Fine Young Cannibals
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Fine Young Cannibals were an English band best known for their 1989 hits "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing". Formed in Birmingham, England, by actor/model Roland Gift on vocals with musicians and former The Beat members David Steele and Andy Cox. Their name came from the 1960 film All The Fine Young Cannibals starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood.
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[edit] History
The group was formed in 1984 in Birmingham, UK when Andy Cox and David Steele split from their band known as The Beat (The English Beat in the US) and broke up in 1992, though they briefly returned to the studio in 1996 to record a new single The Flame which would complement their Greatest Hits compilation to be released in the autumn of that year. Gift soon reactivated the band and toured in the 2000s as Roland Gift and the Fine Young Cannibals. Their highest charting hits in the US were "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing", from the album The Raw and the Cooked. Both reached number one in the US single charts.
Fine Young Cannibals appeared as the house band in the 1987 comedy Tin Men.
Steele and Cox had previously recorded under the moniker "Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet."
[edit] Band members
- Roland Gift (singer)
- Andy Cox (guitarist)
- David Steele (bassist and keyboards)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- (1985) Fine Young Cannibals U.S.: #49
- (1989) The Raw and the Cooked U.S.: #1 (7 weeks) U.S. sales: 2x platinum
- (1990) The Raw and the Remix (collection of remixes of The Raw and the Cooked)
- (1996) The Finest
- (2006) The Platinum Collection
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Dance | UK | |||
| 1985 | "Johnny Come Home" | #76 | - | #9 | #8 | Fine Young Cannibals |
| 1985 | "Blue" | - | - | - | #41 | Fine Young Cannibals |
| 1986 | "Suspicious Minds" | - | - | #23 | #8 | Fine Young Cannibals |
| 1986 | "Funny How Love Is" | - | - | - | #58 | Fine Young Cannibals |
| 1987 | "Ever Fallen In Love?" | - | - | #11 | #9 | Something Wild soundtrack |
| 1989 | "She Drives Me Crazy" | #1 | #5 | #1 | #5 | The Raw & The Cooked |
| 1989 | "Good Thing" | #1 | #2 | #20 | #7 | The Raw & The Cooked |
| 1989 | "Don't Look Back" | #11 | #9 | - | #34 | The Raw & The Cooked |
| 1989 | "I'm Not The Man I Used To Be" | #54 | - | #8 | #20 | The Raw & The Cooked |
| 1990 | "I'm Not Satisfied" | #90 | - | - | #46 | The Raw & The Cooked |
| 1996 | "The Flame" | - | - | - | #17 | The Finest |
| 1997 | "She Drives Me Crazy (1997)" | - | - | - | #36 | The Finest |
[edit] See also
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
