Lucilectric
{{short description|German pop/rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lucilectric
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Berlin, Germany
| Instruments =
| genre = Alternative rock, rock/pop
| years_active = 1993–1999
| label = BMG/Sing Sing, EMI, EMI Electrola
| associated_acts = Üebermutter
| website = [http://www.lucilectric.de lucilectric.de]
| past_members = Luci van Org
{{ill|Ralf Goldkind|de}}
}}
Lucilectric was a German pop/rock duo founded in 1993 by Luci van Org and producer {{ill|Ralf Goldkind|de}}. They are known primarily for their 1994 hit single "Mädchen" ("Girl"), which spent 12 weeks in the German Top 10, eventually reaching number two.{{cite web|url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php |title=Charts-Surfer:Suchergebnis |access-date=20 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202012909/http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php/ |archive-date=2 February 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/LUCILECTRIC/single|title=Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - LUCILECTRIC|access-date=21 February 2009}} The single also charted in the Swiss, Austrian and Dutch markets.{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=2799&cat=s|title=Lucilectric - Mädchen - swisscharts.com|access-date=21 February 2009}} Hey Süßer (Hey sweetheart), another of single from the same album, also reached the Top 40 in 1994. Lucilectric would go on to record two more albums and eventually separated in 1999.
History
Lucilectric was created in Berlin in 1993 by Luci van Org and {{ill|Ralf Goldkind|de}}, arguably as part of the revival of the German language rock/pop movement in the early 90s, which came on the heels of the Neue Deutsche Welle but well before the Neue Deutsche Härte emerged from the underground. Other similar groups from that same period which attained bigger commercial success through the decade and beyond include Tic Tac Toe and Die Prinzen. Although popular, Lucilectric were criticized at the time by some observers of German culture to be representative of the "trivialization of femininity".{{Harvnb|Sanford|2001|p=210}}
After Lucilectric, Luci van Org would go on to work as a television presenter and host.{{cite web|url=http://lastfm.spiegel.de/music/Lucilectric |title=Last.fm - Kultur - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten |access-date=31 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917185018/http://lastfm.spiegel.de/music/Lucilectric |archive-date=17 September 2009 }} In 2001 she formed the gothic alternative band Übermutter,{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,545788,00.html|title=Last.fm - Kultur - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Lucilectric|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=7 April 2008 |access-date=21 February 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.de/music/19345489/bio|title=MTV\Biografie\Üebermutter\music|access-date=21 February 2009|last=Biography of van Org, with background on Lucilectric|website=MTV Germany|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917111913/http://www.mtv.de/music/19345489/bio|archive-date=17 September 2009}} while Goldkind continued to produce music, most notably for Nina Hagen and Die Fantastischen Vier{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p226573/songs|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic (((Ralf Goldkind > Songs > Songs Composed By)))|access-date=21 February 2009}}
Discography
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!rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Album !colspan="3"|Chart Positions |
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!width="35"|CH !width="35"|AT |
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1994
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1996
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1997
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= Singles =
| class="wikitable"
!align="center" rowspan="2"|Year !align="center" width="345" rowspan="2"|Single !align="center" colspan="4"|Chart positions[http://swisscharts.com/][https://web.archive.org/web/20071029144156/http://charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php][https://web.archive.org/web/20081201091227/http://austriancharts.at/] !align="center" width="150" rowspan="2"|Album |
| width="35"|DE
!width="35"|CH !width="35"|AT !width="35"|NL |
|---|
| align="center" rowspan="2"|1994
|align="left"|"Mädchen" |align="center"|2 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|5 |align="left" rowspan="1"|Mädchen |
| align="left"|"Hey Süßer"
|align="center"|33 |align="center"|28 |align="center"|1 |align="center" |
| align="left" rowspan="1"|Mädchen |
| align="center"|1996
|"Liebe macht dumm" |align="center"|89 |align="center" |
| align="center"|20
|align="center" |
| align="left" rowspan="1"|Süß und Gemein |
| align="center"|1996
|"Bildung" |align="center"|92 |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="left" rowspan="1"|Süß und Gemein |
Awards
Notes
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References
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- {{Cite book|last=Sanford |first=John |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture|publisher=Routledge |year=2001 |isbn=0-415-26352-2}}.
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External links
- [http://www.rockpalastarchiv.de/concert/lucilectric.html Concert photos at RockPalast]
- [http://www.allesluci.de/ Alles Luci - unofficial site with bio information and photographs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080414192617/http://www.kulturladen.de/veranstaltungen/aelter/lucilectric.htm Lucilectric at KulturLaden]
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Category:German pop music groups
Category:German rock music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1993