Clubland was a house-music

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 act assembled by Swedish

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 producer

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 Jan Ekholm and British

United Kingdom

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 musician Morgan King

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. Lead vocals were performed by Jamaica

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n/Swedish singer Zemya Hamilton.

In the early 1990s, five songs charted on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and three of those hit #1: "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 #1 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and #2 on the dance play chart .

Albums

• Themes from Outer Clubland (1991)
• Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton (1992)
• Adventures Beyond Clubland (1992)
• Secrets of Inner Clubland (Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton) (1995)

Selected Singles

• "Let's Get Busy (Pump It up)" (1990) US Billboard Hot Dance Tracks #1, UK #86
• "Hold on (Tighter to Love)" (1991) US Hot Dance #1, US #79
• "(I'm Under) Love Strain" (1992)
• "Come Rain, Come Shine" (1992) US Hot Dance #39
• "Hypnotized" (1992) US Hot Dance #1
• "Set Me Free" (1992) US Hot Dance #1, US #90
• "Peace of Luv" (1995)
• "Gimme Love, Gimme All" (1995)

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

External links

• UK Chart Stats
• Billboard Chart Archive
• [ Clubland US Billboard chart positions] (from Allmusic)
• Clubland myspace page