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The Specials
were one of the most popular and influential bands in the U.K., scoring a streak of seven straight Top Ten singles. Their popularity culminated with the prophetic "Ghost Town," which spent three weeks at number one in the summer of 1981. The "Ghost Town" single was the last to feature
Terry Hall
and the original lineup -- after its release
Hall
split along with the group's other two vocalists,
Lynval Golding
and
Neville Staples
, to form
the Fun Boy Three
. Where
the Specials
were a ska revival band,
the Fun Boy Three
were a new wave pop group with distinctly weird, skeletal, and experimental overtones. They released their first single, "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)," shortly after they departed from
the Specials
. The single peaked at number 20 late in 1981. Early in 1982, the group charted again with "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)," a duet with
Bananarama
on an old
Jimmie Lunceford
song.
The Fun Boy Three
finally released their eponymous debut in the spring of 1982. That summer, they had a hit with a cover of
George Gershwin
's "Summertime." The group recorded a second album with
Talking Heads
leader
David Byrne
late in 1982. The resulting album,
Waiting
, appeared in the spring of 1983, concurrently with the Top Ten singles "The Tunnel of Love" and "Our Lips Are Sealed," a song
Hall
wrote with
Jane Wiedlin
, who already made it into a hit the previous year with her group,
the Go-Go's
. By the summer of 1983,
the Fun Boy Three
were peaking in popularity and
Hall
disbanded the group.
–
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
More Fun Boy Three
Discography
Really Saying Something (Best Of)
Ghost Town
Fame
The Best of Fun Boy Three [Disky]
Live on the Test: The Old Grey Whistle Test Series
1995
Singles
1984
The Best of Fun Boy Three [Chrysalis]
1983
Waiting
1982
Fun Boy Three [Bonus Tracks]
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