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| years_active = 1993–1999
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| past_members = [[Stu Allan]]<br/>Pete Pritchard <br/>Marcus Thomas<br/>[[imdbname:2936724|Lorna Saunders]]<br/>Ché-gun Peters
| past_members = [[Stu Allan]]<br/>Pete Pritchard <br/>Marcus Thomas<br/>[[imdbname:2936724|Lorna Saunders]]<br/>Ché-gun Peters
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'''Clock''' was an [[England|English]] band primarily led by [[Stu Allan]] and Pete Pritchard, and fronted by [[rapper]] Marcus Thomas (using the name ODC MC), and [[singer|vocalist]] Lorna Saunders (using the name Tinka), although 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 (band)|Cappella]], but once they started releasing [[Cover version|covers]], their sound became more dance/pop oriented. Thomas left in 1998 to join the band [[Tzant]], to be replaced by Ché-gun Peters.
'''Clock''' was 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), although 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 (band)|Cappella]], but once they started releasing [[Cover version|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 [[hit record|hits]] with nine covers throughout 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|work=Discogs}}</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|work=Digital Spy}}</ref>
They had a string of Top 40 [[hit record|hits]] with nine covers throughout 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|publisher=discogs}}</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|work=Digital Spy}}</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 Lorna Saunders works as a lawyer for Jackamans and is married with two kids.<ref>[https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/how-lorna-from-ipswich-swapped-pop-stardom-for-a-career-in-law-1-3993228 How Lorna from Ipswich swapped pop stardom for a career in law <!-- Bot generated title -->]</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 Lorna Saunders works as a lawyer for Jackamans and is married with two kids.<ref>[https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/how-lorna-from-ipswich-swapped-pop-stardom-for-a-career-in-law-1-3993228 How Lorna from Ipswich swapped pop stardom for a career in law <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name=uk>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29364/clock/|title=Official Charts > Clock|publisher=[[Official Charts Company|The Official UK Charts Company]]|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name=uk>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29364/clock/|title=Official Charts > Clock|publisher=[[Official Charts Company|The Official UK Charts Company]]|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=australian-charts.com > Clock in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2017-07-04}}
*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=australian-charts.com > Clock in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=4 July 2017}}
*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}}
*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=2017-07-04}}
*"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=2017-07-04}} 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>
! 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=2017-07-04}}</ref>
! 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=2017-07-04}}</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>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/v7vohWR.jpg|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Clock' (from irishcharts.ie)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by Fireball Media)|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/v7vohWR.jpg|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Clock' (from irishcharts.ie)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by Fireball Media)|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Single Top 100|NED]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=dutchcharts.nl > Clock in Dutch Charts|language=Dutch|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Single Top 100|NED]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=dutchcharts.nl > Clock in Dutch Charts|language=Dutch|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=charts.nz > Clock in New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=charts.nz > Clock in New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=swedishcharts.com > Clock in Dutch Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"|[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Clock|title=swedishcharts.com > Clock in Dutch Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
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Revision as of 08:15, 9 January 2020

Clock
OriginManchester, England
GenresEurodance, electronica, hip house
Years active1993–1999
LabelsMedia Records
Past membersStu Allan
Pete Pritchard
Marcus Thomas
Lorna Saunders
Ché-gun Peters

Clock was 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), although 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 throughout 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 Lorna Saunders works as a lawyer for Jackamans and is married with two kids.[4]

Discography

Albums

Title Release date UK Albums Chart[1]
It's Time... 16 September 1995 27
About Time 2 28 March 1997 56
Boogie Sound Japan only N/A
Hits Around the Clock – Best Of Japan only N/A

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		AUS
[5] 		FIN
[6] 		FRA
[7] 		IRE
[8] 		NED
[9] 		NZ
[10] 		SWE
[11]
1993 "Holding on" 66 — — — — — — — It's Time...
1994 "The Rhythm" 28 — — — — — — —
"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 — 16 — 17 — — —
"In the House" 23 — — — — — — —
1996 "Holding on 4 U" 27 — — — — — — —
"Oh What a Night" 13 — — — 13 — — — About Time 2
1997 "It's Over" 10 — — — — — — —
"U Sexy Thing" 11 100 — — 8 — — — Boogie Sound
1998 "That's the Way (I Like It)" 11 — — 66 17 — — —
"Rock Your Body" 30 — — — — — — —
"Blame It on the Boogie" 16 — — — — — 22 —
1999 "Sunshine Day" 58 — — — — — — — Non-album single
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Official Charts > Clock". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Visa". discogs.
  3. ^ David Balls (18 May 2009). "Whatever happened to... Clock?". Digital Spy.
  4. ^ How Lorna from Ipswich swapped pop stardom for a career in law
  5. ^ Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  6. ^ "finnishcharts.com > Clock in Finnish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  7. ^ "lescharts.com > Clock dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "dutchcharts.nl > Clock in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  10. ^ "charts.nz > Clock in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  11. ^ "swedishcharts.com > Clock in Dutch Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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