:Umboza

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Umboza

| image =

| caption =

| background = group_or_band

| years_active = 1995–1996

| origin = United Kingdom

| genre = House, Eurodance

| current_members =

| past_members = Stuart Crichton
Michael Kilkie

}}

Umboza were a house duo from the United Kingdom composed of Stuart Crichton and Michael Kilkie. They recorded for Positiva Records.

Umboza's 1995 single "Cry India", based on a sample of Lionel Richie's hit "All Night Long", was a hit both in the U.S. and the UK. The song peaked at #16 on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169048/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Chart positions], Allmusic and #19 on the UK Singles Chart. A second single, "Sunshine", based on a sample of the Gipsy Kings hit "Bamboléo", proved to be their biggest UK hit, reaching #14 in 1996. The track appeared on numerous compilations including Now 34 and Dancemania 3.

Discography

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="5"\| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"\| Album
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"\| AUS {{cite web\|url=https://imgur.com/a/Lj7X8BV \| title=Umboza ARIA chart history complete \|publisher=ARIA\|via=Imgur\|access-date= 20 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. ! width="35"\| FIN ! width="35"\| SWE ! width="35"\| UK {{cite book\| first= David\| last= Roberts\| year= 2006\| title= British Hit Singles & Albums\| edition= 19th\| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited \| location= London\| isbn= 1-904994-10-5}} ! width="35"\| US Dance
1995 \| align="left"\| "Cry India" \| 194 \| — \| — \| 19 \| 16 \| align="left" rowspan="3"\| Singles only
rowspan="2"\| 1996 \| align="left"\| "Sunshine" \| 34 \| 17 \| 16 \| 14 \| —
align="left"\| "Paradiso" \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
colspan="15" style="font-size:85%"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35"| AUS
{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/Lj7X8BV | title=Umboza ARIA chart history complete |publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|access-date= 20 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

! width="35"| FIN

! width="35"| SWE

! width="35"| UK
{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}

! width="35"| US
Dance

1995

| align="left"| "Cry India"

| 194

| —

| 19

| 16

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Singles only

rowspan="2"| 1996

| align="left"| "Sunshine"

| 34

| 17