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In 1990 Swain left [[Atlantic Records]], two years following the departure of her [[SSQ (band)|SSQ]] bandmates. The 1990s also brought a dramatic decline in the popularity of [[synthpop]] and [[dance-pop]]. The public had left behind [[electronic dance music]] for "harder" genres like [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[grunge music|grunge]], leaving Swain's brand of music considered a relic of the previous decade. Swain and other artists initially tried to update their sound, while at the same time not driving away longtime fans.
In 1990 Swain left [[Atlantic Records]], two years following the departure of her [[SSQ (band)|SSQ]] bandmates. The 1990s also brought a dramatic decline in the popularity of [[synthpop]] and [[dance-pop]]. The public had left behind [[electronic dance music]] for "harder" genres like [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[grunge music|grunge]], leaving Swain's brand of music considered a relic of the previous decade. Swain and other artists initially tried to update their sound, while at the same time not driving away longtime fans.


Swain's first singing project following her departure from [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] was a guest appearance on the 1993 compilation album ''[[Rap Rhymes! Mother Goose On The Loose]]'', produced in part by [[Jon St. James]].<ref name=discogs2/> In 1995 [[Thump Records]] released ''[[Stacey Q's Greatest Hits]]'', a digitally remastered collection of the artist's most popular singles. The album contained tracks from [[Q (band)|Q]] and [[SSQ (band)|SSQ]] that had never been released on [[compact disc]] (including "The Model", which was recorded for the soundtrack of the 1986 film ''[[Crystal Heart]]'').<ref name=imdb/> The tracks on the album were either [[remix]]ed slightly or re-edited entirely from their original versions. ''[[Stacey Q's Greatest Hits]]'' was promoted as the "definitive overview" of Swain's career, although some fans criticized it for not including any greatest hits from ''[[Hard Machine]]'' or ''[[Nights Like This]]''. Others had forgotten any of Swain's hits besides "[[Two of Hearts]]" and wondered how she deserved a "Greatest Hits" album if she was only a [[one-hit wonder]]. Critics were writing her off as "[[Hi-NRG]] fluff" and just another "[[Madonna wannabe]]" of the 1980s.
Swain's first singing project following her departure from [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] was a guest appearance on the 1993 compilation album ''[[Rap Rhymes! Mother Goose On The Loose]]'', produced in part by [[Jon St. James]].<ref name=discogs2/> In 1995 [[Thump Records]] released ''[[Stacey Q's Greatest Hits]]'', a digitally remastered collection of the some of the artist's singles. The album contained tracks from [[Q (band)|Q]] and [[SSQ (band)|SSQ]] that had never been released on [[compact disc]] (including "The Model", which was recorded for the soundtrack of the 1986 film ''[[Crystal Heart]]'').<ref name=imdb/> The tracks on the album were either [[remix]]ed slightly or re-edited entirely from their original versions. ''[[Stacey Q's Greatest Hits]]'' was promoted as the "definitive overview" of Swain's career, although some fans criticized it for not including any songs from ''[[Hard Machine]]'' or ''[[Nights Like This]]''. Others had forgotten any of Swain's songs aside from "[[Two of Hearts]]" and wondered how her career warranted a "Greatest Hits" album if she was only a [[one-hit wonder]]. Critics were writing her off as "[[Hi-NRG]] fluff" and just another "[[Madonna wannabe]]" of the 1980s.


====Conversion to Buddhism====
====Conversion to Buddhism====

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Stacey Q

Stacey Q (born Stacey Lynn Swain) is a synthpop and dance-pop singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1986 hit single "Two of Hearts".

Biography

Early life

Childhood

Stacey Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in Fullerton, California.[1][2][3] She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Joyce Swain, was a dog breeder whose Cardigan Welsh Corgis have appeared in various Hollywood films and television series.[4] From the beginning, Swain demonstrated a passion for music, dance and theater. She once stated in a 1989 interview that she had asked for dance lessons as early as age three, but "my mother made me wait until I was five".[5] By 1963, Swain was studying classical ballet and aspired to become a ballerina. In her spare time, she would spend hours with friends listening to records.[4]

Throughout the 1960s, Swain auditioned for singing parts in various live operas and community theater performances.[4] Although she impressed friends with her singing ability, she mainly spent time focusing on dance training. In 1969, at the age of ten, Swain became the youngest member of the Dance Theater of Orange County, a local company that performed at benefit shows in Anaheim.[4][6] Swain spent a total of eleven years studying ballet and flamenco dancing.[7]

Adolescence

In 1970 Swain became an entertainer at Disneyland while completing dance training at the Wilshire Theater of Arts in Los Angeles.[1] For three years, Swain participated in the Fantasy on Parade, an annual event scheduled every Christmas at the theme park. She performed in costume as the "Dutch Puppet", a name she used as a publishing alias during her early recording career.[1][4] In 1972 she began attending Loara High School, the same high school that hosted Gwen and Eric Stefani of No Doubt and 1972 Olympic Silver Medal winner Dana Schoenfeld. After her graduation in 1976, Swain auditioned for and won a position in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, where she performed her first year as a showgirl and her second year as an elephant rider.[1][7] In 1977 she left Disneyland and the circus for a career in the recording industry.

Early adulthood

Swain started concentrating more on singing following her completion of dance training. Her first official singing project began on Los Angeles radio, where she would introduce and announce programs impersonating members of The Go-Go's.[4] She also worked at other locations across Southern California, as described by her mother Joyce Swain:

One time Stacey was a hostess at Ruby Pagonia's. She also worked as a cashier for the valet parking lot at the Mariott. She dyed her hair magenta, they suggested it was a little too wild for their employees. She was nineteen at the time. It was kind of funny because they wanted to keep her on because they really liked her work so they suggested she dye her hair back. She said, "Not on your life!" and was out of there.[4]

As a teenager through to early adulthood, Swain bought and listened to records by David Bowie. Her favorite albums were Hunky Dory and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.[8] Swain has claimed her style of music was actually influenced by Bowie and other hard rock artists, including Hanoi Rocks, The Rolling Stones and Depeche Mode.[1][4][7][8]

Q

Swain was introduced to the recording industry by her then-boyfriend, a local musician.[3] Her career as a recording artist began in 1981, when she met producer, future manager and longtime collaborator Jon St. James.[7][9] Like Swain, St. James had been a "sound-alike" announcer for Los Angeles radio and was proprietor of Fullerton's Casbah Recording Studio, which had hosted Berlin and Social Distortion.[9] Synth programmer Keith Walsh recalled St. James sharing the same musical preferences as Swain and being impressed by her "star qualities":

Jon was a big fan of synth bands like Kraftwerk and M; when he met Stacey Swain in 1981, he knew right away that this impossibly stylish former Ringling Bros. elephant girl and veteran of the Disney Main Street parade possessed star qualities perfectly compatible with electronic music, a genre Stacey also adored. She was enamored with the obscure Japanese band The Plastics and The B-52's, and simply could not get over David Bowie. As a student of style, Swain could literally turn rags into a fashion statement. On one occasion she went to the renaissance fair in Agoura dressed simply in two large pieces of soft leather she bought from a shop in Anaheim.[9]

In 1981 Swain and St. James formed the synthpop outfit Q.[7][10] Q was comprised of St. James on guitars, Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren on vocoder and synthesizer, and Swain as assistant producer (Van Patten and Keith Walsh had previously collaborated on Berlin's single The Metro).[9] When the band was recording basic tracks for The Q EP, St. James realized someone was needed to provide vocals for the final track, "Sushi." Swain, who had previously recorded demos at St. James's studio, was asked to sing the lyrics, and her vocals were featured on the final record.[5][10] Swain became the band's lead singer based on that performance, even though she was primarily trained as a dancer. According to a statement on her official website:

My voice was pleasant enough, but it was barely above a whisper. My mother couldn't even get me to sing for her. I was not confident about singing. Acting yes, dancing sure, because I had so much training, but singing no.[11]

For the rest of her career Swain found most of her success from singing, although she still considers herself a dancer rather than a singer.[8]

SSQ

Although The Q EP was played almost exclusively on college radio, it was successful enough for St. James and Swain to continue on other projects.[7][9] In 1982 Q reformed with two new members, drummer Karl Moet and synth player Rich West, alongside the official lineup of Van Tongeren, St. James and Swain. After the reformation, St. James was forced to change the name of Q because of copyright problems (famed producer Quincy Jones reportedly had "established use of the 'Q' moniker").[9] Swain explained in a 2006 radio interview that the band was renamed SSQ after Jon St. James "was fishing in a lake 'no bigger than a bathtub' and made a joke that the boat was the 'S.S. Q,'" referring to the current band Q. St. James had another reason for the name: "SS" stood for "Stacey Swain", who had become the most recognized of the band's members.[10]

SSQ first released their debut album Playback in 1983 under Enigma Records.[7] The album contained three of the band's most popular singles: "Synthicide", "Big Electronic Beat" and "Screaming In My Pillow". The video for "Synthicide" premiered on West Coast television and brought greater notoriety for the five-member band. By 1984 Swain was already eclipsing her bandmates in popularity. Programmer Keith Walsh observed that her "star was rising, though no one knew exactly how high it would go."[9] The band ultimately shifted its focus on Swain specifically, with Moet, West, Skip Hahn and St. James as backup performers. Hahn officially replaced John Van Tongeren just before the release of Playback.

Solo career

Independent success

In 1985 Swain signed a recording contract with On the Spot Records, an independent label. Her first solo single, "Shy Girl", was released the same year, while her first solo album, Stacey Q, was distributed in cassette format to limited release (the album contained an early version of "Two of Hearts", which actually originated with another artist, Sue Gatlin).[10] As a solo artist, Swain adopted the name "Stacey Q" in reference to the original Q project:

In 1981, Q (the original project) was Jon, Dan and myself hence Jon Q, Dan Q and Stacey Q. Q, the original name of the project, references James Bond and the scientist responsible for all his high-tech gadgets.[8]

"Shy Girl" and other singles sold approximately one hundred thousand copies, enough to attract the attention of major record labels. Swain was signed to Atlantic Records in 1986 as a solo artist, with Jon St. James as manager and the other members of SSQ as backup musicians. Better Than Heaven, Swain's debut record on the Atlantic label, was recorded in three weeks, with tracks co-written by Berlin ("Better Than Heaven"), Jon Anderson ("He Doesn't Understand") and Willie Wilcox of Utopia ("We Connect").[7]

"Two of Hearts" and Better Than Heaven

1986 was the beginning of Swain's most successful period as a recording artist. "Two of Hearts", the first single off Better Than Heaven, became a best-selling effort, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Two of Hearts" could have hit the #1 spot, but Swain was signed to Atlantic and On the Spot Records at the same time, and both labels released and promoted the single simultaneously, therefore competing with one another.[2] The follow-up single, "We Connect", was released in 1987 and became aTop 40 hit.[6]

Stacey Q on the cover of Better Than Heaven

"Two of Hearts" received heavy radio airplay during the later half of 1986, and the promotional video for the single premiered at the same time on MTV. By the end of the year Swain had performed live on several talk shows, appeared as a panel member on The Gong Show and made her first of three appearances as a contestant on The New Hollywood Squares.[7] As Better Than Heaven raced up the charts and eventually hit Gold status, Swain went from being a moderately popular singer to an international star, and even a teen idol. The artist elaborated on her teen idol status in a 2007 interview with Las Vegas talk radio:

I was already almost thirty years old when that record came out, and everybody thought I was a teenager, but I wasn't...and I had already been on a major label, and I didn't hold out a lot of hope for riding that wave forever!

At the height of the success of "Two of Hearts", Swain was approached by "Weird Al" Yankovic for permission to record a parody single, "Two Pop-Tarts" (presumably to include on Yankovic's 1986 album Polka Party!).[2] The parody was created but never released, as Swain explained in a January 2007 interview:

Royalties at the record company level were held up because of the 'Two of Hearts' songwriters, so we nicely advised our friend Al, 'Don't bother'.[8]

Following the release of Better Than Heaven, Swain embarked on a national club tour and European club tour, performing live in several countries.[1] One of the millions of fans to see her in concert happened to be a writer for the NBC television network. In November of 1986 Swain accepted an acting role specifically written for her on the television series The Facts of Life.[7]

"Cinnamon" and The Facts of Life

Swain's guest appearance on The Facts of Life was an episode titled "Off-Broadway Baby", premiering on November 1, 1986.[1][2] The plot of the episode was set in New York City, where Tootie (played by Kim Fields) applies for the lead singing part in a Broadway musical, using "Two of Hearts" as her audition song. But when Cinnamon (played by Swain) also appears at the audition, she coincidentally performs "Two of Hearts" competing for the same role. Swain performed "Two of Hearts" in character in the episode.

"Off-Broadway Baby" proved more successful than anyone anticipated. Not only did the episode set record-high ratings during a season when viewership had declined, it also became one of the top-rated shows of the entire series. The show's writers immediately made plans to bring back the Cinnamon character. Some producers went further, suggesting creating a Cinnamon Barbie Doll and possibly even a Cinnamon spinoff sitcom.[2][4] Swain's record label, however, was against the idea, believing if the singer concentrated too much on acting, she would produce fewer hit singles and be forever perceived as a one-hit wonder.

Swain's final appearance on The Facts of Life was titled "A Star Is Torn", premiering on January 31, 1987.[2] The episode featured the character of "George Burnett", a recurring eighth season cast member played by a then-unknown George Clooney.[2][6] The plot involved Cinnamon visiting the regular cast at home in Peekskill. She had released an album titled Color Me Cinnamon, a sly parody of Better Than Heaven.[2] George and Cinnamon are immediately attracted to one another, and even 13-year-old Andy (Mackenzie Astin) falls for Cinnamon, prompting Blair (Lisa Whelchel) to try throughout the episode to "cut down" the singer. Swain performed "We Connect" in her second appearance.

By the end of the episode, George and Cinnamon have officially started dating, and George decides to become a roadie for Cinnamon's concert tour.[2] The ending was written to explain George Clooney's departure from the series and provide the possibility of a spinoff sitcom starring Clooney and Swain. When Swain's managers again voiced their opposition, however, NBC canceled all plans for a spinoff series.[2]

Although Clooney claimed he was fired by NBC producers, he has since referred to his time on The Facts of Life as a "fantastic" experience. Swain also fondly remembers her time on the series, and reportedly became "instant friends" with Mindy Cohn and Cloris Leachman. George Burnett and Cinnamon were never heard from again, though some fans still hope to one day find out what happened to the fictional couple.[2]

Hard Machine

Following the success of Better Than Heaven, Swain released her second album, Hard Machine, in 1988. The singer changed her image for Hard Machine, dying her hair from blond to red (she is a natural brunette)[1] and adopting a new wardrobe influenced by punk artists. Hard Machine also employed other producers besides Jon St. James, resulting in more musical symbolism and tributes for two historic musical personalities, Karen Carpenter and Jimi Hendrix. The album's final track, "Another Chance", was written by Swain herself.[11] The track was never released as a single, but Swain has said in interviews she considers it one of the greatest songs she has ever recorded.

Hard Machine wasn't as successful as Better Than Heaven, although the single "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" hit #66 on the Billboard Hot 100, and a remixed version by Shep Pettibone was a top five hit on the Hot Dance chart. "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" was featured on a Full House episode where Swain briefly appeared as herself ("D.J. Tanner's Day Off").

Nights Like This

Nights Like This, Swain's last record under the Atlantic label, was released in 1989. The album was recorded with backing vocals by The Weather Girls, best known for their hit single "It's Raining Men". The second single from the album, "Heartbeat", featured backing vocals by Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles. Like Hard Machine, Nights Like This experimented instrumentally, including songs using Kawai keyboards.[3] The album wasn't recorded with the members of SSQ, who had largely stopped working with Swain after the release of Hard Machine.

Both Hard Machine and Nights Like This were considered stronger albums than their predecessors and received more critical acclaim, but were "virtually unnoticed" compared to Better Than Heaven and Swain's earlier dance-pop singles. After the release of Nights Like This, Swain began another national tour performing at clubs across the United States.[1] She continued her acting career in an episode of Mama's Family, where she played a member of an all-girl band, "The Bonecrushers" ("Bubba's House Band"). She also starred in the feature film One Man Force, where she performed two songs from Hard Machine, "The River" and "Another Chance".[1]

Post-1980s solo career

One-hit wonder status

In 1990 Swain left Atlantic Records, two years following the departure of her SSQ bandmates. The 1990s also brought a dramatic decline in the popularity of synthpop and dance-pop. The public had left behind electronic dance music for "harder" genres like hip hop and grunge, leaving Swain's brand of music considered a relic of the previous decade. Swain and other artists initially tried to update their sound, while at the same time not driving away longtime fans.

Swain's first singing project following her departure from Atlantic was a guest appearance on the 1993 compilation album Rap Rhymes! Mother Goose On The Loose, produced in part by Jon St. James.[3] In 1995 Thump Records released Stacey Q's Greatest Hits, a digitally remastered collection of the some of the artist's singles. The album contained tracks from Q and SSQ that had never been released on compact disc (including "The Model", which was recorded for the soundtrack of the 1986 film Crystal Heart).[2] The tracks on the album were either remixed slightly or re-edited entirely from their original versions. Stacey Q's Greatest Hits was promoted as the "definitive overview" of Swain's career, although some fans criticized it for not including any songs from Hard Machine or Nights Like This. Others had forgotten any of Swain's songs aside from "Two of Hearts" and wondered how her career warranted a "Greatest Hits" album if she was only a one-hit wonder. Critics were writing her off as "Hi-NRG fluff" and just another "Madonna wannabe" of the 1980s.

Conversion to Buddhism

Although Swain had found her fame as a freestyle musician, she had grown up listening to rock artists and was mainly interested in genres like glam and punk rock. She had tried to branch out musically on her last two Atlantic records, but wasn't allowed to stray too far from the electronic dance genre that made her a best-selling artist. By the 1990s Swain had the opportunity to experiment with a much broader range of styles.

After deciding on a different direction for her future releases, Swain traveled to Tibet, where she was introduced to the monastic dance and song of the Far East.[7] She studied at monasteries with Tibetan lamas and was trained in the ancient art of cham dance (she is "one of the few Westerners trained and authorized to teach" in this area).[6] Swain's experience abroad profoundly affected her as a person, and resulted in changes in her musical style. After the release of Stacey Q's Greatest Hits, she began recording "an inspirational, pop-oriented album" and her first collection of new material in almost a decade.[7]

Boomerang

Swain demonstrated the new spiritually-minded side of herself on the 1997 album Boomerang, released by ENo Records. Boomerang was an album completely different from previous Stacey Q records. The album was a reflection of Swain's conversion to Buddhism, evidenced by a cover version of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord". It also focused more on folk-leaning tracks rather than dance-pop or technopop. Boomerang never gained the popularity of Swain's Atlantic releases and didn't prove to be the comeback album some fans had expected. However, the follow-up single "Tenderness", a cover from Janis Ian, hit #5 on the Jamaican charts.[6] The album was generally well received by fans and critics, who were impressed by Swain's musical maturity. Many believed the artist successfully proved her ability of experimenting with other genres.

Career to present

In the years following the release of Boomerang, Swain became a lead and background vocalist on records by various house musicians in the United States and Europe. In 1998 her vocals were featured on "Delicious", a single by the Dutch trance duo Rudy & Grey.[3] She returned to acting with an appearance in the gay-themed art film Citizens of Perpetual Indulgence[2][12] and a "special non-sexual appearance" as a "Chinese Food Delivery Girl" in the gay porn film Playing the Odds.[2] Swain and director Geoffrey Karen Dior began a brief collaboration after the film's release, even performing "Two of Hearts" at the Gay Erotic Video Awards. Swain consequently appeared with Dior on the 1999 compilation album Porn to Rock and Dior's 2001 album S E X.[3] She has since gained a tremendous following in the gay community.[6]

Swain began 1999 by providing vocals for "Falling", a single by DJ Auratone. She also recorded an unreleased remix album including new versions of "Two of Hearts" and various songs from Boomerang.[12] In 2000 she returned to theater in "The Life of Padmasambhava", a musical dramatization of one of the most revered characters in Buddhism, produced by the San Francisco-based Namsay Dorje Theater Company.[6] Swain played the lead female character, "Yeshe Tsogyal", in a multicultural cast of actors and musicians. As a singer Swain appeared on "American Dream", a 2001 single by DJ Jakatta.[3] The single was a sampling of tracks featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film American Beauty. It became a top five hit in the United Kingdom and a Hot 100 hit in Australia.

In 2002 Swain appeared on the VH1 version of Never Mind The Buzzcocks opposite Alex Borstein, Coolio and Terri Nunn of Berlin. Her appearance on the show surprised some viewers, who felt as if she had "disappeared" after the 1980s. Two vocal appearances followed up to 2003: "I Need", a single by the German DJ Oscar, and "Hear The Feeling" with DJ Simply Jeff (credited as "Divine Frequency featuring Stacey Q"). The latter is featured on the soundtrack of a documentary on raves.[6] Swain also appeared as one of the singers on Taste The Secret, an album by the hip hop trio Ugly Duckling. Her appearance came at the behest of Jon St. James, who was brought in for mixing certain tracks on the album. In 2004 Swain became a voice actor by providing the voice of "Karin Kikuhara" on the English-language version of Stratos 4, a Japanese anime series.[6] Her vocals for Ugly Duckling were featured on the trio's third album, Combo Meal (Taste the Secret + The Leftovers EP).

Stacey Swain currently lives in Fullerton with her mother and is still active in the recording industry. She continues to perform at live arenas, often venues involving a retro theme or a celebration of the 1980s in music. Although she was mainly popular during the 1980s, her hit song "Two of Hearts" was featured on the soundtracks of three recent motion pictures: the 2000 Adam Sandler comedy Little Nicky, the 2003 film Party Monster and the 2007 Andy Samberg comedy Hot Rod.[1][2] All three films introduced her to another generation of freestyle fans.

In February 2007 Swain released her latest album, Queen of the 80s, a compilation of hits from her SSQ and Better Than Heaven period. She also appeared as one of the female singers on the debut album of the Echo Junkies, a duo formed in 2004 by Jon St. James and Skip Hahn. In April Swain announced she'll be collaborating with St. James on an upcoming Stacey Q album.

Partial discography

Albums

Year Album Hot 200 Top R&B Record Label
1982 The Q EP (as Q) n/a n/a MAO Records
1983 Playback (as SSQ) n/a n/a Enigma Records / EMI America
1985 Stacey Q n/a n/a On the Spot
1986 Better Than Heaven #59 #46 Atlantic
1988 Hard Machine #115 n/a Atlantic
1989 Nights Like This n/a n/a Atlantic
1995 Stacey Q's Greatest Hits n/a n/a Thump
1997 Boomerang n/a n/a ENo
2007 Queen of the 80s n/a n/a Thump

Singles

Year Single Album Hot 100 Hot R&B Hot Dance Singles Sales
1983 "Synthicide" (as SSQ) Playback n/a n/a n/a n/a
1983 "Big Electronic Beat" (as SSQ) Playback n/a n/a n/a n/a
1984 "Screaming In My Pillow" (as SSQ) Playback n/a n/a n/a n/a
1985 "Shy Girl" Better Than Heaven #89 n/a n/a n/a
1986 "Two of Hearts" Better Than Heaven #3 #56 #4 #1
1987 "We Connect" Better Than Heaven #23 #35 #1 #1
1987 "Insecurity" Better Than Heaven n/a n/a #1 #1
1987 "Music Out of Bounds" Better Than Heaven n/a n/a n/a #19
1988 "Favorite Things" Hard Machine n/a n/a n/a n/a
1988 "I Love You" Hard Machine n/a n/a #49, #23 n/a
1988 "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" Hard Machine #66 n/a #4 (Remixed) #1
1989 "Give You All My Love" Nights Like This n/a n/a #16 #8
1989 "Heartbeat" Nights Like This n/a n/a n/a n/a
1993 "Too Hot For Love" Nights Like This n/a n/a n/a n/a
1997 "Tenderness"** Boomerang n/a n/a n/a n/a

Partial videography

Q

Title Director Album Release Date
Sushi n/a The Q EP 1982

SSQ

Title Director Album Release Date
Synthicide n/a Playback 1983
Screaming In My Pillow Bradley Friedman Playback 1984

Stacey Q

Title Director Album Release Date
Two of Hearts Peter Lippman Better Than Heaven 1986
We Connect n/a Better Than Heaven 1987
Insecurity n/a Better Than Heaven 1987
I Love You n/a Hard Machine 1988
Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself n/a Hard Machine 1988
Give You All My Love Jane Simpson Nights Like This 1989

Trivia

  • Stacey is sometimes called by her nickname "Shy Girl" (the name of one her songs).
  • Rumor has it that Stacey was romantically linked to her producer/bandmate Jon St. James.
  • Stacey's Playboy pictorial was titled "Stacey's Lacy".[2]
  • Stacey recorded an album called Stardust, which was never released. However, in 2003 the album was copied onto CD-Rs and sold exclusively through eBay, the online auction website. The album contained eleven tracks: "Stardust", a previously unreleased track, and all ten tracks from the Better Than Heaven album.[2]
  • According to a July 1995 interview with Dance Music Authority, Stacey's appearance in The Facts of Life was broadcast in Australia before the release of "Two of Hearts", causing some Australians to believe "Two of Hearts" was borrowed from the actual television series.[7]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Stacey Q: Some Things About Her". Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Stacey Swain at The Internet Movie Database". Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Discogs Stacey Q Page". Retrieved 2006-01-24.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i ""The AnOnYmOuS Interview" at The Official Stacey Q Fan Club". Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  5. ^ a b ""AnOnYmOuS Flashback" at The Official Stacey Q Fan Club". Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Stacey Q at MySpace". Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Stacey Q: You Wrote The Book". Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  8. ^ a b c d e ""The Stacey Q & A" at OldSchool4Life.com". Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g ""Shareef Does Like It" at Walsh Editorial Services" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  10. ^ a b c d "Discogs Stacey Swain Page". Retrieved 2006-01-24.
  11. ^ a b "Stacey Q: Stacey's Q + A". Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  12. ^ a b ""Stacey's Q & A" at The Official Stacey Q Fan Club". Retrieved 2007-04-20.

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