TOP 2O GIRLBAND SINGLES OF THE 1980’S
PINBALLING BETWEEN SPIKY NEW WAVE, PURE POP, R&B, HIP-HOP AND INDIE, GIRLBANDS HAVE GIVEN US SOME OF THE GREATEST SINGLES OF OUR FAVOURITE DECADE…
JON O‘BRIEN
The sheer volume of all-singing, all-dancing, all-female acts that emerged in the wake of Spice Mania would suggest that the late 1990s was the golden age of the girlband. Yet you could argue that the previous decade was where the concept truly flourished. From sassy MCs and slick vocal harmony outfits to post-disco party starters and punk-pop hellraisers, there was always more to the girlband scene of the 1980s than just Smash Hits pin-ups (although even these were ultimately much cooler). Here’s a look at 20 singles - with only one entry per act allowed - that proved girl power was around long before the days of zig-a-zig-ah.
20 TOTO COELO I EAT CANNIBALS
The brainchild of 70s glam rockerturned- prolific hitmaker Barry Blue, Toto Coelo provided perhaps the new wave scene’s most unashamedly ridiculous single with this infectious cod-tribal ode to cannibalism - although the brilliantly-titled follow-up Dracula’s Tango (Sucker For Your Love) ran it a close second. Pop’s answer to Hannibal Lecter, who featured Bob Holness’ daughter Ros in their lineup, were forced to change their name Stateside to avoid confusion with the yacht rockers who blessed the rains down in Africa. It’s unlikely that anyone could have mixed them up musically.
19 SEDUCTION TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT
Seduction began as an early incarnation of C+C Music Factory before evolving from a studio project into a fully-fledged girlband boasting future RuPaul’s Drag Race judge Michelle Visage, almost unrecognisable as a Madonnaesque blonde. Sampling Art Of Noise and Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, the slicklyproduced freestyle of Two To Make It Right unfairly struggled to make it higher than No.79 in the UK. But in their American homeland, the fabulous trio were only kept off the top spot by Paula Abdul and her animated cat.
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