LCD (music act)

LCD were a computer generated dance act, active in the late 1990s. Signed to Virgin Records, their only hit single was a Europop version of the Greek song "Zorba's Dance". The music video to the song, made in computerised animation, featured a band of overweight men playing the song.

Not to be confused with LCD Soundsystem.

LCD
OriginUnited Kingdom
GenresDance-pop, Eurodance
Years active1998-2000
LabelsVirgin

The single was a club hit in the UK, charting twice in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart,[1] within 18 months of its original release,[2] and was one of the first of its kind which was enabled to be played on a computer for its music video. The song was a big club hit in Australia due to its large Greek community supporting the song. The CD single proclaimed LCD "The world's first digital supergroup". The man behind the act was David K, a London-based record producer.

A second single, "Follow the Leader (Leader)", did not chart in the UK and in 2000, LCD was discontinued. The video for "Follow the Leader (Leader)" shows the act's name LCD stands for "Large Cool Dudes". The video also shows the four leading men were called Zed, Ed, Ned and Ted.

Discography
List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certification
UK
[1]		 AUS
[3]		 NLD
[4]
"Zorba's Dance" 1998 20 13 15
"Zorba's Dance" (re-issue) 1999 22 — —
"Follow the Leader (Leader)" 2000 — 100 —

References
  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 309. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. Official Charts Company
  3. Peaks in Australia:
    • "Zorba's Dance": australian-charts.com - LCD - Zorba's Dance. Hung Medien. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
    • "Zorba's Dance" certification and "Follow the Leader (Leader)": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 162.
  4. dutchcharts.nl - LCD - Zorba's Dance. Retrieved November 7, 2019.


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