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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.
+ 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.
The Fun Boy Three is the debut album by English new wave pop band the Fun Boy Three, a band consisting of three ex-members of the UK ska band the Specials: Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding. It was released in 1982 by Chrysalis Records and was re-released in 1999 by EMI as Fame.
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. It also received heavy play on the then-young MTV network in America. "Really Saying Something" was both groups' second chart entry in Australia, peaking at number seventy-four.
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]
In Canada, it peaked at number two [22] and ranked at number 30 on the year-end chart of the country. [23] It was one of Bananarama's highest-charting singles in the US, peaking at number four with a 19-week chart run on the Billboard Hot 100, thus becoming their third and final top ten hit as well as their last top 40 hit on that chart. [24]
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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 ...