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Wang Chung--Dance Hall Days

submitted by firefly

1 decade 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago

Originally called Huang Chung (Chinese for "yellow bell", though they later claimed it was the sound a guitar made on American Bandstand), the band formed in 1979. The lineup consisted of vocalist/guitarist Jack Hues, bassist Nick Feldman and drummer Darren Costin. Their self-titled debut was released by Arista Records in 1982 after several singles, including the minor post-punk hit "Isn't It About Time We Were On TV". In 1983, after being dropped by Arista and signed to Geffen Records, they changed their name to Wang Chung (at Geffen's suggestion, to make pronunciation easier for English-speakers—consistent with the claim by VH1's Pop Up Video that they changed it because people kept calling them "Hung Chung"—and subsequently they released Points On the Curve, which yielded two major hits, "Don't Let Go" (#38 US) and this one, "Dance Hall Days" (#16 US).

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But their biggest hit was yet to come. In 1986, Costin left the band, but Hues and Feldman continued to record. The same year, they had their biggest hits: "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (#2 US, featuring the oft-quoted lyric "Everybody Wang Chung tonight" and rated the third worst song ever by Blender magazine) and "Let's Go" (#9 US), both from the album Mosaic. They released their their final album The Warmer Side of Cool in 1989, and disbanded in 1991.

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