years_active label article_title background genre origin name
1987 & ndash ; 1990 deconstruction bmg hot house -lrb- british band -rrb-
 group_or_band r & b , dance-pop , house , soul england hot house
hot house -lrb- british band -rrb-

hot house -lrb- also billed as `` hot!house '' -rrb- were an english soul music band featuring heather small , martin colyer and mark pringle , who first came to the attention of the british music press -lrb- `` record mirror '' etc. -rrb- in january 1987 .
this was when they released the ballad `` do n't come to stay '' on the deconstruction records label -lrb- then billed as ` de construction ' -rrb- .
the record failed to reach the uk top 40 , peaking at # 74 in the uk singles chart in february 1987 , however the record earned the band acclaim and they recorded tracks for their debut album at muscle shoals sound studios in muscle shoals , alabama .
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 `` do n't come to stay '' , re-issued via deconstruction 's deal with rca records -lrb- bmg -rrb- , eclipsed the original peak by four places in september 1988 .
mark pringle and martin colyer are now directors of rock 's backpages , an online library of music journalism .
heather small went on to greater success with m people .
