In 1995 I received a music quiz which included a question asking which supermodel had made a record the previous year. Despite the fact it happened what was quite recently at the time, I had no recollection of Naomi Campbell making a record, but have remembered that fact since.
Perhaps the reason I didn't remember it is because it only reached number 40 and is the only Top 40 hit to date for Naomi Campbell.
She was hugely popular as a supermodel at the time but in some ways that can make the transition into music more difficult. When someone famous for something other than music makes a record it's often something terrible.
This was no novelty record though. I was a cover of a record by rock band Maggies Dream and was produced by Tim Simenon aka Bomb the Bass. Again though, that was likely the problem. Those who wanted the novelty of a Naomi Campbell record would have been disappointed it wasn't catchy pop whereas the purists wouldn't entertain it because it was Naomi Campbell.
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