Artist
ATC
ATC is a pop artist formed in 1998. 9 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
- 9
- Releases
- 2000–2003
- Active years
- 1998
- Formed
Artist
ATC is a pop artist formed in 1998. 9 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Most popular
Touch the Sky
2003
A Touch of Class (also known as ATC) was a pop group based in Germany, although the four members each came from different countries — Joseph "Joey" Murray from New Zealand, Livio Salvi from Italy, Sarah Egglestone from Australia and Tracey Elizabeth Packham from the United Kingdom. Their first single, "Around the World (La La La La La)" (which was a cover of the song "Pesenka" by the Russian group Ruki Vverh!) was number one in Germany for six weeks in 2000. It was later a Top 40 hit in the United Kingdom and United States. The song was in a television commercial for General Electric in the United States in early 2002. The song was also covered in 2007 by the band BeFour under the name "Magic Melody". In 2010, the song was sampled in the singles "La La La" by Auburn (featuring Iyaz), which peaked at no. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in "2 in the Morning" by Girlicious, which peaked at no. 35 on the Canadian Hot 100. Their debut album Planet Pop, featuring songs from Alex Christensen and Clyde Ward, was released on February 6, 2001 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Republic Records, for which they were awarded an ECHO for Best Dance Act. Similar-sounding follow-up singles wer…