# Soul System

> The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.

- **Canonical URL:** https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/artist/soul-system
- **JSON:** https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/api/artists/soul-system.json
- **Origin:** Verona, IT
- **Primary scene:** unknown
- **Genres:** Deep House
- **Confidence score:** 55/100
- **Last verified:** June 10, 2026

## Biography

The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. was an American R&B and dance music group, assembled by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C&C Music Factory, that was active in 1992. The group featured lead vocals by Michelle Visage, who was formerly a member of another Clivilles & Cole group, Seduction (whose debut CD, Nothing Matters Without Love, had been produced by Clivillés & Cole in 1989). Rounding out the quartet were Octavia Lambertis (often credited simply as Octavia or Octahvia), Gary Michael Wade, and Jamal Alicea. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. produced one hit single, "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day!", a pop/house song that was a cover version of the 1978 Bill Withers song "Lovely Day". The song appeared on the 1992 film soundtrack The Bodyguard. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 17 on the UK Singles Chart in 1993, and number 90 in Australia on the ARIA Chart in 1993. The song "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day!" was the only song on the soundtrack performed by an artist other than Whitney Houston released as a single in the US.
Visage was the recording artist by contract on this song (thus the single cover read "Introd

## Official & social links

- **Website:** http://www.vevo.com/artist/this-is-soul-system
- **Spotify:** https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ooE06dxeSym2Zadw9X5qP
- **Discogs:** https://www.discogs.com/artist/5491199
- **MusicBrainz:** https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3a47c64-e32a-473d-af34-b393d0c2f302
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_S.O.U.L._S.Y.S.T.E.M.
- **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28018089

## Booking & management

_None on record._

## Metrics

_None on record._

## Scores

| Score | Value |
| --- | --- |
| influence score | 0/100 |
| reach score | 0/100 |
| house crew relevance score | 60/100 |
| booking potential score | 0/100 |
| emerging artist score | 40/100 |
| contact confidence score | 0/100 |
| citation confidence score | 95/100 |
| agent readability score | 90/100 |
| brand fit score | 36/100 |
| interview potential score | 28/100 |
| sponsorship potential score | 12/100 |
| education value score | 10/100 |
| house crew priority score | 33/100 |

## Sources

1. https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cb2c28dd-fa56-4230-9802-61e4dd4e1a1b
2. https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3a47c64-e32a-473d-af34-b393d0c2f302
3. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28018089
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_S.O.U.L._S.Y.S.T.E.M.

### Field-level provenance

| Field | Value | Source | Verified | Confidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| genres | pop, r&b | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3a47c64-e32a-473d-af34-b393d0c2f302) | June 10, 2026 | 80 |
| origin_country | IT | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3a47c64-e32a-473d-af34-b393d0c2f302) | June 10, 2026 | 95 |
| origin_city | Verona | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3a47c64-e32a-473d-af34-b393d0c2f302) | June 10, 2026 | 75 |
| musicbrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3a47c64-e32a-473d-af34-b393d0c2f302 | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3a47c64-e32a-473d-af34-b393d0c2f302) | June 10, 2026 | 99 |
| discogs | https://www.discogs.com/artist/5491199 | [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28018089) | June 10, 2026 | 90 |
| spotify | https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ooE06dxeSym2Zadw9X5qP | [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28018089) | June 10, 2026 | 90 |
| website | http://www.vevo.com/artist/this-is-soul-system | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3a47c64-e32a-473d-af34-b393d0c2f302) | June 10, 2026 | 88 |
| wikidata | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28018089 | [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28018089) | June 10, 2026 | 95 |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_S.O.U.L._S.Y.S.T.E.M. | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_S.O.U.L._S.Y.S.T.E.M.) | June 10, 2026 | 85 |
| bio_short | The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_S.O.U.L._S.Y.S.T.E.M.) | June 10, 2026 | 80 |
| bio_long | The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. was an American R&B and dance music group, assembled by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C&C Music Factory, that was active in 1992. The group featured lead vocals by Michelle Visage, who was formerly a member of another Clivilles & Cole group, Seduction (whose debut CD, Nothing Matters Without Love, had been produced by Clivillés & Cole in 1989). Rounding out the quartet were Octavia Lambertis (often credited simply as Octavia or Octahvia), Gary Michael Wade, and Jamal Alicea. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. produced one hit single, "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day!", a pop/house song that was a cover version of the 1978 Bill Withers song "Lovely Day". The song appeared on the 1992 film soundtrack The Bodyguard. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 17 on the UK Singles Chart in 1993, and number 90 in Australia on the ARIA Chart in 1993. The song "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day!" was the only song on the soundtrack performed by an artist other than Whitney Houston released as a single in the US.
Visage was the recording artist by contract on this song (thus the single cover read "Introd | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_S.O.U.L._S.Y.S.T.E.M.) | June 10, 2026 | 80 |

## How to cite this page

```
House Music Intelligence Database. "Soul System — House Music Artist Profile." Published by World Famous House Crew. Last verified June 10, 2026. URL: https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/artist/soul-system
```

_Machine-readable: [JSON](https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/api/artists/soul-system.json) · part of the [House Music Intelligence Database](https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/). See [/llms.txt](https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/llms.txt)._