Scarlet (band)

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Scarlet was a UK based vocal duo from Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

They consisted of Cheryl Parker (vocalist, guitarist) and Jo Youle (pianist, keyboardist, vocalist). The group originally had a third member, Joanna Fox, but she left before the band had any major success.

The eventual twosome had their first UK hit with "Independent Love Song" (UK #12) in 1995, which was followed by their debut album Naked (UK #53). The group's second UK single "I Wanna Be Free (To Be With Him)" became a minor hit (UK #21), whilst the next single release "Love Hangover" flopped (UK #54).

In 1996, Scarlet issued a new single "Bad Girl", but coincidentally this also stalled at #54. The album Chemistry missed the UK Albums Chart completely, and it was after this relative failure that their record label WEA dropped the band and they went their separate ways.

"Independent Love Song" can be found on the soundtrack to the movie Bed of Roses.