Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals | |
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Fine Young Cannibals, 1990 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
Genres | Alternative rock, new wave |
Years active | 1984–1992, 1996 |
Labels | London, I.R.S. |
Associated acts |
The Beat Two Men a Drum Machine and a Trumpet |
Past members |
Andy Cox Roland Gift David Steele |
Fine Young Cannibals were a British band formed in Birmingham, England in 1984, by bassist David Steele, guitarist Andy Cox (both formerly of The Beat),[1] and singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz). Their self-titled 1985 debut album contained "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of "Suspicious Minds", two songs that were top 40 hits in the UK, Canada, Australia and many European countries. Their 1988 album, The Raw & the Cooked, topped the UK and US album charts, and contained their two Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing".[2]
In 1990 the band won two Brit Awards: Best British Group, and Best British Album (for The Raw & the Cooked).[3] Their name came from the 1960 film All the Fine Young Cannibals starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood.[4]
Andy Cox and David Steele had a 1988 hit under the name "Two Men a Drum Machine and a Trumpet".
History
The group was formed in 1984 after the dissolution of The Beat, with whom Cox and Steele previously played.[1] The duo of Steele and Cox spent eight months listening to over 500 cassettes of potential singers before settling on Gift. They had difficulty obtaining a record contract but when a video of their song "Johnny Come Home" appeared on British TV show The Tube, recording contract offers flowed in immediately.[5] The band's eponymous debut album was released in 1985, spawning two UK hit singles, "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" featuring additional vocals by Jimmy Somerville.[2] These two songs also became hits internationally, charting in the top 40 in Europe, Canada and Australia, although they failed to make a significant impact on the US charts.
Fine Young Cannibals appeared as the house band in a nightclub in the 1987 comedy film Tin Men, set in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1963. In the gap between their first and second albums, Steele and Cox released an instrumental house single under the moniker Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet in 1988, called "Tired Of Getting Pushed Around", which reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart and was popular on the U.S. dance chart. During this time, Gift appeared in the movie Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.
The band continued their international success with the singles "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing", from the 1989 album The Raw & the Cooked. The latter song was their second U.S. number one, topping the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 July 1989. It also peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] The Raw & the Cooked included three songs the band had recorded for Tin Men (including "Good Thing"), and their cover of the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" recorded for the film Something Wild.[2]
In 1990, the band contributed a cover version of Cole Porter's song "Love for Sale" for the album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization, a collection of 20 Cole Porter songs recorded by various artists as a benefit for AIDS research.
Fine Young Cannibals broke up in 1992, although they briefly returned to the studio in 1996 to record a new single, "The Flame", which would complement their greatest hits compilation The Finest released that year.[2] In the early 2000s, Gift (without Steele or Cox) reactivated the band name and toured as Roland Gift and the Fine Young Cannibals.
Band members
- Andy Cox – guitars, keyboards
- Roland Gift – vocals
- David Steele – bass, keyboards, synthesizers
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||||||||
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UK [6] |
US [7] |
CAN [8] |
AUS [9][10] |
NZ [11] |
NOR [12] |
SWE [13] |
AUT [14] |
SWI [15] | |||||||||||
1985 | Fine Young Cannibals
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11 | 49 | 21 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | 17 | |||||||||
1988 | The Raw & the Cooked
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Compilation albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
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UK [6] |
AUS [10] |
NZ [11] |
BEL [19] |
AUT [14] | |||||
1996 | The Finest
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10 | 56 | 21 | 39 | 22 |
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2006 | The Platinum Collection
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
2009 | She Drives Me Crazy
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
2012 | The Collection | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Remix albums
Year | Album details |
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1990 | The Raw & the Remix
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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UK [6] |
AUS [10] |
BEL (Vl) [20] |
CAN [21] |
GER [22] |
IRE [23] |
NL [24] |
NZ [25] |
US [26] |
US Dance [26] | |||
1985 | "Johnny Come Home" | 8 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 9 | Fine Young Cannibals |
"Blue" | 41 | 13 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | ||
"Suspicious Minds" | 8 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 21 | 14 | — | 23 | ||
1986 | "Funny How Love Is" | 58 | 97 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | |
1986 | "Ever Fallen in Love" | 9 | 20 | 28 | — | 19 | 10 | 34 | 23 | — | 11 | Something Wild (soundtrack) |
1988 | "Tired of Getting Pushed Around" † | 18 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | 3 | Non-album song |
1989 | "She Drives Me Crazy" | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | The Raw & the Cooked |
"Good Thing" | 7 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 20 | ||
"Don't Look Back" | 34 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 29 | 10 | — | 23 | 11 | — | ||
"I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" | 20 | 109 | — | 35 | 33 | 8 | 29 | — | 54 | 8 | ||
1990 | "I'm Not Satisfied" | 46 | 145 | — | 83 | 66 | 19 | — | — | 90 | — | |
1991 | "It's O.K." | — | 169 | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | ||
1996 | "The Flame" | 17 | 85 | 65 | — | 65 | — | — | 36 | — | — | The Finest |
1997 | "She Drives Me Crazy 1997" | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
† – Two Men, A Drum Machine and a Trumpet release
See also
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (United States)
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
References
- 1 2 Fine Young Cannibals and Cherry are success stories; [NORTH SPORTS FINAL, CN Edition] Chris Heim.. Chicago Tribune (pre-1997 Fulltext). Chicago, Ill.: 8 Sep 1989. pg. 6
- 1 2 3 4 Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 343–344. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ↑ Archived 30 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Jessica Berens (April 1986). "Fine Young Cannibals – They're England's latest sultans of soul. Soon they'll be bringing it on home to America, where at least a band can get a decent meal". Spin Magazine. p. 73. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑
- 1 2 3 4 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 200. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Nimmervoll, Ed (13 July 2001). "Fine Young Cannibals". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ Steffen Hung (26 March 1989). "Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- 1 2 3 Peak chart positions:
- All peaks before 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, NSW, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 111. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- All singles chart peaks within top 50, from 1988 onwards: australian-charts.com singles chart search for "Fine Young Cannibals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- All peaks between 51 and 100, from 1988 onwards: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ARIA singles chart peak for 'I'm Not the Man I Used To Be' . blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ARIA singles chart peaks for 'I'm Not Satisfied' and 'It's O.K.' provided by ARIA through reply to chart inquiry submitted to [email protected], received 5 June 2015. imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- 1 2 Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ Steffen Hung (22 February 1989). "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Austria Top 40 – Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- 1 2 3 Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Cria.ca. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ↑ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ↑ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Officialcharts.de. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ↑ "Irish chart positions". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ↑ "Fine Young Cannibals | Top 40-artiesten". Top40.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- 1 2 "Fine Young Cannibals | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-28.