This was the only Top 40 in 1983 to peak at number 40. Roman Holliday made their Top 40 debut a few months earlier with "Don't Try To Stop It" that made number 14. Earlier in the year they failed to reach the Top 40 with the single "Stand By" which reached 61 and did slightly better in America reaching 54, quite unusual for a British group.
This single failed to chart in American though. It was one of those 50s style records in the 80s, but by this point Shakin Stevens was the only other one still doing it and reaching the Top 40.
The band split in 1985 and songwriter Brian Bonhomme left the music industry all together, moving to America and becoming a professor in Russian History. Perhaps the biggest success story music wise after the breakup of the group is Adrian York who has written music for commercials amongst other things.
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