The Chimes (Scottish band)

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The Chimes
OriginEdinburgh, Scotland
Labels CBS
Past members Pauline Henry
Mike Peden
James Locke

The Chimes were a British dance music trio, which consisted of Pauline Henry (born in Jamaica) with Mike Peden and James Locke from Edinburgh, Scotland. They are best known for their hits "Heaven" and a remake of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", which became a UK top 10 hit. [1]

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Chart success

In the US, they reached the Billboard Hot 100 with the song "1-2-3", at No. 86 in 1990. [2] It spent two weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and its follow-up, "Heaven", was also a No. 1 dance chart hit. [3]

Bono from U2 commented that the Chimes' cover of their hit "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" was the "only cover version he had heard that he enjoyed and did the original justice", adding "at last someone's come along to sing it properly".[ citation needed ]

A self-titled album was released in 1990, reaching number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. [4]

Pauline Henry has also enjoyed dance club success as a solo artist with five hits in the UK top 40, including "Feel Like Making Love", "Too Many People", "Can't Take Your Love", "Love Hangover" and "Never Knew Love Like This" (the latter featuring Wayne Marshall). [5] [6]

Henry performed at Bestival 2012 on the Isle of Wight with her band which included Bestival compere Scott Anderson on bass guitar.

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[4] 		AUS
[7] 		AUT
[8] 		GER
[9] 		NED
[10] 		NZ
[11] 		SWE
[12] 		SWI
[13] 		US
[14]
The Chimes 171620303733632162

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[4] 		AUS
[7] 		AUT
[8] 		BEL
(Fla)
[17] 		GER
[9] 		IRL
[18] 		NED
[10] 		NOR
[19] 		NZ
[11] 		US
[2]
1989"1-2-3"6073————41—486 The Chimes
"Heaven"6662————34—5—
1990"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"62617212061226—
"True Love"48106————42———
"Heaven" (re-issue)24103———25————
"Love Comes to Mind"49152————————
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

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References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 104–105. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  2. 1 2 "The Chimes Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved 24 November 2019.[ dead link ] N.B. This page also contains peaks from a 1960s group called The Chimes.
  3. ↑ "The Chimes Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 28 May 2019.[ dead link ]
  4. 1 2 3 "Official Charts > Chimes". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 251. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  6. ↑ "Official Charts > Pauline Henry". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. 1 2 Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  8. 1 2 "austriancharts.at > The Chimes in der Österreichischen Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  9. 1 2 German chart peaks:
  10. 1 2 "dutchcharts.nl > The Chimes in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  11. 1 2 "charts.nz > The Chimes in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "swedishcharts.com > The Chimes in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "hitparade.ch > The Chimes in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "The Chimes Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 24 November 2019.[ dead link ]
  15. ↑ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Chimes' (from bpi.co.uk)". Imgur.com (original source published by British Phonographic Industry). Retrieved 28 May 2019. N.B. This site displays an inaccurate UK release date.
  16. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 57.
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  18. ↑ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Chimes' (from irishcharts.ie)". Imgur.com (original source published by Fireball Media). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  19. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com > The Chimes in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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