that people no doubt thought were entirely creditable to the artist billed as having the hit, the most accomplished and recognisable element of the track was in fact a total rip-off - and, as it was the early '90s, a James Brown rip-off: check out 'I'm Shook' from his 1969 LP 'It's A Mother'. Carries the whole thing, and it's a shame more people weren't aware of the lack of originality of some dance acts at that time, whether or not they liked the end result or thought that the re-inventions of other people's work was an artform in itself. This track also contains numerous other samples, from obscure sources, interwoven so that it's pretty tough to establish which parts of it were created from scratch by C&C. But I guess to most clubbers musical pedigree or origin counts for very little. This is a nostalgic thread though, and for all my critique about the recycling and repetition in dance by this time, I can't deny that I have a considerable number of these hits in my Top 40 singles selections somewhere... Keep up the no-doubt time and labour-intensive work on it. Only eight years or so to go.. ^_^
July 22, 20159 yr Yeah, this style was rife throughout the early 90s. Check "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" by Definition of Sound too - it's practically all "Let it Out" by the Hombres...including the weird introduction! I think it was in response to the success De La Soul had with "Three Feet High and Rising" which was a huge patchwork of old soul, rock and pop records mixed with light and breezy hip hop. I suspect we'll hear more examples of this in the near future on this thread - PM Dawn up soon?
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