Friday Flashback

Not too shy to try twice

May 22, 2009 0 Comments

Big news out of Britain last week: All five original members of ’80s pop group Kajagoogoo have re-formed, with a UK tour scheduled for fall and plans to record a new album, too. Lead singer Limahl told the BBC that he and his bandmates “took 25 years to grow up.”

Kajagoogoo did enjoy a string of successful British singles, though on this side of the pond the band is logged in the pop history book as a one-hit wonder. However, I’m pretty certain many artists would kill to be remembered for a hit as good as this one.

“Too Shy” reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 9, 1983. Co-produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran, the song still sounds just as deliciously dreamy (and yes, a little dangerous) two decades later:

Purchase Kajagoogoo – “Too Shy” via iTunes, Amazon MP3.