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Fun Boy Three were an English new wave pop [1] band, active from 1981 to 1983 and formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left the Specials. They released two albums and had seven UK top 20 hits.
The Fun Boy Three is the debut album by English new wave pop band the Fun Boy Three, ... "Funrama 2" (with Bananarama) – 3:08; Side two "Best of Luck Mate" – 3:19
+ A remix of "The Funrama Theme" with overdubbed brass, titled "Funrama 2", appears on The Fun Boy Three's album The Fun Boy Three. ++ The first 2:52 of the 12" version is the standard album version of the song, which is different from the 7". Some reissues of the album also include the "Just Do It" section as a separate track.
Fun Boy Three's first hit single, "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)," was released in 1981 and was followed-up in 1982 with "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)," a duet with Bananarama. Fun Boy Three then provided guest vocals for Bananarama's single, "Really Saying Something."
Fun Boy Three provided background vocals, having had a hit with Bananarama earlier in the year with another cover, "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)". The 1982 single became the second consecutive top-five hit for both Bananarama and Fun Boy Three, peaking at number five in the UK Singles Chart .
Bananarama experienced their greatest success during the period 1982 to 1989, with their first three albums primarily produced and co-written with Jolley & Swain. Their debut album, Deep Sea Skiving (UK No. 7, US No. 63) (1983) contained several hit singles – " Really Saying Something " (UK No. 5) and " Shy Boy " (UK No. 4) – and included a ...
Fun Boy Three Fun Boy Three [46] "Funrama 2" "Alone" "No Feelings" None Party Party: Original Movie Soundtrack [47] "Riskin' a Romance" 1987 The Secret of My Success: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack [48] "Waterloo" 1998 A Song for Eurotrash [49] "U R My Baby" 2002 Discobrothers Discobrothers Presenting Stars of the Eighties [50]
3 This is the discography of Terry Hall (born Terence Edward Hall; 19 March 1959 in Coventry , England – 18 December 2022) who was the lead singer of the Specials , and formerly of Fun Boy Three , the Colourfield , Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas .