Artist: Wang Chung
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Mosaic
Year: 1986
Tracks: 8
Huang Chung
Year: 1982
Tracks: 10
The London-based modern wave group Wang Chung had a handful of hits in the mid-'80s, achieving their greatest popularity in the U.S. Originally called Huang Chung, the band consisted of vocalist/guitarist Jack Hues, bassist Nick Feldman, and drummer Darren Costin. The band recorded four-spot tracks for 101 Records in the late '70s, all of which appeared on a pair of compilation albums. Huang Chung released their first individual, "Isn't It About Time We Were on Television?," in 1980; the record light-emitting diode to a get with Arista Records. The group released their first album, Huang Chung, in 1982. By the time they recorded 1984's Points on a Curve, the band had changed their appoint to Wang Chung. "Dance Hall Days" was a low stumble in Britain, so far the stria pip the Top 40 twice in America -- "Don't Let Go" made it to number 36, while "Dance Hall Days" reached number 16. From this point on, Wang Chung ignored the U.K. mart, choosing to centralize on the U.S. "To Live and Die in L.A.," the root song from William Friedken's thriller, just lost fashioning the Top 40 in 1985. That same year, Wang Chung switched from Geffen Records to A&M and Costin left the stria. Hues and Feldman continued as a duo and released Mosaic in 1986. The album was their biggest stumble, launching the number two hit "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" and the Top Ten "Let's Go!"
Wang Chung returned in 1989 with The Warmer Side of Cool, which exhausted a mere six-spot weeks on the charts, spawning the pocket-size hit, "Praying to a New God." After the relative disappointment of the album, the group softly stopped up touring and recording.
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