U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Charts Peak Position No. 105, also peaked at No. 89 on the R&B Charts.
Backstory: Born John Willoughby, this American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and recording engineer got his start in 1977, and by the early 80's he was already producing music for bands such as Berlin and the Vandals. He is even good friends with Stacey Q., and later produced music for the female dance-pop duo, Bardeux, starting in the late 80's. During that time, he released an album, Trans-Atlantic, off of EMI America Records. Unfortunately, this following single flopped, only Bubbling Under the Hot 100 despite having occasional club airplay and music video airplay. His follow up singles, including, "The Girl Who Seduced the World" unfortunately did absolutely nothing to revive his solo career. He released one more album on Enigma Records in 1986 called Fast Impressions. It too wasn't successful. Willoughby still produces music for artists to this day, including bands such as The Used and even Green Day.
Fun Fact: Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers makes an appearance in the music video as an oddball dancer and love interest of some blonde haired woman. The Red Hot Chili Peppers had their first ever album released in 1984, also on EMI America Records.
The review: This is a heavily catchy and fun New Wave song with a nice herky-jerky robotic synth beat to it. It's really upbeat. I also like the odd and robotic "oOgItY bOOgitY" vocoder voice as well. LOL. Overall, it's a really fun, upbeat, and sadly overlooked song.
Final rating: 8/10
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