Fine Young Cannibals

Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham, West Midlands, in 1984 by former The Beat band bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox<ref name="trib">Template:Cite news</ref> with singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz). Their self-titled 1985 debut album contained "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of "Suspicious Minds", two songs that were top 40 hits in the UK, Canada, Australia and Europe. Their 1989 album, The Raw & the Cooked, topped the UK, US, Australian and Canadian album charts, and contained their two Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing".<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1990, the band won two Brit Awards: Best British Group and Best British Album (for The Raw & the Cooked).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

The group was formed in 1984 after the dissolution of The Beat, with whom Cox and Steele previously played.<ref name="trib" /> Their name came from the 1960 film All the Fine Young Cannibals starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The duo of Steele and Cox spent eight months listening to over 500 cassettes of potential singers before picking Gift. They had difficulty obtaining a record contract, but when a video of their song "Johnny Come Home" appeared on British TV show The Tube, recording contract offers flowed in immediately.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The band's eponymous debut album was released in 1985, spawning two UK hit singles, "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" featuring additional vocals by Jimmy Somerville.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> The two songs also became hits internationally, charting in the top 40 in Europe, Canada, and Australia although they failed to make a significant impact on the US charts.

Fine Young Cannibals appeared as the house band in a nightclub in the 1987 comedy film Tin Men and also contributed songs to the film's soundtrack, including "Good Thing".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:AnchorIn the gap between their first and second albums, Steele and Cox released the instrumental house single "Tired of Getting Pushed Around" in 1987 as "Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet", which reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was popular on the U.S. dance chart. During this time, Gift appeared in the movie Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.

The band continued their international success with the singles "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing", from the 1989 album The Raw & the Cooked. Both songs reached #1 in the United States.<ref name="billboard.com">Template:Cite magazine</ref> "She Drives Me Crazy" also topped the Australian chart for three non-consecutive weeks and peaked at #5 in the UK, while "Good Thing" peaked at #7 in both countries.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">Template:Cite book</ref> The Raw & the Cooked included three songs the band had recorded for Tin Men (including "Good Thing"), and their cover of the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" recorded for the film Something Wild.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>

In 1990, the band contributed a version of Cole Porter's "Love for Sale" to the AIDS research benefit album Red Hot + Blue, produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Fine Young Cannibals disbanded in 1992, although they briefly returned to the studio in 1996 to record a new single, "The Flame", for the greatest hits compilation The Finest.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>

Band members

• Andy Cox – guitars, keyboards
• Roland Gift – vocals
• David Steele – bass, keyboards, drum machine

Session and touring members

• Martin Parry – drums, percussion
• Graeme Hamilton – trumpet, piano
• Nigel Darvill - Keyboards

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Work	Category	Result	Ref.
1989	MTV Video Music Awards	"She Drives Me Crazy"	Video of the Year	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Best Group Video	Template:Nom
			Breakthrough Video	Template:Nom
			Viewer's Choice	Template:Nom
1990	Brit Awards	Themselves	British Group	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		The Raw & the Cooked	British Album of the Year	Template:Won
	Grammy Awards	"She Drives Me Crazy"	Record of the Year	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals	Template:Nom
		The Raw & the Cooked	Album of the Year	Template:Nom
	Juno Awards		International Album of the Year	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		"She Drives Me Crazy"	International Single of the Year	Template:Nom
	Ivor Novello Awards		Best Contemporary Song	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			International Hit of the Year	Template:Won
	Pollstar Concert Industry Awards	Tour	Best Debut Tour	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	D&AD Awards	"Don't Look Back"	Individual Video	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	ASCAP Pop Music Awards	"Good Thing"	Most Performed Songs	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		"She Drives Me Crazy"		Template:Won
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Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK <ref name=occ>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>	AUS <ref name="Australia">Peak chart positions in Australia: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Template:Cite book N.B. The Kent Music Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988. Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Template:Cite book "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" (ARIA) peak: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} "I'm Not Satisfied" and "It's OK (It's Alright)" (ARIA) peaks: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} All ARIA-era chart peaks to 18 August 2018: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>	AUT <ref name="Austria">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	CAN <ref name="RPM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	GER <ref name=ger>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} N.B. Select the Album tab to display albums chart peaks.</ref>	NL <ref name=ned>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	NZ <ref name=nz>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	SWE <ref name="Sweden">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	SWI <ref name="Switzerland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	US <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1985	Fine Young Cannibals Release date: 10 December 1985 Label: I.R.S.	11	2	—	21	42	21	11	—	17	49	BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI">Template:Cite certification</ref> MC: Platinum<ref name="CRIA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1989	The Raw & the Cooked Release date: 13 January 1989 Label: I.R.S.	1	1	1	1	3	10	2	5	2	1	BPI: 3× Platinum<ref name="BPI" /> ARIA: 3× Platinum<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> MC: 6× Platinum<ref name="CRIA" /> RIAA: 2× Platinum<ref name="RIAA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK <ref name=occ/>	AUS <ref name="Australia" />	AUT <ref name="Austria" />	BEL (Fl) <ref name=bel>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	GER <ref name=ger/>		NZ <ref name=nz/>
1996	The Finest Release date: 26 November 1996 Label: London	10	56	22	39	47	21	BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI" />
2006	The Platinum Collection Release date: 21 March 2006 Label: Warner Deluxe	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	She Drives Me Crazy Release date: 23 February 2009 Label: MC Deluxe	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	The Collection	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Remix albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK <ref name=occ/>	AUS <ref name="Australia"/>	GER <ref name=ger/>
1990	The Raw & the Remix Release date: 11 December 1990 Label: I.R.S.	61	114	38

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK <ref name=occ/>	AUS <ref name="Australia"/>	BEL (Fl) <ref name=bel/>	CAN <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	GER <ref name=ger/>	IRE <ref name="irish">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	NL <ref name=ned/>	NZ <ref name=nz/>			US <ref name=hot100>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	US Dance <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1985	"Johnny Come Home"	8	14	8	16	16	10	10	13	76	9		Fine Young Cannibals
	"Blue"	41	13	34	—	—	—	—	45	—
	"Suspicious Minds"	8	6	22	21	37	9	21	14	—	23
1986	"Funny How Love Is"	58	97	—	—	—	27	—	—	—	—
1987	"Ever Fallen in Love"	9	20	28	—	19	10	34	23	—	11		Something Wild (soundtrack)
1988	"She Drives Me Crazy"	5	1	2	1	2	2	5	1	1	1	BPI: Platinum<ref name=BPI/>	The Raw & the Cooked
1989	"Good Thing"	7	7	13	1	8	4	36	4	1	20
	"Don't Look Back"	34	38	38	10	29	10	—	23	11	—
	"I'm Not the Man I Used to Be"	20	109	—	35	33	8	29	—	54	8
1990	"I'm Not Satisfied"	46	145	—	83	66	19	—	—	90	—
	"It's OK (It's Alright)"	—	169	—	—	44	—	—	—	—
1996	"The Flame"	17	85	65	—	65	—	—	36	—	—		The Finest
1997	"She Drives Me Crazy 1997"	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

See also

• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States
• List of Billboard number-one dance club songs
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart

External links

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