Hot House were a British soul

British soul

British soul, Brit soul or the British soul invasion is soul music performed by British artists. Soul has been a major influence on British popular music since the 1960s, and American soul was extremely popular among some youth subcultures, such as mods, skinheads and the northern soul movement...

 band featuring Heather Small

Heather Small

Heather Small is a British soul singer, best known for being the lead singer in the Manchester based band M People. Her debut solo album was Proud in 2000...

, Martin Colyer and Mark Pringle, who first came to the attention of the British Music Press (Record Mirror

Record Mirror

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etc.) in January 1987. This was when they released the ballad "Don't Come To Stay" on the deConstruction Records

Deconstruction Records

Deconstruction Records is a record label founded in 1987 by Pete Hadfield and Keith Blackhurst in the United Kingdom. Distribution was via label deals with Parlophone Records, for acts such as K-Klass and Bassheads), and RCA Records for everybody else....

 label (then billed as 'De Construction').

The record failed to reach the UK

United Kingdom

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 Top 40, peaking at #74 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in February 1987, however the record earned the band acclaim and they recorded tracks for their debut album

Album

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 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Muscle Shoals, Alabama

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In September 1987, the band released "The Way That We Walk". However even with a number of magazine interviews the record failed to reach the UK chart. In fact the band would not enter the chart again until a re-issue of "Don't Come To Stay", re-issued via deConstruction's deal with RCA Records

RCA Records

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 (BMG

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), eclipsed the original peak by four places in September 1988.

Mark Pringle and Martin Colyer are now directors of Rock's Backpages

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, an online library of music journalism. Heather Small went on to greater success with M People

M People

M People are a British house music act from Manchester, who formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is from the initials of Mike Pickering, who formed the group.-Career:...

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Singles

• "Don't Come To Stay" (De Construction - CHEZ 1) - January 1987 - UK
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
  #74
• "The Way That We Walk" (De Construction - CHEZ 2) - September 1987
• "Crazy" (De Construction - PD 42114) - July 1988
• "Don't Come To Stay" (reissue) (De Construction - PB 42233) - September 1988 - UK #70
• "Hard As I Try" (De Construction - PB 42657 - March 1989)
• "Everything You Said" (De Construction - PB 42845 - May 1989)
• "Lose The Feeling" (De Construction - 1990)