The Course

This article is about the Dutch EDM act. For similarly named topics, see Course (disambiguation).

The Course
OriginThe Netherlands
GenresDance
Years active1996-1997
Past membersVincent Hendriks
Dewi Lopulalan
Irma Derby

The Course were a dance music act from the Netherlands. It consisted of DJ/producer Vincent Hendriks and vocalists Dewi Lopulalan and Irma Derby.[1][2] They achieved their biggest commercial success in 1997.

Hendriks and Lopulalan first met in 1990 at a DJ "mix championship" in the Netherlands. They met again in 1996, at the same venue, and the two decided to collaborate on some music.

The group released their first single, "Ready or Not", a dance cover of the 1996 song by The Fugees, in early 1997, with echoes of other contemporary hits Ultra Flava by Farley & Heller and Hold That Sucker Down by The OT Quartet. It reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart in April, giving the band their first hit. The follow-up, a cover of Chaka Khan and Rufus' "Ain't Nobody" also fared well, reaching #8 in July. However, their third single, "Best Love", only made it to #51 in December. Subsequent singles failed to see chart action, proving The Course to be a "two-hit wonder". They broke up in the late 1990s because of the lack of commercial success after the first two singles.

Albums

Title Year
The Course - The Expanded Edition 1998

Singles

Title Year UK[3] Netherlands[4] Sweden Germany Switzerland Belgium
Ready Or Not 1996 5 14 33 27 7 33
Ain't Nobody 1997 8 28 - - 31 -
Best Love 1997 51 - - - - -
Ring My Bell feat. Mondane 1998 - 70 - - - -
Miss You feat. Spyte 1998 - 51 - - - -
Night To Remember 1998 - 70 - - - -

References

  1. ^ Een moment met Irma. "Ze zong onder andere de nummers 'Een moment zonder jou' en Ready or not in." Accessed 24 May 2009. (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Biografie. (fan website) "Na veel inzingwerk waaronder 'een moment zonder jou' (Nasty) en 'Ready or not' (The Course) [...]" Accessed 24 May 2009. (in Dutch)
  3. ^ "COURSE". Official Charts. 19 April 1997. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  4. ^ https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=The%20Course&cat=s

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