In the summer of 1995 it was all over the news that Robbie Williams had left Take That and on The Big Breakfast he stated his intention of launching a solo career.
What few realised was that another former boy band member was just launching his solo career. It had been 4 years since Bros had last been in the Top 40. Following their break up Luke Goss was first to launch their post-Bros career with his Band of Thieves in 1993 where they had 2 singles that failed to reach the Top 40.
Matt Goss maintained a low profile until he released this his debut hit in 1995. It was a Eurodance record and vocal wise you could tell it was Matt Goss singing even if he looked quite different from his Bros days.
Hey also released an album of the same name in 1996 which included follow up single "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" which didn't chart and a cover of the Alexander O'Neal song "If You Were Here Tonight" which made number 23.
That was it until the 21st century where like many celebrities of yesteryear he went down the reality TV route. He would have a further 2 Top 40 hits in the lower reaches of the charts plus many more singles which didn't chart.
He found his greatest success as a solo artist though with his Vegas residency which began in 2009. Bros reunited in 2017.
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