Song:I've Been Thinking About You
Album:In The Blood
I've Been Thinking About You topped the charts internationally in 1990. I think most music fans remember the song but know nothing about Londonbeat. They only had a couple of hits from In The Blood and subsequent albums did poorly. They are still around. Jimmy Helms, Jimmy Chambers and George Chandler all had singing careers before Londonbeat was formed in 1988. Chandler was born in Atlanta but he moved to England in 1973. He was lead singer of Gonzalez and a member of Central Line and Olympic Runners. Helms is from Florida and he moved to England when he was in the Army. He scored a top ten hit in England in 1973 with Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse. Then he became a jingle singer. Chambers was in Central Line. They met songwriter and producer William "Willy M" Henshall and Londonbeat was formed. One of their demos got the attention of Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics and he signed them to his Anxious label with RCA distribution. When I've Been Thinking About You became a hit in England, MCA picked it up in the US and it topped the Billboard Hot 100. After one more chart single, subsequent albums did poorly. In The Blood is available as a budget CD. Londonbeat usually wrote their own songs and Henshall produced though Swing Out Sister producer Martyn Phillips produced I've Been Thinking About You. Londonbeat split up in 1994. Helms and Chambers reformed Londonbeat in 2003 and with Charles Pierre, they still perform and record occasionally. Well, you know what I always say. One big hit is better than none. Here's the video for I've Been Thinking About You by Londonbeat.
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