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.
Chart success
In the US, they reached the Billboard Hot 100 with the song "1-2-3", at No. 86 in 1990.
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".
A self-titled album was released in 1990, reaching number 17 on the UK Albums Chart.
Henry performed at Bestival 2012 on the Isle of Wight with her band which included Bestival compere Scott Anderson on bass guitar.
Discography
Albums
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="9"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|UK<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|AUS<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|AUT<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|GER<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|NED<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|NZ<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|SWE<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|SWI<br>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:80%;"|US<br>
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! scope="row"|The Chimes
|
- Released: 1990
- Formats: LP, cassette, CD
- Label: CBS
| 17 || 16 || 20 || 30 || 37 || 3 || 36 || 32 || 162
|
- UK: Silver
- AUS: Gold
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|}
Singles
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! rowspan="2" width="1em" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="10" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! width="35"| <small>UK</small><br>
! width="35"| <small>GER</small><br>
! width="35"| <small>NED</small><br>
! width="35"| <small>NZ</small><br>
|-
| rowspan= 2 | 1989
| "1-2-3"
| align="center" | 60
| align="center" | 73
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | 41
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 86
| rowspan=6 | The Chimes
|-
| "Heaven"
| align="center" | 66
| align="center" | 62
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | 34
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | —
|-
| rowspan= 4 | 1990
| "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 26
| align="center" | 17
| align="center" | 21
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | —
|-
| "True Love"
| align="center" | 48
| align="center" | 106
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | 42
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|-
| "Heaven" <small>(re-issue)</small>
| align="center" | 24
| align="center" | 103
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | 25
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|-
| "Love Comes to Mind"
| align="center" | 49
| align="center" | 152
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
| align="center" | —
|-
| colspan="15" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
|-
|}
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart