Our Lips Are Sealed Lyrics. Album Waiting. Telling lies, is that a surprise Can you see them? The trio's last UK hit was "Our Lips Are Sealed", co-written by Terry Hall and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's, who had a U.S. hit with the song a year earlier. Waiting is the second and final studio album by the Fun Boy Three.It was released in 1983 and featured the hit single "Our Lips Are Sealed", co-written by Terry Hall and previously recorded by The Go-Go's.. It was first recorded by Wiedlin's band, The Go-Gos. Do you know any background info about this track? The trio's last UK hit was "Our Lips Are Sealed", co-written by Terry Hall and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's, who had a U.S. hit with the song a year earlier. Writer Robert Palmer called it one of the "summer's worthier record releases...that shouldn't be overlooked":. Leave feedback. The band enjoyed six UK Top 20 hits, including "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)" and "Tunnel of Love" and created two albums of which the eponymous The Fun Boy Three was the more successful. They then toured the United States and split afterwards. "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. Fun Boy Three were an English new wave pop[1] band, active from 1981 to 1983 and formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials. Fun Boy Three reduced the ska sound that they and Jerry Dammers had crafted with great success with The Specials and initially took a more minimal approach with the focus on percussion and vocals. The three women provided credited chorus vocals on the hit "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"; the Fun Boy Three later sang on the Bananarama song "Really Saying Something". Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Other well-known tracks include The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) and T'ain't What You Do (Its The Way That You Do It), recorded with the fledgling all-girl group Bananarama. They were credited with helping launch the career in 1982 of Bananarama, whom Hall first saw in The Face magazine. We don't have a wiki for this track. Featuring new recordings by Neville and his band at the time - The Hitmen - no other members of The Specials or Fun Boy Three were involved. Originally released by Anagram (an imprint of Cherry Red Records) in 2000 with the title Ghost Town - 13 Hits of The Specials and Fun Boy Three, the album was re-released by Cleopatra Records under the title "The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three" and again by Pegaus Records in 2006 as The Best of The Specials & Fun Boy Three. Can you hear them talking 'bout us? Terry Hall (left), Neville Staple (centre) and Lynval Golding (right), Last edited on 17 September 2020, at 03:04, It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It), "Fun Boy Three - Full Official Chart History", "charts.org.nz - Discografie Fun Boy Three", "British certificates: searchable database", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fun_Boy_Three&oldid=978816013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. They then toured the United States and split afterwards. The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three is an unofficial greatest hits album featuring songs rerecorded by Neville Staple, a former member of both bands. In order to have the best experience, please upgrade to a more modern browser. The Very Best of the Specials and Fun Boy Three, "The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three", Learn how and when to remove this template message, Ghost Town - 13 Hits of The Specials and Fun Boy Three, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Very_Best_of_The_Specials_and_Fun_Boy_Three&oldid=901609029, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Articles with album ratings that need to be turned into prose, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 June 2019, at 02:28. Fun Boy Three… The Fun Boy Three recorded it on their second album Waiting, and released a remixed version as a single. Although not credited, drummer June Miles-Kingston performs what is effectively a dual lead vocal with Terry Hall. Produced by David Byrne. Our Lips Are Sealed is a song written by Terry Hall and Jane Wiedlin. The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three is an unofficial greatest hits album featuring songs rerecorded by Neville Staple, a former member of both bands. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. She was a founding member of the post-punk group The Mo-dettes, which lasted from 1979 to 1982, and later became a session drummer and backing vocalist for a variety of British post-punk, new wave, and pop … The Fun Boy Three Everything but the Girl The Communards: June Miles-Kingston is a singer and drummer, best known for her work with various successful bands and singers in the 1980s. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Our Lips Are Sealed Fun Boy Three. Internet Explorer is no longer supported on Last.fm. Listen online to Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed and find out more about its history, critical reception, and meaning. [2] For their second album they assembled a six-piece backing group including a cellist and a trombone player, allowing the record to feature more diverse and expansive arrangements, and also enabling them to play live instead of being a purely studio group as previously. Each release featured a different cover, although the contents are the same. The follow-up album Waiting, produced by David Byrne, was well-received critically[3][4][5] but did not sell as well. Featuring new recordings by Neville and his band at the time - The Hitmen - no other members of The Specials or Fun Boy Three were involved. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Their biggest hit was Our lips are sealed, a retread of Go-go's 1981 song, which was co-written by Terry Hall. "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)", This page was last edited on 17 September 2020, at 03:04.