LCD (music act)
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LCD were a computer generated dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 act
Act
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, active in the late 1990s. Signed to Virgin Records
Virgin Records
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, their only hit single
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...

 was a europop
Europop
Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and ’90s...

 version of the Greek
Greek language
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 song "Zorbas
Zorbas
Zorbas is a song by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. It is based on two traditional Cretan songs, "Armenohorianos Syrtos" and "Kritiko syrtaki", composed by Giorgis Koutsourelis. The song featured in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and become extremely...

", entitled "Zorba's Dance". The music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 to the song, made in computerised animation, featured a band of overweight men playing the song. The single was a club hit in the UK, charting twice in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
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, within 18 months of its original release, and was one of the first of its kind which was enabled to be played on a computer for its music video. The CD to the single pronounced LCD as "The world's first digital supergroup". The man behind the act was David K, a London based record producer
Record producer
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.

Discography

Year Song 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 ...

AUS
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

1998 "Zorba's Dance" 20 13
1999 "Zorba's Dance" (Re-issue) 22
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