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| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Genres | Electronic, dance |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | PWL International |
| Past members | John Matthews Jon Jules Steve Mac |
Undercover are a dance music group from the United Kingdom, who formed in 1991 and had two Top 5 hits in 1992. The vocals on all the group's songs were sung by John Matthews.
Overview[edit]
The first single they released was a cover version of Gerry Rafferty's 1978 UK/U.S. hit 'Baker Street'. It became their biggest hit, when it reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1992,[1] held off from the top only by another dance track, 'Rhythm Is a Dancer' by Snap!. It was the eleventh biggest selling single of 1992 in the United Kingdom, and also attained major chart success across Europe, selling over a quarter of a million units alone in Germany.
Undercover released five more chart singles. The second single was a cover of Andrew Gold's 'Never Let Her Slip Away', coincidentally also originally from 1978. It reached No. 5, and stayed in the charts in the United Kingdom for a total of eleven weeks.[1] After the success of these two singles, an album, Check Out the Groove, was released, reaching No. 26 in the UK Albums Chart.[1] '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.[1] The musical style of Undercover's interpretations is best described as cheerful and upbeat, incorporating into the song electronic drums and short piano or organ harmonies, along with repetitive and layered vocal phrases, typical for club songs of the 1990s.
Discography[edit]
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Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | AUT [3] | EUR [4] | GER [5] | NED [6] | ||||||||||
| Check Out the Groove |
| 26 | 29 | 73 | 56 | 34 | ||||||||
| Ain't No Stopping Us |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| '—' denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles[edit]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | AUT [3] | BEL [7] | DEN [8] | EUR [9] | GER [10] | IRE [11] | NED [6] | SWE [12] | SWI [13] | |||||
| 1992 | 'Baker Street' | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Check Out the Groove | |
| 'Never Let Her Slip Away' | 5 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 23 | — | ||||
| 1993 | 'I Wanna Stay with You' | 28 | — | 14 | — | 66 | — | 8 | 43 | — | — | |||
| 'The Way It Is' | 45 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 'Lovesick' (featuring John Matthews) | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ain't No Stoppin' Us | |||
| 1994 | 'Best Friend' | 79 | — | — | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | 'Every Breath You Take' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 1996 | 'Bring Back Your Love' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2000 | 'If You Leave Me Now' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2004 | 'Viva England' | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| '—' denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Members[edit]
- John Matthews – vocals
- Jon Jules – bass guitar
- Steve Mac – keyboards
References[edit]
- ^ abcdRoberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 575. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
- ^ abUK chart peaks:
- 'UK chart peaks'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN9781904994107.
- 'Chart Log UK 1994–2010'. zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ ab'Austrian chart peaks'. austriancharts.at. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^European albums chart peaks:
- 'Check Out the Groove'(PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^German albums chart peaks:
- 'Check Out the Groove'. offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ ab'Dutch chart peaks'. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^'Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks'. ultratop.be.nl. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^Danish singles chart peaks:
- 'Baker Street'(PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- 'Never Let Her Slip Away'(PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^European singles chart peaks:
- 'Baker Street'(PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- 'Never Let Her Slip Away'(PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- 'I Wanna Stay with You'(PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^German singles chart peaks:
- 'Baker Street'. offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- 'Never Let Her Slip Away'. offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- 'Best Friend'. offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^Note: User needs to click on the 'Search Charts' tab. Then enter Undercover into the 'Search Artists' field and press 'Search'. 'Irish chart peaks'. irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^'Swedish chart peaks'. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^'Swiss chart peaks'. hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^Note: User needs to enter 'Undercover' in the 'Interpret' field and press Enter 'German Certification (Baker Street)'. Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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The main reason is that over the past 6 years, Apple has significantly increased security on macOS. While that’s a good thing in general, it makes it increasingly more difficult to reliably run hidden software like Undercover.
Another key point is that FileVault has become mainstream. This means that a thief won’t be able to access your files without your password - again a good thing. However, this also means that Undercover won’t be able to function properly, as third party developers don’t have access to the recovery partition that is being used when a thief boots your Mac without knowing your password. Only Apple has access to this recovery partition, where it can run FindMyMac.
Undercover (or any other third party application) can’t run on this recovery partition and will be useless if FileVault has been enabled.
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A third reason is that with macOS Catalina, Apple is refreshing its FindMyMac app (now called FindMy) and will leverage its large installed base of Macs and iPhones to track stolen devices, even if they never connect to the internet. They do so by using Bluetooth connections of nearby devices that are connected to the internet. Again a great idea from Apple, but Undercover or any other third party application, do not have access to this functionality.When launched in January 2006, Undercover was groundbreaking software. The fact that Apple has replicated Undercover-like functionality and embedded it deep into iOS and macOS shows the value of the theft-recovery genre that Undercover has pioneered. At this point, however, we feel that we can no longer deliver reliable software due to security restrictions, while having a hard time carving out a successful business model competing with free Apple software that is installed by default on every Mac and has access to system features that we can only dream of.
We're proud of the literally thousands of stolen Macs that have been recovered thanks to Undercover. We're also proud of the fact that Undercover helped bringing a little bit of justice in a world that's often unfair. Undercover even provided critical evidence to arrest a drug gang.
We would like to thank you, as a user, for your continued support over the past 14 years. It has been a great journey!
- The Undercover Team
Uninstalling Undercover
You can only uninstall Undercover if you are an administrator of your Mac.
Please follow these instructions:
- Go to the following folder in the Finder: /Library/LaunchDaemons
- Remove com.orbicule.uc.plist
- Go to the following folder in the Finder: /Library/LaunchAgents
- Remove com.orbicule.UCAgent.plist
- Choose Go To Folder from the Finder's Go menu
- Enter the following path: /usr/local/
- Remove the uc folder in this folder
- Reboot your Mac
This will remove Undercover from your Mac.
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