Too Shy
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| Single by Kajagoogoo from the album White Feathers |
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| B-side | "Take Another View" | ||||
| Released | 1983 | ||||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Pop/New Wave | ||||
| Length | 3:45 | ||||
| Label | EMI | ||||
| Writer(s) | Nick Beggs Limahl Kajagoogoo |
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| Producer | Nick Rhodes Colin Thurston |
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"Too Shy" is a song written and recorded by English New Wave/pop music band Kajagoogoo in 1983. Released as the first single from their debut album White Feathers, the song was an immediate hit in the UK, spending two weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart. Assisted by heavy rotation on MTV, the song later became a success in the United States, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. "Too Shy" is Kajagoogoo's only significant hit in the U.S., where the band is widely regarded as a one-hit wonder. In the UK, however, Kajagoogoo had several more hits after "Too Shy".
The track was produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and Colin Thurston, who had produced Duran Duran's first two albums. In 2006, "Too Shy" was ranked number twenty-seven on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's.
The single's B-side, "Take Another View", was included on the 2004 re-issue of White Feathers, which included several bonus tracks.
The song is also included in the computer game The Sims 2: Open For Business in the Sims' language, Simlish. An instrumental version of this song is also featured in the hit game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories", on the fictional "Wave 103" station which plays New Wave tracks.
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[edit] Charts
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 5 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play | 25 |
| Preceded by "Down Under" by Men at Work |
UK number one single February 13, 1983 |
Succeeded by "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson |
