ʻO ka haku mele kaulana loa a Londonbeat ʻo ia ʻo I've Been Thinking About You, kahi i loaʻa ai ka lanakila i loko o ka manawa pōkole a ua lanakila ʻo ia ma ka papa inoa o nā mele mele maikaʻi loa ma ka Hot 100 Billboard a me Hot Dance Music / Club.
ʻO 1991 ia. Hoʻohālikelike ka poʻe hoʻohewa i ka kaulana o nā mea hoʻokani mele i ka mea i loaʻa iā lākou kahi niche mele hou, e hui pū ana i nā kuʻuna maikaʻi loa o ka ʻuhane, pop a me R&B me ke ʻano hou o ka technodance.
Ua makemake nui ka poʻe i ke kani a ua hāpai ʻo ia i ka hui Londonbeat i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka kaulana. ʻAʻole pau ke mele i ka poʻe aloha i nā haku mele.
Mai kēlā me kēia manawa, hoʻāʻo ʻia e ka manawa a mahalo ʻia e ka ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi hanauna o nā mea aloha mele, paʻi i ka piko o nā helu mele ʻoluʻolu loa.
Moʻolelo o ka hana ʻana a me nā lālā o ka hui
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui ʻAmelika-British e kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani pila ma 1988. ʻO ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Jimmy Helms ʻAmelika, i kamaʻāina i ka poʻe o Beretania Nui me kāna mau mele mele ma ka lekiō. Ua loli ka haku mele i ka manawa.
Akā, ʻaʻole i koʻikoʻi loa nā loli. ʻO nā lālā o ka hui Londonbeat ʻo Jimmy Chambers (mai Trinidad mai) a me George Chandler, i lilo i mea kaulana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani leo kākoʻo no Paul Young.
Ma mua o kēia, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo George Chandler e ka poʻe pā ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokumu o ka 'Olumepika Runners. Ua komo pū ka hui me Charls Pierre, William Henshall (ʻike ʻia ʻo Willy M) a me ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Marc Goldschmitz, nāna i haʻalele i ka hui e pāʻani i ka hui Kelemania Leash. ʻO Miles Kane lāua ʻo Anthony Blaze.
ʻO nā pae mua o ka hui i ka kaulana
ʻO ka ʻaha mele mua o ka hui, i lōʻihi ma mua o hoʻokahi hola, ua mālama ʻia ma Holland. Ua hoʻokumu ka hui ʻōpio ʻōpio i ka manaʻo i ka mea hana kaulana ʻo David A. Stewart.
Ua pūlima ʻo ia i ʻaelike me nā kāne i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou album mua i kapa ʻia ʻo Speak. ʻO ka haku mele Theres a Beat Going On, i hoʻokani ʻia ma ka ʻaha mele, ua kaulana loa, ua komo i ka 10 kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka mele I've Been Thinking About You, ka mea i lilo i mea hōʻailona o ka hui, i hoʻolālā mua ʻia ma ke ʻano o ka album mua. Akā, ma ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ka hui hoʻopaʻa leo, ua hoʻohana nā mea hana kiʻi ʻōpio i kā lākou hit ma ke ʻano he hoʻolaha hoʻolaha e loaʻa ai ka manaʻo nui no ka album Speak.
ʻO kekahi mele "9 AM" i ʻike ʻia a puni ka manawa like, mahalo i ka mea i kaulana ai ka hui.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album mua, haʻalele ʻo Chambers lāua ʻo Chandler i ka hui. ʻAʻole nele kahi wahi hoʻāno, ua pani ʻia lākou e Anthony Blaze lāua ʻo Charles Pierre. A laila hele mai ka haku mele, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka laina hou, Falling In Love Again.
Uaʻike koke nā poʻe o ka hui Londonbeat i ka hoʻololiʻana o ke kani o ka hana i ka hana hou, akā naʻe,ʻaʻole lākou i makemake. ʻAʻole ʻo ka kūleʻa o ka haku mele ka mea a ka poʻe hoʻokolohua i manaʻolana ai.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album hou In the Blood. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka pā nui o nā manawa a pau e ka hui I've Been Thinking About You, ʻo ia, e like me ka wā ma mua, ʻo ia ka poʻokela o nā palapala ʻEulopa āpau.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokō ka poʻe mele i ka leʻaleʻa i ka lehulehu me nā hits hou: A Better Love, You Bring on the Sun and Bob Marley's haku mele, i hana ʻia ma kahi unuhi hou, No Woman No Cry.
I ka makahiki 1995, ua makemake nā mea ho'okani pila e komo i ka ho'okūkū mele Eurovision. Akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke komo i ka hoʻokūkū nui, e eo ana i ka hui rap Love City Groove. ʻO ka haku mele I'm Just Your Puppet On A… (String), ka mea a lākou i hoʻokani ai i ka pōʻai hoʻokūkū, ua loaʻa iā 55 wale nō ke kūlana ma ka UK Singles Chart.
I nā makahiki 2000 mua, ua komo kekahi lālā hou i ka hui Londonbeat, ʻo William Upshaw. Ua kapa ʻia ka album mua a Upshaw Back in the Hi-Life. Hoʻohui ia i nā remix ʻelua o nā mele i loaʻa mua i ka kaulana, a me nā hana hou.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha loa o lākou, ʻo ia ke mele J Lo, i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no Jennifer Lopez, a me ke mele Spirit of a Child, i hoʻoulu ʻia e kahi moʻolelo maoli i hana ʻia ma ʻEnelani i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia XNUMX a pili pū me ka make weliweli o nā kaikamahine.
I ka makahiki 2003, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka hui ʻo Londonbeat i kahi ʻaelike me ka hui hoʻopaʻa mele Kelemania ʻo Coconut, ma lalo o kāna inoa i hōʻike ʻia ai kahi hōʻiliʻili hou o nā hits remixed o ka hui. Ma waena o lākou, ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā mea punahele a nā mea a pau: A Better Love and I've Been Thinking About You.
Ma 2004, haʻalele ka hui iā Marc Goldschmitz e noho a hana ma Kelemānia, ma ka hui Leash.
Londonbeat i kēia lā
ʻO 2011 ka makahiki o ka puka ʻana o nā mele hou ʻelua: The Crossing, i hoʻopaʻa pū ʻia me ka mea hoʻokani piano Brazilian ʻo Eumir Deodato, a me No Getting Over You.
Mahalo i ka hui pū ʻana me ka German DJ Klaas ma 2019, ua loaʻa i ka hui Londonbeat kahi piʻi hou i ka kaulana. He remix o kā lākou #1 hit I've Been Thinking About You i paʻa i ka 10 kiʻekiʻe ma ka Billboard Dance Charts.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jimmy Helms i ka kūleʻa o ka hui ma muli o nā remix o nā mele kahiko me ka ʻole o ka hilahila. Ua ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia he lōʻihi loa kā lākou hana ʻana a ʻaʻole hiki ke hana i nā hana e ʻoluʻolu i nā hanauna hou o ka poʻe hoʻolohe.
Ke hilinaʻi nui nei nā mea hoʻokani pila i nā poʻe nostalgic, ʻo ia hoʻi kā lākou poʻe hoʻolohe nui. ʻAʻohe hewa o ka hui ʻo Londonbeat ʻaʻole ia he kiʻi o ka poʻe ʻōpio i hele mai e pani i nā "fans" i hōʻoia ʻia.
