The Cool Notes

The Cool Notes were a British pop-funk group who had a string of chart hits in the UK between 1984 and 1986. The band, which formed in South London,^[1] consisted of seven members of both vocal and instrumental talent. They are best known for their UK number 11 hit, "Spend the Night".^[2]

The Cool Notes
Origin	London, England
Genres	Pop, soul, funk
Years active	1979–1993 2020–2022[citation needed]
Labels	Cool Note Records, Abstract Dance, Risin Records, Injection Disco Dance Label, Swanyard Records Ltd, Intercord Tonträger GmbH
Past members	Peter Rowlands J.C. Ian Dustan Lauraine Smart Heather Austin Peter Lee Gordon Steve McIntosh Mel Glynn

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	UK [3]
1981	Down to Earth	—
1985	Have a Good Forever	66
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

• Best of the Cool Notes (1990)
• The Unreleased Demos (2012)
• The PWL Dayz (2016)

Singles

Year	Song	UK [2][3]
1981	"Meant to Be"	—
1982	"People Make the World Go Round"	—
	"Morning Child"	—
1984	"I Wanna Dance / Blown It"	—
	"You're Never Too Young"	42
	"I Forgot"	63
1985	"Spend the Night"	11
	"In Your Car"	13
	"Have a Good Forever"	73
1986	"Into the Motion"	66
	"Momentary Vision"	94
1988	"Magic Lover"	122
1990	"Spend the Night" (remix)	84
1991	"Make This a Special Night"	86[4]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.