Bananarama ~ Cruel Summer 1983 Disco Purrfection Version

Is there a forecast for a long, hot cruel summer in 2020?

I had so many requests to do this one and it finally happened in 27 minutes after four years of your patience. I have always loved this song the Swain-Jolley sound. Kelly Marie had a song called "Love Trial" and then I heard Imagination's "Just An Illusion" and knew I had a new favorite production team. One thing they had in common was the Phil Spectorish wall of sound that is effectively oppressive here the sonic equivalent of the heat of steamy summer night with that funky ass bass makes me wanna get up and dance. It still drives me crazy! I never realized how much of a reggae influence there was here.

Our story starts in 1979 when Siobhan Fahey, Sarah Dallin and Keren Wood formed Bananarama. Dallin and Wood were schoolmates and moved to London together. Once there, Dallin met Siobhan and the three women became fast friends.

They pestered Siobhan's sister's boyfriend to persuade his boss who ran Demon Records to record a demo of "Aie A Mwana" a cover of a song by Black Blood. At this point they agreed on the name Bananarama since "it projected fun and lightheartedness". I could not agree more.

The women were working hard at making music, doing well in the UK and not so much in the US until their
song "Cruel Summer" was included in the hugely successful "The Karate Kid" movie from 1984. It peaked at #9 on the Hot100 and #11 on the disco chart paving the way for "Venus"...but that is another remix and story...

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