Blue Mercedes

Blue Mercedes were a pop music duo from London, England, comprising David Titlow and Duncan Millar.^[1] Titlow was known for wearing purple shorts onstage with the words "Funk Ass" printed on them, whilst Millar played a large portable synth with double keyboards — they dubbed their musical style 'Street Latin Wolff'. Their only Billboard Hot 100 hit was "I Want To Be Your Property," which peaked at #66 in 1988 but they achieved more success on the US Dance Charts where they spent four weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart; "Love is the Gun" peaked at #5 and "See Want Must Have" peaked at #18. Comparatively they had more success in the US than their native UK.

After releasing the single "That Beauty Is You" they evolved into the indie dance band Nixon and released the song "Sweet Temptation." A second single was recorded and manufactured by MCA Records, a cover version of the Sex Pistols' "Submission." However, this was never released. Nixon also remixed the Blur song "Bad Day" from their first album for Food Records. Whilst the mix was rejected by the band, a white label twelve-inch did appear.

Titlow then went on to form the indie rock band Heave, who signed to Radar Records in the early 1990s, releasing the singles "Suna/12XU" and "Pig Pretty." They followed this with the album Scaramanga, which was produced by Bryce Goggin, and released in both the UK and Japan.

Today, Titlow is a fashion and music photographer.

Discography

Singles

• as Nixon [MCA Records - NXN 1]

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Albums

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See also

• List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
• One-hit wonders in the UK

References