# Undercover (dance group)

Undercover is a British dance music group which was formed in 1991 and had three UK top-30 hits, two of them top-five, in 1992. The group's vocalist, John Matthews, continues to perform solo as Undercover across the UK, Europe and South America. The keyboard player, Steve Mac, went on to become a songwriter and music producer for other artists. Bass guitarist Jon Jules worked in the UK soul music scene as a DJ, radio presenter and event organiser.

## Overview

The group's first single, a cover version of Gerry Rafferty's 1978 UK/US chart success "Baker Street", was their biggest hit, reaching No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1992, held off from the top by another dance track, "Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!. It was the 11th-biggest-selling single of 1992 in the United Kingdom and had chart success across Europe, selling over a quarter of a million units in Germany alone.
Undercover released five more chart singles. The group's second single, a cover of Andrew Gold's "Never Let Her Slip Away", also originally a 1978 track, reached No. 5 and stayed in the charts in the United Kingdom for 11 weeks. After the success of these two singles, an album, Check Out the Groove, was released, reaching No. 26 in the UK Albums Chart. "I Wanna Stay with You" (a cover of the Gallagher and Lyle song) and "Lovesick", both from 1993, managed No. 28 and No. 62 respectively.
In 1994, Undercover released a new single, "Best Friend", and their second album, Ain't No Stopping Us.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUT | EUR | GER | NED |
| Check Out the Groove | Released: 18 September 1992 Label: PWL International Formats: LP, CS, CD | 26 | 29 | 73 | 56 | 34 |
| Ain't No Stopping Us | Released: 1994 Label: PWL International Formats: LP, CS, CD | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Title | UK | AUT | BEL | DEN | EUR | GER | IRE | NED | SWE | SWI | Certifications | Album |
| 1992 | "Baker Street" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | GER: Gold | Check Out the Groove |
| 1992 | "Never Let Her Slip Away" | 5 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 23 | — | | Check Out the Groove |
| 1993 | "I Wanna Stay with You" | 28 | — | 14 | — | 66 | — | 8 | 43 | — | — | | Check Out the Groove |
| 1993 | "The Way It Is" | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Check Out the Groove |
| 1993 | "Lovesick" (featuring John Matthews) | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Ain't No Stoppin' Us |
| 1994 | "Best Friend" | 79 | — | — | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | | Ain't No Stoppin' Us |
| 1995 | "Every Breath You Take" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 1996 | "Bring Back Your Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2000 | "If You Leave Me Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2004 | "Viva England!" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||||||||

### Members

* John Matthews – vocals
* Jon Jules – bass guitar
* Steve Mac – keyboards