Undercover is a British dance music group which was formed in 1991 and had three UK top-30 hits, two of them top-five, in 1992. The group's vocalist, John Matthews, continues to perform solo as Undercover across the UK, Europe and South America. The keyboard player, Steve Mac, went on to become a songwriter and music producer for other artists. Bass guitarist Jon Jules worked in the UK soul music scene as a DJ, radio presenter and event organiser.
Overview The group's first single, a cover version of Gerry Rafferty's 1978 UK/US chart success "Baker Street", was their biggest hit, reaching No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1992.
Undercover released five more chart singles. The group's second single, a cover of Andrew Gold's "Never Let Her Slip Away", also originally a 1978 track, reached No. 5 and stayed in the charts in the United Kingdom for 11 weeks. After the success of these two singles, an album, Check Out the Groove, was released, reaching No. 26 in the UK Albums Chart. "I Wanna Stay with You" (a cover of the Gallagher and Lyle song) and "Lovesick", both from 1993, managed No. 28 and No. 62 respectively.
In 1994, Undercover released a new single, "Best Friend", and their second album, Ain't No Stopping Us.
Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions UKUK chart peaks:
AUT EUREuropean albums chart peaks: GERGerman albums chart peaks: NED Check Out the Groove Released: 18 September 1992 Label: PWL International Formats: LP, CS, CD 26 29 73 56 34 Ain't No Stopping Us Released: 1994 Label: PWL International Formats: LP, CS, CD — — — — — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK AUT BEL DENDanish singles chart peaks:
EUREuropean singles chart peaks:
GERGerman singles chart peaks:
IRENote: User needs to click on the "Search Charts" tab. Then enter Undercover into the "Search Artists" field and press "Search". NED SWE SWI 1992 "Baker Street" 2 3 2 4 4 3 2 3 7 2 GER: GoldNote: User needs to enter "Undercover" in the "Interpret" field and press Enter Check Out the Groove "Never Let Her Slip Away" 5 23 3 8 11 16 2 8 23 — 1993 "I Wanna Stay with You" 28 — 14 — 66 — 8 43 — — "The Way It Is" — — 32 — — — — — — — "Lovesick" (featuring John Matthews) 62 — — — — — — — — — Ain't No Stoppin' Us 1994 "Best Friend" 79 — — — — 67 — — — — 1995 "Every Breath You Take" — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="4" 1996 "Bring Back Your Love" — — — — — — — — — — 2000 "If You Leave Me Now" — — — — — — — — — — 2004 "Viva England!" 49 — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Members John Matthews – vocals Jon Jules – bass guitar Steve Mac – keyboards
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