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First appearance | False Arrest |
Last appearance | Lost in Space |
Created by | Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett |
Portrayed by | Jaleel White |
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Nickname | Bruce Lee Urkel |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Student, inventor |
Family | Mr. & Mrs. Urkel (parents) |
Relatives | Myrtle Urkel (cousin) "Big Daddy Urkel" (uncle) Cecil (uncle) Original Gangster Dawg (cousin) Oona (aunt) Ernie (uncle) |
Steven Quincy Urkel (born 1976), better known as Steve Urkel (portrayed by Jaleel White) was the breakout character on the 1990s sitcom Family Matters.
Character background
Urkel was an archetypal nerd, with large, thick eyeglasses, "high-water" pants held up by suspenders, multi-colored sweaters, and a high-pitched voice with a snorting laugh. While highly intelligent, he was also quite accident-prone (spawning his catch-phrase, "Did I do that?") and socially awkward. Urkel was originally a one-shot character on Family Matters, but, because of audience and ratings reaction, he became the show's main character and by the third season many felt the show had become "The Steve Urkel Show." His main interactions on the show were his crush on Laura Winslow, and his perpetual annoyance of her father Carl. Urkel also had an alter-ego, Stefan Urquelle.
Relatives
Urkel's parents did not seem to love him. Frequently, his comments alluded that he was a victim of verbal and emotional abuse (although this was never explicitly mentioned in the running gag). The Urkels were also very intelligent people; Steve and his family were known to do the Sunday crossword puzzle in pen in about 20 minutes. Steve's father is a brain surgeon. In 1995, the elder Urkels moved to Russia without Steve, who was then allowed to live with the Winslows.
In addition to his parents (who were never seen, although his mother once was heard off-screen), his family included his cousin Myrtle Urkel (also played by White), who thought of herself as a Southern belle; her father, Big Daddy Urkel (played by Reginald VelJohnson); Uncle Cecil (who was never seen, but often mentioned); Original Gangster Dawg (OGD), another cousin (also played by White), and Aunt Oona (Donna Summer), from Altoona, Pennsylvania who was shy and socially awkward, but is a talented singer.
In the episode "Man's Best Friend", Steve said his parents were Herb and Diane. However, in another episode, Steve was talking on the phone with his mother and called her Roberta.
In an early episode entitled The Big Fix AKA Mercy Date we see that Urkel has at least one relative who does care about him: his uncle Ernie, who drives him on his date with Laura and takes a picture.
Inventions
Urkel is known for inventing devices typically considered impossible, especially in the early '90s. These include:
- Urkel Bot: an intelligent robot that fell in love with Laura and briefly became a police officer
- Transformation Chamber: it turned him into "Stefan Urquelle" (with the help of "Cool Juice") as well as other odd characters (such as Elvis). At first the effects of the change were temporary, but eventually this was changed.
- Expansion Machine: This machine makes objects bigger, but a small percentage of the times, it malfunctions and shrinks things instead.
- Cloning Machine: The machine creates a second Urkel, but due to a delay in the effect, he thought it didn't work. One of these is eventually turned into Stefan permanently.
- Urk-pad: a teleportation pad which sent him to Paris.
- Time Machine: He knew it worked before testing it out, since Carl saw his future self appear in the living room.
Oddly enough, these inventions were really the only unrealistic elements of the show and all the other plotlines in the episode were far more reality based.
These stories strained credulity more and more in the show's later seasons, and the series gradually developed a self-aware sense of humor on the subject. In the season 8 episode "Father Time," Carl casually shrugs off Urkel's invention of a time-travel device, citing all Steve's previous impossible creations and insisting a time machine is "no big deal" in comparison.
The Ratings
Urkel was originally intended to be a one-time-only character in the 1989 episode, "Laura's First Date" where Carl, Eddie and Estelle separately set up dates for Laura for a Sadie Hawkins dance, and the first thing we learn about him is that he allegedly ate a mouse, and he later makes reference to a mouse when speaking to Carl, implying that it might be true. Urkel became the show's breakout character. Several scripts had to be hastily re-written to accommodate the Urkel character, while several first-season episodes that had been completed had new opening gags sequences filmed featuring Urkel. The addition of Urkel immediately helped the show's modest ratings. White was credited as a guest star in the first season and became a regular member of the cast in season two.
The Urkel dance
The Urkel dance was a novelty dance that originated in the episode Life of the Party. It was based around the character of Steve Urkel and essentially incorporated movements which made the dancer's posture more like his. The lyrics instructed the dancer how to pose: "If you want to do the Steve Urkel dance, all you have to do is hitch up your pants, bend your knees, and stick out your pelvis; (I'm telling you, baby, it's better than Elvis!)". It was popular enough to appear on another show, Step by Step. A promotional cassette single of the song that accompanies the dance was pressed and distributed in limited numbers.
Appearances on other shows
White has played Urkel on several sitcoms, most notably:
- Full House – In the 1991 episode, "Stephanie Gets Framed" when he helps Stephanie Tanner (Jodie Sweetin) deal with her anxieties after she has to get glasses.
- Step by Step — In the series' second episode, "The Dance," Urkel helps his science-fair pen pal, Mark Foster and lifts Alicia "Al" Lambert (Christine Lakin) spirits after her potential date dumps her just before a school dance. White reprises his "Do the Urkel" dance in the scene where Al gives her boyfriend his comeuppance. (White also has a short cameo in a 1997 episode.)
- Meego — White makes an uncredited cameo in this short-lived CBS sitcom (which starred Bronson Pinchot).
- Kenan and Kel— Kenan once turned on the television and before he changed the channel, you can hear Steve's trademark "did I do that."
Additionally, Steve once received a chain letter and thought he'd send it on to his friend Cory Matthews who lived in Philadelphia. It is the same Cory from Boy Meets World, though the two never actually meet on any show.
At the 1997 WWF Slammy Awards, the character was a nominee in the "Best Bow Tie" category, however, Jaleel White was not present at the ceremony and no real winner was ever awarded after Owen Hart stole the Slammy award.
Popular culture
Since the first TV appearance of this character, the term "Urkel" has been used as slang for geeks and nerds, especially when used to stigmatize high achieving African-American males.
- In one of the episodes of Friends, Marcel the monkey turned Urkel into Spanish, and Rachel said; "Wow, Urkel in Spanish sounds like, Urkel."
- In the South Park episode "Chickenpox", Eric Cartman, whilst at a sleep-over, unfurls a sleeping bag bearing the face of Urkel, to the surprise and horror of his friends. "It's my Urkel sleeping bag, isn't it cool?" Cartman then inquires enthusiastically, to which Kyle angrily replies "No it's not cool!"
- In a Pinky and The Brain episode "You'll Never Eat Food Pellets In This Town Again" Pinky & The Brain are sidestepped by a parody version of Urkel known as "The Yurkel" along with his parody catch phrase "Wakka Wakka Do!"
- The Simpsons— In the episode, 'Tis the 15th Season, as an example of the various incarnations of A Christmas Carol, there is one version with Steve as Scrooge. Ghost: Reform, Ebenezer Urkel! You have alienated all those who love you! Urkel as Scrooge: Did I do that?!
- References to Urkel have also been featured in several episodes of The Simpsons. In "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming," Urkel is invited to Springfield as part of an "delegation of esteemed TV representatives" (after Sideshow Bob demands an end to television in lieu of detonating an atomic bomb). In "The Regina Monologues," a sign advertises "Urkel in 'Othello'" (recalling a 1991 episode where the nerd starred opposite Laura in a school production of "Romeo and Juliet"). Additionally, while not technically an appearance, Urkel is mentioned in the episode The Springfield Files, when Homer is describing an Alien: "The Alien has a sweet, heavenly voice ... like Urkel! And he appears every Friday night ... like Urkel!". Homer compares Bart to Urkel when his similar-sounding catchphrase 'I didn't do it' became popular, stating "Boy I'd like to smack that kid!".
- English Grime rapper Jammer references Urkel in one of his most popular songs, "Murkle Man." Jammer states that he is "never gonna flex like Urkel," essentially stating that he will never act like, or be viewed as, a nerd.
- American sitcom Malcolm in the Middle had a character (played by Craig Lamar Traylor) named Stevie Kenarban, who, apart from having Urkel's name, used glasses and looked strikingly similar like him (except for the fact Stevie Kenarban used a wheelchair.)
- Jaleel White also lent his voice for the character of Sonic the Hedgehog in three separate Saturday morning cartoons during the 1990s. A lot of fans found it ironic considering the Sonic's "cool guy" personality and attitude, yet "Urkel" was chosen.
- In episode 614: San Francisco International on Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mike Nelson dresses up as Urkel and has his robots as well as characters formerly appearing as cameos laughing endlessly at his impressions of Urkel's catchphrases and antics over several host segments.
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The B-52's are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976.
The band's name comes from the large B-52 Stratofortress airplanes, and the hairstyle of the same name. During the band's first years, wigs of that style were often worn by the band's female singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson.
Wilson and Pierson formed the band with drummer Keith Strickland, guitarist Ricky Wilson (Cindy's older brother) and vocalist Fred Schneider after a drunken night at a Chinese restaurant and played their first gig in 1977 at a St. Valentine's Day party for friends. The B-52's sound is marked by the vocals and lush harmonies of Wilson and Pierson, and the generally monotone or spoken-word vocals of Schneider.
The band's quirky take on the New Wave sound of their era was a combination of dance and surf music set apart by the unusual guitar tunings Ricky Wilson used. Their costume thrift-store chic set them apart as well. During the Mesopotamia tour, the band's famous wigs were under the care of Jackie Slayton, one of Athens's leading artists and long-time friend of the band.
Early recording success
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Their first single, "Rock Lobster", recorded for DB Records in 1978 (see 1978 in music), was an underground success that led to the B-52's performing at CBGB's and Max's Kansas City in New York City. "52 Girls" was the B-side. Two versions of the single were released in the UK that featured the B-side "Running Around".
Their debut album, The B-52's, contained re-recorded versions of "Rock Lobster" and "52 Girls", along with six more originals and a remake of Petula Clark's classic "Downtown." It was eventually certified platinum.
The album had greater success overseas, especially in Australia, where it hit #7 on the back of three hit singles: "Planet Claire" (#43), "Rock Lobster" (#3) and "Private Idaho" (#11). "Rock Lobster" gave the band its first entry on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
The follow-up, Wild Planet, reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 in 1980 and was certified gold. "Private Idaho" became their second Hot 100 entry; around this time the B-52's performed a breakout set on Saturday Night Live and were featured at the Heatwave festival in August 1980.
Party Mix! was released next, a remix album that took tracks from the first two LPs and presented them in extended forms.
Mid-point
Although recording sessions with David Byrne (of Talking Heads) failed, the recordings were released as the Mesopotamia EP in 1982 (Party Mix! and Mesopotamia would later be combined and released together on a single CD).
The Whammy! album in 1983 brought the band into electronic and drum machine experimentation, much to the chagrin of some of their early fans. "Legal Tender" became their third chart single. After the initial pressings of Whammy! were released, copyright issues with Yoko Ono led to the song "Don't Worry" being pulled and replaced on future copies of the album with a new track called "Moon 83", a variation on "There's A Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)" from their debut album.
1984 brought about an eponymous solo album from Fred Schneider (Fred Schneider & the Shake Society) with contributions from bandmates Kate Pierson and Ricky Wilson. Tina Weymouth from the Talking Heads, Keith Haring and RuPaul appeared on the video clip for "Monster", a song about the "monster" in Fred's pants.
That year, the B-52's reformed to record Bouncing Off the Satellites. On October 12, 1985 Ricky Wilson died at age 32 of what was originally reported as cancer but was later revealed to be AIDS-related. Devastated, the band went into immediate seclusion and the album sank without any tour or promotion behind it.
Mainstream success
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During the two year hiatus that followed Wilson's death, Strickland switched from drums to guitar, and the B-52's emerged in 1988 with a backing rhythm section which included Sara Lee, a former member of post-punk band, Gang of Four. Their song "Cosmic Thing" was a centerpiece of the soundtrack to the movie Earth Girls are Easy. In 1989 the band released the album Cosmic Thing which became their long-anticipated mainstream breakthrough. "Channel Z," a single from the new album, became an alternative and college radio hit, receiving significant airplay on MTV's modern rock show 120 Minutes.
"Love Shack" came next. With its party vibe and colorful music video (featuring a cameo by a then-unknown RuPaul) "Love Shack" not only became their first song to hit the US Top 40, but it went on to peak at #3. That peak was matched in early 1990 when "Roam" also hit #3. In Australia, the territory that had most embraced the band a decade earlier, "Love Shack" stayed at #1 for 8 weeks.
A third single, "Deadbeat Club,", which reminisced about the band's early days in Athens and whose video was shot on location and featured a cameo by R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, became a Top 30 hit. The Cosmic Thing album climbed into the Top 5 and earned multi-platinum certification. The group also had a hugely successful tour to support the record.
Continuing to be busy through 1990, Pierson lent her vocals to Iggy Pop's song "Candy," which gave him his first (and only) Hot 100/Top 40 hit. 1991 saw the repackaging and re-release of Schneider's solo record and gave him his first Hot 100 entry when "Monster" climbed to #85, and Pierson again guest-starred on a popular track, this time it being R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People," which hit the Top 10. Pierson appeared on several other songs from the band's chart-topping album, Out of Time.
In 1990 Cindy Wilson took time off from the band, with Julee Cruise filling in for her parts on the eventual tour. As a trio, The B-52's released Good Stuff in 1992, which gave them another top 40 hit. It is also the group's most overtly political album, having been activists and fund-raisers for environmental, AIDS and animal rights causes for many years.[1] Subsequent singles were not as successful and the album sold nowhere near as much as Cosmic Thing.
The band had its most recent chart entry in 1994 when, as "The BC-52's" they appeared in The Flintstones live-action movie and sang the title song. In the 1990s, ex-Duran Duran drummer, and Falun Gong activist, Sterling Campbell joined the band, but left in 2000 to tour with David Bowie and was replaced that year by Zachary Alford. A career retrospective, Time Capsule: Songs For a Future Generation, appeared in 1998 and Cindy Wilson rejoined the group on two new songs and a tour to promote the collection. A more extensive anthology, Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology appeared in 2002.
As of 2006 the B-52's continue to perform, electrifying audiences with their quirky, innovative style and lush vocals. Recently, the band announced they are working on a new album and a compilation of new remixes of their earlier work. On the band's official website [14] Fred Schneider recently commented that the band is "working away" and looking forward to "another productive session... there is still plenty of work to do".
Side projects, solo albums & collaborations
- Prior to the formation of The B-52's, Kate Pierson was the lead singer of a folk band called the Sun Donuts.
- Guitarist Ricky Wilson features on the track "Breakin' In My Heart" from Tom Verlaine's self-titled 1979 debut solo album.
- Fred Schneider's solo album, Fred Schneider & The Shake Society, was released in 1984, and again in 1990 in a repackaged form.
- Kate and Cindy both appeared on the 1988 album Holy Cow by the short-lived college rock band Martini Ranch, led by actor Bill Paxton. The album also featured an appearance by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh.
- Fred Schneider contributed vocals to the title track of Bongwater's 1990 album The Power of Pussy.
- Fred contributed vocals to Richard Barone's 1990 allbum Primal Dream, appearing on Mr. Used To Be.
- Kate contributed vocals to Iggy Pop's hit single "Candy" from his 1990 album Brick by Brick.
- Kate appears on The Bongos album Beat Hotel, contributing vocals to Apache Dancing.
- Kate appears on three tracks from R.E.M.'s chart topping album Out of Time – "Shiny Happy People", "Me In Honey", and "Country Feedback."
- In 1996, Fred Schneider released a second solo album, Just Fred, produced by Steve Albini, who is famous for having worked with bands such as Nirvana.
- Since 1999, Kate has been an occasional member of the successful Japanese pop group NiNa.
- In 2003, Cindy Wilson performed solo and released several MP3s under the name The Cindy Wilson Band.
- In 2005/2006 Fred has been involved in the making of British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 3rd album.
- The B-52's performed the titular theme song that plays during the opening sequence of Rocko's Modern Life during seasons 2 and later.
- Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson contributed vocals to Junior Senior's "Take My Time" on their 2005 album Hey Hey My My Yo Yo.
Discography
Albums
Year | Album | US | UK |
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1979 | The B-52's | 59 | 22 |
1980 | Wild Planet | 18 | 18 |
1982 | Party Mix EP | 55 | 36 |
1982 | Mesopotamia EP | 35 | 18 |
1983 | Whammy! | 29 | 33 |
1986 | Bouncing Off the Satellites | 85 | 74 |
1989 | Cosmic Thing | 4 | 8 |
1990 | The Best Of the B-52's: Dance This Mess Around (UK only) | - | 36 |
1991 | Party Mix / Mesopotamia EP (re-issue) | 184 | 66 |
1992 | Good Stuff | 16 | 8 |
1998 | Time Capsule: Songs For a Future Generation (singles collection) | 93 | 37 |
2002 | Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology | 136 | 57 |
Singles
Year | Song | US | US Dance | US Mod. Rock | UK | Album |
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1979 | "Rock Lobster" | 56 | - | - | 37 | The B-52's |
1979 | "Planet Claire"/"Rock Lobster"/"Dance This Mess Around" | - | 24 | - | - | The B-52's |
1980 | "Private Idaho" | 74 | - | - | - | Wild Planet |
1980 | "Private Idaho"/"Give Me Back My Man"/"Party Out Of Bounds" | - | 5 | - | - | Wild Planet |
1980 | "Give Me Back My Man" | - | - | - | 61 | Wild Planet |
1982 | "Mesopotamia"/"Deep Sleep"/"Cake" | - | 13 | - | - | Mesopotamia |
1983 | "Legal Tender" | 81 | - | - | - | Whammy! |
1983 | "Whammy Kiss"/"Legal Tender"/"Song For a Future Generation" | - | 9 | - | - | Whammy! |
1983 | "Song For a Future Generation" | - | - | - | 63 | Whammy! |
1986 | "Rock Lobster"/"Planet Claire" (re-issue) | - | - | - | 12 | - |
1986 | "Summer Of Love" | - | 3 | - | - | Bouncing Off the Satellites |
1986 | "Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland" | - | 10 | - | - | Bouncing Off the Satellites |
1987 | "Wig" | - | - | - | 79 | Bouncing Off the Satellites |
1989 | "(Shake That) Cosmic Thing" | - | - | 7 | - | Earth Girls Are Easy soundtrack, Cosmic Thing |
1989 | "Channel Z" | - | - | 1 | 61 | Cosmic Thing |
1989 | "Love Shack" | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Cosmic Thing |
1990 | "Roam" | 3 | 10 | 6 | 17 | Cosmic Thing |
1990 | "Deadbeat Club" | 30 | - | - | - | Cosmic Thing |
1992 | "Good Stuff" | 28 | - | 1 | 21 | Good Stuff |
1992 | "Is That You Mo-Dean?" | 78 | - | - | - | Good Stuff |
1992 | "Tell It Like It T-I-Is" | - | - | 13 | 61 | Good Stuff |
1993 | "Hot Pants Explosion" (UK) | - | - | - | - | Good Stuff |
1994 | "(Meet) The Flintstones" (as "The BC-52's") | 33 | 3 | - | 3 | The Flintstones soundtrack |
1998 | "Debbie" | - | 32 | 35 | - | Time Capsule |
1999 | "Love Shack '99" | 153 | - | - | 66 | - |
- In the 1970s and 1980s, Billboard's Dance Chart policy allowed multiple songs (or in some cases all songs) from an album or an EP to occupy the same position if more than one track was receiving significant play in dance clubs.
Videos
- The B-52's 1979-1989 (1989) VHS video tape – with remarkably good sound quality.
- The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979-1998 (1998) VHS video tape.
Laserdisc
- The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979-1998 (1998) NTSC Laserdisc.
Biographical books
- The B-52's by Della Martini, 32 pages, paperback (published in 1990 by Wise Publications, New York City, NY).
- Party Out of Bounds: The B-52'S, R.E.M., and the Kids Who Rocked Athens, Georgia by Rodger Lyle Brown, 221 pages, paperback (published in 1991 by Plume).
- The B-52's Universe: The Essential Guide to the World's Greatest Party Band by Mats Sexton, 231 pages, hard-cover (published in 2002 by Plan-B Books, Minneapolis, MN) is the most exhaustive biography about The B-52's.
Trivia
- The correct name for the band is "The B-52's", even though plurals in standard English do not include apostrophes.
- "The Chosen One" recorded by The B-52's is featured in the movie "Pokemon 2000: The Power Of One" and appears on the soundtrack by the same name.
- Some models of the Amiga computer had the name of a B-52's song written on their motherboard. For example, the Amiga 500 had "B52/ROCK LOBSTER" written on it.
- According to The B-52's Fan Club Newsletter, circa 1982, "Song for a Future Generation" took a full 24 hours straight to record at A & M Records (Herb Alpert's then-company and site of the former Charlie Chaplin Studios in Los Angeles).
- The band appears briefly in the 1980 movie One Trick Pony, starring Paul Simon.
- Singer Julee Cruise filled in for Cindy Wilson on the 1992–1993 Interdimensional Tourgasm, as well as the band's summer 1999 tour, when Cindy went on sabbatical.
- The band also performed the theme song for Nickelodeon's Rocko's Modern Life from the second season onward.
- In another link to Nickelodeon, Kate Pierson made a cameo appearance on The Adventures of Pete & Pete as the Blind Millionaire.
- The band recorded an alternate version of their hit "Love Shack" (entitled "Glove Slap") for TV show "The Simpsons".
- The B-52's made a guest appearance and performed a new song called "Pump" in episode 7 of the third season of the TV series The L Word, which is broadcast on the cable TV channel Showtime. The new song entitled "Pump" is one of the songs to be released on The B-52's upcoming new album that is expected to be released in 2007.
- In 2004, Subaru of New Zealand used "Roam" for their television commercial.
- In 2007, Target Department Stores used "Junebug" from the Cosmic Thing album in a television commercial.
External links
- The B-52's Official Home Page
- B-Ware: The Ultimate B-52's Discography
- The B-52's discography at MusicBrainz
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Wow! is the fourth album released by Bananarama. It is entirely produced and co-written with the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio and is the last album by the girl group to generate significant chart hits in the U.S. Tensions between group member Siobhan Fahey and Stock, Aitken and Waterman regarding songwriting input and lyrical content (particularly with the track "Strike it Rich") prompted Fahey's departure from Bananarama months after its release. By the time of the album's fourth single ("I Want You Back") Fahey had been replaced with Jacquie O'Sullivan (the single version of the song was re-recorded with O'Sullivan).
Fahey would resurface in 1989 with her new band Shakespear's Sister.
On March 19, 2007, Bananarama's first six studio albums were re-issued by London Records. All re-issues are remastered and each includes several bonus tracks, consisting of B-sides and remixes.
Track listing
- "I Can't Help It" (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "I Heard a Rumour" (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Some Girls" (12 inch version) (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Love in the First Degree" (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Once in a Lifetime" (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Strike it Rich" (12 inch version) (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Bad for Me" (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Come Back" (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Nathan Jones" (Wakefield, Caston)
- "I Want You Back" (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
The cassette version and limited double vinyl edition of the album contained three extra tracks:
- "Bananarama Megamix" (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Mr. Sleaze" (Rare Groove Remix) (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
- "Ecstasy" (Chicago House Stylee) (Dallin, Fahey, Woodward, Stock, Aitken, Waterman)
2007 re-issue bonus tracks
- "Clean Cut Boy"
- "Mr. Sleaze"
- "Ecstasy (Wild Style)"
- "Nathan Jones" (Psycho 7-inch edit)
- "I Want You Back" (Single version)
- "Amnesia" (Theme from The Roxy)
- "Nathan Jones" (Single version)
Charts
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart | 26 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 44 |
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