Happy Clappers were a house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 studio

Recording studio

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 project from the UK

United Kingdom

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, featuring Chris Scott, Graeme Ripley, Martin Knotts and Mark Topham, with Sandra Edwards on vocals

Human voice

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They scored two hits

Hit record

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 on Billboard's

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart

Record chart

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, in 1996 with "Can't Help It" (which went to number two) and "I Believe" (1995).

"I Believe" was a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 in 1995, reaching its highest position at number 7, but was never released in the US

United States

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 until American producer Chris Cox

Chris Cox

Charles Christopher Cox , is a former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a 17-year Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, and member of the White House staff in the Reagan Administration...

 remix

Remix

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ed it in 2002. "I Believe" had been released three times in the UK prior to the Cox remix, peaking at numbers 21, 7 and 28 between 1995 and 1997. The initial release in 1994 did not yield mainstream chart success.

Other UK hits included "Hold On" (number 27 in 1995), "Can't Help It" (number 18 in 1996) and "Never Again" (number 49 in 1996).

The group disbanded due to in fighting and financial issues, which lead to the shelving of the album, 'Game'.

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart