LMC (British band)

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LMC are an English dance group consisting of producers Lee Monteverde, Matt Cadman and Cris Nuttall. They have performed remixes for Scooter, Erasure, Dannii Minogue, Lasgo, Flip & Fill, Robert Palmer and Shania Twain. LMC is best known for the track "Take Me to the Clouds Above" which features an interpolation of Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" and a sample of U2's "With or Without You" which topped the UK Singles Chart in early 2004, [1] as well as going top 5 in Ireland and top 10 in Australia.

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Chart success

A promo-only track "Everything U Need" reached the top ten of the UK club chart in 2003. The song "Take Me to the Clouds Above" featured lyrics from "How Will I Know" from Whitney Houston's self-titled album set to a sample from "With or Without You" from U2's The Joshua Tree album.

The track was sung by Rachel McFarlane, who had previously been a vocalist for UK outfits Loveland and N-Trance. In the late 1990s, McFarlane had a solo record deal and her song "Lover" was a UK hit in 1998. This song was bootlegged as "Found an Angel" by placing "Lover" over Paul van Dyk's "For an Angel", which became a club hit.

All of the members of U2 had to clear the track. Bassist Adam Clayton said: "It's a good beat and you can dance to it. I especially like the bassline".[ citation needed ]

The track was released in the UK on 26 January 2004 as "Take Me to the Clouds Above" by LMC vs U2. The track became the most played track on UK radio and debuted at number one in February 2004, selling 300,000 copies. Due to the success, it was released in other territories, going top five in Ireland, top ten in Australia and New Zealand, top 20 in Germany, Holland, Poland and Norway. It was released in the U.S. on 6 April 2004, where it went top twenty in the Billboard dance chart.

In 2005, they collaborated with mashup artists Trick Babies (Si Edwards and Shaun Lever) who had previously built up a name making bootlegs for Galaxy FM and MTV to produce a cover version of Annie Lennox's "Little Bird", eventually being issued as a 12" single only.

Retaining the collaboration with Trick Babies, a remake of "You Get What You Give" sampling The New Radicals was issued. eventually charting at number 30 but with a fresh vocal from Rachel McFarlane. [1]

In 2008, LMC covered Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
"Everything U Need" (promo)2003
"Take Me to the Clouds Above"
(vs. U2)
200417
"Little Bird" (AATW promo)
(vs. Trick Babies)
2005
"Don't Let Go"
(vs. New Radicals)
"You Get What You Give"
(featuring Rachel McFarlane / vs. New Radicals)
20063060
"GrapeVine" (promo)
(vs. Marvin Gaye)
2007
"Te Amo"2019

Remixes and productions

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References

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    • "Take Me to the Clouds Above": "Discography LMC". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
    • "You Get What You Give": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 169.
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