Marc et Claude | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Germany |
| Genres | Electro, Eurotrance, house |
| Years active | 1993–2005 |
| Labels | Marc et Claude's/Positiva/Orbit Records |
| Past members | Marc Romboy Klaus Derichs |
Marc et Claude were a German electro-trance music duo consisting of Marc Romboy and Klaus Derichs. The two also co-own the label Alphabet City, which houses such artists as Ferry Corsten and Future Breeze. The two started producing seriously during the explosion of German trance in the mid-to-late 1990s. Their first release, "Toulouse" was on their own label, Le Petit Prince Records. In 1997, the duo teamed up with Jürgen Driessen and produced the track "La" which went to the top of the German dance charts and helped them crossover to UK audiences.
They had several UK top 40 hits during the late 1990s and early 2000s, including their biggest hit "I Need Your Lovin' (Like the Sunshine)" (#12) which samples the Korgis' "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" which served as a dedication to their summer tour, affiliated with the island of Ibiza.
Discography
Albums
- 2003 - You Own the Sound
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
GER [2] | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | "Party People" | — | — | Le Petit Prince | ||||||||||
| 1993 | "Deux Petites Differences" | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1997 | "La" | 28 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1998 | "Sunshower '98" (with Ralphie Dee) |
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "How Much Can You Take? (Emotional)" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1999 | "Ne" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2000 | "I Need Your Lovin' (Like the Sunshine)" | 12 | 81 | — | ||||||||||
| 2001 | "Loving You"[I] | 37 | 71 | You Own the Sound | ||||||||||
| "The History of Acid House" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Tremble" | 29 | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | "Feel You" | — | 76 | |||||||||||
| "It's All for Love/You Own the Sound" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | "Free Spirit" | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2005 | "Free" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Notes:
- I ^ "Loving You" was remixed and re-released in 2003, under the name "Loving You 2003". It is this version that charted on both the German and UK charts.