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Clock
Clock
Origin	Manchester, England
Genres	Eurodance, electronic, hip house
Years active	1993–1999
Labels	Media Records
Past members	Stu Allan; Pete Pritchard ; Marcus Thomas; Lorna Saunders; Ché-gun Peters

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Clock were an English band primarily led by Stu Allan and Pete Pritchard and fronted by rapper Marcus Thomas (using the name ODC MC) and vocalist Lorna Saunders (using the name Tinka), though the single "Keep the Fires Burning" was sung by Georgia Lewis. They resembled many Eurodance acts of the time with a female singer and male rapper. Their earlier work was harder, similar to Cappella, but once they started releasing covers, their sound became more dance/pop oriented. Thomas left in 1998 to join the band Tzant, to be replaced by Ché-gun Peters.

They had a string of top 40 hits with nine covers during the 1990s on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] They also released hardcore versions of their hits under the name Visa.^[2] Clock broke up in 1999 due to a number of personal reasons; they were not able to continue at the same pace as they had before.^[3]

In 2004, Saunders appeared on BBC Television's Never Mind the Buzzcocks in the celebrity line-up. It was announced that she was now working as a legal secretary. In 2015, it was revealed that Saunders works as a lawyer for Jackamans and is married with two children.^[4]

In September 2022, Allan died at age 60 from gastrointestinal cancer.^[5]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK Albums Chart^[1]	AUS ^[6]
It's Time...	16 September 1995	27	161
About Time 2	28 March 1997	56	—
Boogie Sound	Japan only	—	—
Hits Around the Clock – Best Of	Japan only	—	—

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions								Album
Year	Title	UK ^[1]	AUS ^[7]^[6]	FIN ^[8]	FRA ^[9]	IRE ^[10]	NED ^[11]	NZ ^[12]	SWE ^[13]	Album
1993	"Holding On"	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	It's Time...
1994	"The Rhythm"	28	171	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	"Keep the Fires Burning"	36	205	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	"Axel F" / "Keep Pushin'"	7	42	—	—	8	45	—	37
	"Whoomph! (There It Is)"	4	96	—	—	5	—	—	36
	"Everybody"	6	105	16	—	17	—	—	—
	"In the House"	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	"Holding On 4 U"	27	183	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	"Oh What a Night"	13	153	—	—	13	—	—	—	About Time 2
1997	"It's Over"	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	About Time 2
1997	"U Sexy Thing"	11	100	—	—	8	—	—	—	Boogie Sound
1998	"That's the Way (I Like It)"	11	137	—	66	17	—	—	—
	"Rock Your Body"	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Blame It on the Boogie"	16	132	—	—	—	—	22	—
1999	"Sunshine Day"	58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Official Charts > Clock". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "Visa". Discogs.com.
^ David Balls (18 May 2009). "Whatever happened to... Clock?". Digitalspy.com.
^ "How Lorna from Ipswich swapped pop stardom for a career in law | Latest Ipswich News - Ipswich Star". Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ Rhian Daly (26 September 2022). "Manchester producer and DJ Stu Allan has died". NME. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Clock (British group) ARIA Chart History, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
^
Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Clock in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Keep the Fires Burning": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- "Whoomph! (There It Is)": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 27 Aug 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 4 July 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
^ "finnishcharts.com > Clock in Finnish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "lescharts.com > Clock dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Clock' (from irishcharts.ie)". Imgur.com (original document published by Fireball Media). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "dutchcharts.nl > Clock in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "charts.nz > Clock in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "swedishcharts.com > Clock in Dutch Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

External links

Lorna Saunders on LinkedIn
Jackamans Solicitors
Clock discography at Discogs
Clock at IMDb

[uk-1] "Official Charts > Clock". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[2] "Visa". Discogs.com.

[3] David Balls (18 May 2009). "Whatever happened to... Clock?". Digitalspy.com.

[4] "How Lorna from Ipswich swapped pop stardom for a career in law | Latest Ipswich News - Ipswich Star". Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[5] Rhian Daly (26 September 2022). "Manchester producer and DJ Stu Allan has died". NME. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

[aus_chart-6] "Clock (British group) ARIA Chart History, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

[7] Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Clock in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

"Keep the Fires Burning": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

"Whoomph! (There It Is)": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 27 Aug 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 4 July 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.

[8] Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Clock in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[9] Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[10] "Keep the Fires Burning": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[11] "Whoomph! (There It Is)": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 27 Aug 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 4 July 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.

[8] "finnishcharts.com > Clock in Finnish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[9] "lescharts.com > Clock dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[10] "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Clock' (from irishcharts.ie)". Imgur.com (original document published by Fireball Media). Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[11] "dutchcharts.nl > Clock in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[12] "charts.nz > Clock in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[13] "swedishcharts.com > Clock in Dutch Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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 | origin          = [[Manchester]], England
 | genre           = [[Eurodance]], [[electronic music|electronic]], [[hip house]]
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 | label           = Media Records
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 They had a string of top 40 hits with nine covers during the 1990s on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name=uk/> They also released [[Hardcore techno|hardcore]] versions of their hits under the name Visa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Visa|title=Visa|website=Discogs.com}}</ref> Clock broke up in 1999 due to a number of personal reasons; they were not able to continue at the same pace as they had before.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/thesound/a155952/whatever-happened-to-clock.html#~pgHHErNw3elLLX|title=Whatever happened to... Clock?|author=David Balls|date=18 May 2009|website=Digitalspy.com}}</ref>
-In 2004, Saunders appeared on [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' in the celebrity line-up. It was announced that she was now working as a [[legal secretary]]. In 2015, it was revealed that Saunders works as a lawyer for Jackamans and is married with two children.<ref>[http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/how-lorna-from-ipswich-swapped-pop-stardom-for-a-career-in-law-1-3993228] {{dead link|date=September 2022}}</ref>
+In 2004, Saunders appeared on [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' in the celebrity line-up. It was announced that she was now working as a [[legal secretary]]. In 2015, it was revealed that Saunders works as a lawyer for Jackamans and is married with two children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/how-lorna-from-ipswich-swapped-pop-stardom-for-a-career-in-law-1-3993228 |title=How Lorna from Ipswich swapped pop stardom for a career in law &#124; Latest Ipswich News - Ipswich Star |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402160113/https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/how-lorna-from-ipswich-swapped-pop-stardom-for-a-career-in-law-1-3993228 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+In September 2022, Allan died at age 60 from [[gastrointestinal cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/manchester-producer-dj-stu-allan-died-3317193|title=Manchester producer and DJ Stu Allan has died|date=26 September 2022|accessdate=17 April 2024|work=NME|author=Rhian Daly}}</ref>
 ==Discography==
 ===Albums===
-{| class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
+|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
+! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
+! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details
+! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart<br />positions
 |-
+! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | [[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name=uk/>
-! Title
+! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="aus chart">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/G3KtQyp | title=Clock (British group) ARIA Chart History, received from ARIA in May 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=19 July 2024}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
-! Release date
-! [[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name=uk/>
 |-
 | ''It's Time...''
 | 16 September 1995
+| 27 || 161
-|align="center"| 27
 |-
 | ''About Time 2''
 | 28 March 1997
+| 56 || —
-|align="center"| 56
 |-
 | ''Boogie Sound''
 | Japan only
-|align="center"|  —
+| — || —
 |-
 | ''Hits Around the Clock – Best Of''
 | Japan only
-|align="center"|  —
+| — || —
 |}
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 *Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}
 *"Keep the Fires Burning": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/q1abuq2.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=4 July 2017}}
-*"Whoomph! (There It Is)": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/sjS2HvZ.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 27 Aug 1995|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])|accessdate=4 July 2017}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.</ref>
+*"Whoomph! (There It Is)": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/sjS2HvZ.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 27 Aug 1995|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])|accessdate=4 July 2017}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.</ref><ref name="aus chart"/>
 ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Finnish Singles Chart|FIN]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=finnishcharts.com > Clock in Finnish Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
 ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=lescharts.com > Clock dans les Charts Français|language=French|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
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 | align="left"|"The Rhythm"
 | 28
-| —
+| 171
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 | align="left"|"Everybody"
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+| 105
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 | align="left"|"Holding On 4 U"
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-| —
+| 183
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 | align="left"|"[[December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)#Clock version|Oh What a Night]]"
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+| 153
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 | align="left"|"[[That's the Way (I Like It)]]"
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 | align="left"|"[[Blame It on the Boogie]]"
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