| The Cool Notes | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | London, England |
| Genre: | Pop, soul, funk |
| Years Active: | 1979–1993 2020–2022 |
| Label: | Cool Note Records, Abstract Dance, Risin Records, Injection Disco Dance Label, Swanyard Records Ltd, Intercord Tonträger GmbH |
| Past Members: | Peter Rowlands J.C. Ian Dustan Lauraine Smart Heather Austin Peter Lee Gordon Steve McIntosh Mel Glynn |
The Cool Notes were a British pop-funk group who had a string of chart hits in the UK between 1984 and 1986. The band, which formed in South London,[1] consisted of seven members of both vocal and instrumental talent. They are best known for their UK number 11 hit, "Spend the Night".[2]
| Year | Album | UK | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Down to Earth | — | |||||
| 1985 | Have a Good Forever | 66 | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
| Year | Song | UK [3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Meant to Be" | — | |||||
| 1982 | "People Make the World Go Round" | — | |||||
| "Morning Child" | — | ||||||
| 1984 | "I Wanna Dance / Blown It" | — | |||||
| "You're Never Too Young" | 42 | ||||||
| "I Forgot" | 63 | ||||||
| 1985 | "Spend the Night" | 11 | |||||
| "In Your Car" | 13 | ||||||
| "Have a Good Forever" | 73 | ||||||
| 1986 | "Into the Motion" | 66 | |||||
| "Momentary Vision" | 94 | ||||||
| 1988 | "Magic Lover" | 122 | |||||
| 1990 | "Spend the Night" (remix) | 84 | |||||
| 1991 | "Make This a Special Night" | 86[4] | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||