This caught the attention of ex- Specials member Terry Hall, who invited them to collaborate with his new vocal group Fun Boy Three on the track "It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It".
UK fashion magazine The Face featured an article on Bananarama after the release of their first single. Bananarama passed on both the material and McLaren as their manager. McLaren, manager of the Sex Pistols and Bow Wow Wow, and notorious for generating scandal, proposed some new material that was sexually suggestive, and did not fit with what at the time was the band's tomboyish and straightforward image. The song was an underground hit and Bananarama were signed by Decca (later London Records) and remained on the label until 1993.ĭuring this early period Bananarama were approached by Malcolm McLaren, who offered to manage the group. The demo was heard at Demon Records, who consequently offered Bananarama their first deal. With their help, Bananarama recorded their first demo "Aie a Mwana" (UK #92, a cover of a song by Black Blood, sung in Swahili). In 1981, Bananarama's members were living above the rehearsal room that was used by former Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook. The trio were ardent followers of the punk rock and post-punk music scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s and often performed impromptu sets or backing vocals at gigs for such bands as The Monochrome Set, Iggy Pop, The Jam, Department S and The Nipple Erectors. They became friends because they both dressed more radically than the other students. Dallin and Fahey met in 1979 while studying fashion journalism at the London College of Fashion.
It was announced in April 2017 that Fahey had rejoined Bananarama and that they would be touring the UK from November 2017 and North America in 2018.īananarama were founded in London in 1981 by Fahey, Woodward and Dallin, the latter two having been childhood friends in Bristol since the age of four, and attending St. Between 19, they had 28 singles reach the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. After O'Sullivan's 1991 departure, Dallin and Woodward continued Bananarama as a duo, with hits including "Movin' On" (1992) and "More, More, More" (1993), before returning to the UK Top 40 for the first time in 12 years with the single "Move in My Direction" (2005). įollowing Fahey's departure from the group in 1988, Jacquie O'Sullivan joined the group for three years and they had UK Top 10 hits with "I Want You Back" (1988) and "Help!" (1989). They also earned Brit Award nominations for Best British Single for "Love in the First Degree", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of The Supremes single "Nathan Jones". Their fourth album Wow! (1987), topped the Australian ARIA albums chart in June 1988. They are associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US. Billboard Hot 100 (1983–88), including two more in the Top 10, with "Cruel Summer" (1984) and "I Heard a Rumour" (1987).
In total, they had 11 singles reach the U.S. number one with another of their UK Top 10 hits, a cover of "Venus". The group's 10 UK Top 10 hits include "It Ain't What You Do." (1982), "Really Saying Something" (1982), "Shy Boy" (1982), "Cruel Summer" (1983), "Robert De Niro's Waiting." (1984) and "Love in the First Degree" (1987). In addition to their chart success, they are also known for their vocal style, generally singing in unison rather than in harmony like most vocal groups. Their success on both pop and dance charts have earned them a listing in the Guinness World Records as the all-female group with the most chart entries in the world. Bananarama is a British female pop music vocal group formed in London in 1981 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward.
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