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Level 42
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Level 42

  • synthpop
  • United Kingdom
  • formed 1980, Isle of Wight
  • 1 album
  • 16 Dutch Top 40 hits
  • 2007

Level 42 is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in 1980 in Isle of Wight. Over the years, Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould, Boon Gould, Gary Husband, Alan Murphy, Nathan King, Sean Freeman and four others played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years, from 2007. On top of that, the group appears on one album by others. In all, 16 records reached the Dutch Top 40. The highest was Lessons In Love: number 2 in week 28 of 1986.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Albums by Level 42

Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.

Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years – 2007Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years2007

Sound of Level 42

Level 42 sounds brighter than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 116 bpm.

  • Tempo116 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy36% · 38%
  • Mood72% · 63%
  • Acoustic93% · 85%
  • Danceable44% · 47%

Across 16 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of Level 42

The twelve members of Level 42, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.

Level 42Mark KingMike LindupPhil GouldBoon GouldGary HusbandAlan MurphyNathan KingSean FreemanLyndon ConnahPete BigginDan CarpenterNichol Thomson1980198519901995200020052010201520202025Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years2007Lessons In Lovenumber 2 in week 28 of 1986 · 15 weeksHot Waternumber 3 in week 41 of 1984 · 11 weeksRunning In The Familynumber 3 in week 11 of 1987 · 11 weeksTo Be With You Againnumber 6 in week 22 of 1987 · 9 weeksHeaven In My Handsnumber 7 in week 41 of 1988 · 11 weeksIt's Overnumber 7 in week 42 of 1987 · 9 weeksLove Gamesnumber 7 in week 48 of 1981 · 8 weeksChildren Saynumber 9 in week 3 of 1988 · 7 weeksTake Care Of Yourselfnumber 11 in week 47 of 1989 · 7 weeksGuaranteednumber 13 in week 37 of 1991 · 6 weeksTracienumber 14 in week 8 of 1989 · 6 weeksTake A Looknumber 14 in week 48 of 1988 · 5 weeksStarchildnumber 24 in week 4 of 1982 · 5 weeksForever Nownumber 31 in week 14 of 1994 · 4 weeksSomething About Younumber 32 in week 47 of 1985 · 4 weeksLeaving Me Nownumber 33 in week 8 of 1986 · 4 weeks

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member

Also appears on

Level 42 also appears on an album by others: Eighties Collected Vol. 1.

Eighties Collected Vol. 1 – Take A LookEighties Collected Vol. 1Take A Look

Biggest hits of Level 42

In the Dutch Top 40, Level 42 had 16 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.

2peak position
week 28, 1986122weeks in the chart
with 16 records1981first entry
week 45, 19811994latest entry
week 16, 199410years with an entry
  1. 2Lessons In Love
    Level 42
    198615 weeks
  2. 3Hot Water
    Level 42
    198411 weeks
  3. 3Running In The Family
    Level 42
    198711 weeks
  4. 6To Be With You Again
    Level 42
    19879 weeks
  5. 7Heaven In My Hands
    Level 42
    198811 weeks

All 16 records by Level 42 in the Dutch Top 40

Source: top40.nl

Together with Level 42

On tracks of albums in the collection, Level 42 appears with Paul Wright III.

  • Paul Wright III1 track

Frequently asked questions

How many albums by Level 42 are in the collection?

There is one: Past Lives - The Best Of The RCA Years, from 2007.

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Level 42 have?

Level 42 had 16 records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record is Lessons In Love, which reached number 2 in week 28 of 1986.

Who played in Level 42?

Over the years that was Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould, Boon Gould, Gary Husband, Alan Murphy, Nathan King, Sean Freeman, Lyndon Connah, Pete Biggin, Dan Carpenter and Nichol Thomson. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.

Which albums by other artists feature Level 42?

Level 42 appears on one album by others: Eighties Collected Vol. 1.

How do you play the music of Level 42?

Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

Keep exploring

If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.