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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> |
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| name = Luv Bug |
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| alias = Heart of Ice |
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| origin = Down, Northern Ireland |
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| instrument = Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Drums |
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Dance music|Dance]], [[Middle of the road (music)|MOR]] |
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| years_active = 1982 - present |
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| past_members = June Cunningham<br /> Hugh Cunningham<br /> Max Cunningham<br /> Ricky Meyler<br /> Majella Grant |
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'''Luv Bug''' are an Irish pop band originating from [[Newry]] in [[Northern Ireland]]. They are most famous for representing Ireland in the ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]'' in 1986 with the song "[[You Can Count On Me (song)|You Can Count On Me]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irish-showbands.com/Bands/luvbug.htm|title=Luv Bug|author=Irish Showbands|accessdate=2008-09-10 }}</ref> |
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== Career == |
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The group were formed in late 1982 and consisted of sister and brothers June (lead vocals), Hugh (bass) and Max (guitar) Cunningham along with Ricky Meyler (vocals and keyboards) and Majella Grant (drums).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/annual/1986/page/3|title=1986 ''Eurovision Song Contest''|author=ESC Today|accessdate=2008-08-11 }}</ref> |
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They became successful as a live act throughout Ireland and released their first single "Red Light Spells Danger" in 1984. The song was a cover of the [[Billy Ocean]] track and was followed up by a string of their own compositions, many of which became hits on the Irish Charts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Luv Bug in the Irish charts|author=Irishcharts.ie|accessdate=2008-08-19 }}</ref> |
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In 1986, they won the ''[[National Song Contest]]'' with their song "You Can Count On Me" and competed in that year's ''Eurovision Song Contest'' in [[Norway]]. They ended the night fourth out of twenty entrants and the song reached the Irish top five.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=557|title=1986 ''Eurovision Song Contest'' details|author=ESC History|accessdate=2008-09-19 }}</ref> |
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The group continued successfully, releasing their first album a year later. In 1988 they signed a recording deal with [[Virgin Records]] in the UK with two single releases under a different name, '''Heart of Ice'''. By the end of the decade the group had toured Europe and had completed some recording work in [[Los Angeles]]. |
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In 1992 the group entered the ''National Song Contest'' (now titled ''Eurosong'') again with the song "Close to Your Heart", but lost out to [[Linda Martin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland1992.html |title=1992 ''Eurosong''|author=National Finals|accessdate=2008-10-10 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091022034237/http://geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland1992.html|archivedate=2009-10-22}}</ref> |
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Luv Bug still continue today, performing live mainly in Ireland. |
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== Discography == |
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'''Singles:''' |
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! Date |
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! Single |
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! [[Irish Singles Chart|Irish Charts]]<br /> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Irish charts searchable database|author=Irishcharts.ie|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref> |
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| May 1984 |
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| align=left| "Red Light Spells Danger" |
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| align=center|15 |
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|October 1984 |
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| "Burn it Up" |
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| April 1985 |
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| align=left| "Look at Me I'm Dancing" |
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| align=center|16 |
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| August 1985 |
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| align=left| "Living in Stereo" |
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| align=center|24 |
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| February 1986 |
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| align=left| "On My Own" |
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| align=center|17 |
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| April 1986 |
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| align=left| "[[You Can Count On Me (song)|You Can Count On Me]]" |
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| align=center|2 |
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| September 1986 |
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| align=left| "Is There Something I Should Know" |
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| align=center|26 |
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| December 1986 |
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| align=left| "Winter's Here" |
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| April 1987 |
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| align=left| "Fall Out" |
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| February 1988 |
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| align=left| "Brand New Heart" |
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| October 1988 |
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| align=left| "Delving Away" <br />(credited to ''Heart of Ice'') |
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| February 1989 |
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| align=left| "Every Time You Leave" |
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| November 1989 |
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| align=left| "Flashback" |
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| May 1990 |
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| align=left| "Living in Stereo" <small>(re-recording)</small> <br />(credited to ''Heart of Ice'') |
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| October 1990 |
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| align=left| "Welcome to My Party" |
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| 1995 |
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| align=left| "Call Me" ([[Extended Play|EP]]) |
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'''Album:''' |
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*April 1987 - ''Luv Bug'' |
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== See also == |
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*[[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest]] |
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*[[1986 Eurovision Song Contest]] |
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== References == |
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