Curiosity Killed the Cat

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the German short film, see Curiosity killed the Cat .

Curiosity Killed the Cat
General information
Genre (s)	Funk , pop music
founding	1984
resolution	1994
Last occupation
singing	Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot
Drums	Miguel "Migi" Drummond
Electric bass	Nicholas "Nick" / "Nig" Thorpe
Electric guitar	Julian Godfrey Brookehouse

Curiosity Killed the Cat was a British radio - pop band that existed from 1984 to 1994. From 1992 the group used the shortened name Curiosity .

Band history

The five band members met at the art school. Guitarist Julian Godfrey Brookhouse, bassist Nicholas Bernard Throp, drummer Michael Drummond and keyboardist Toby Anderson were already active in a band called "Twilight Children" and Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot joined them as singer. They found a manager who helped them sign a record deal with Phonogram . With Stewart Levine they produced their debut album , which was completed in 1986. The debut single Misfit was initially not a great success and only reached lower ranks in the UK charts . Nonetheless, the group got attention, which increased enormously when the artist Andy Warhol declared himself a fan of the band. Her second single Down to Earth then broke through and came in at number 3 in the UK. The song was later also placed in the German charts. Misfit's re-release with a hidden appearance by Andy Warhol in the accompanying video became another top ten hit. It also brought Curiosity Killed the Cat, the only single placement in the USA . The accompanying debut album Keep Your Distance was internationally successful and in 1987 reached number 1 in Great Britain and number 7 in Switzerland.

Two years later, Curiosity Killed the Cat released the album Getahead , which, however, disappointed expectations and was named & No. only produced one smaller single hit. The formation then lost the label's support. In 1992 she tried a comeback under the shortened band name Curiosity and without the keyboardist Anderson. They had another international hit with a cover version of the 1970s hit Hang On in There, Baby by Johnny Bristol , but the album Back to Front again disappointed and the group broke up.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1987	Keep your distance	DE29 (16 weeks) DE	AT20 (4 weeks) AT	CH7 (11 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (24 weeks)UK	US55 (29 weeks) US	First published: April 1987 Producers: Stewart Levine, Sly & Robbie , Pete Smith, Paul Staveley O'Duffy
1989	Getahead	-	-	-	UK29 silver (3 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 1989 Producers: Nathan East , Glenn Skinner, Allen Toussaint , Curiosity Killed the Cat

More albums

• 1994: Back to Front (as Curiosity)

Compilations

• 1989: Their Very Best
• 1996: The Very Best Of

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1986	Misfit Keep Your Distance	-	-	-	UK76 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 1986 Authors: Toby Andersen, Curiosity Killed the Cat
	Down to Earth Keep Your Distance	DE32 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 (23 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1986 Authors: Toby Andersen, Curiosity Killed the Cat
1987	Ordinary Day Keep Your Distance	-	-	CH24 (4 weeks) CH	UK11 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1987 Authors: Toby Andersen, Curiosity Killed the Cat
	Misfit ( Reissue ) Keep Your Distance	DE53 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7 (10 weeks) UK	US42 (13 weeks) US	Re-release: June 1987
	Free Keep Your Distance	-	-	-	UK56 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1987 Authors: Toby Andersen, Curiosity Killed the Cat
1989	Name and Number Getahead	-	-	-	UK14 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1989 Author: Glenn Skinner, Curiosity Killed the Cat
	First place getahead	-	-	-	UK86 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1989 Author: Michael McEvoy, Curiosity Killed the Cat
1992	Hang On in There Baby Back to Front	DE42 (19 weeks) DE	AT26 (3 weeks) AT	-	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1992 as Curiosity author and original: Johnny Bristol , 1974
	I Need Your Lovin ' Back to Front (Reissue)	DE55 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1992 as Curiosity author and original: Teena Marie , 1980
1993	Gimme the Sunshine Back to Front	-	-	-	UK73 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 1993 as Curiosity author: Johnny Simone

More singles

• 1989: Ball and Chain
• 1993: Work It Out (as Curiosity)
• 1993: Relax (Take It Slow) (as Curiosity)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles1 Singles2 Albums UK US1 US2
2. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database

Web links

• Curiosity Killed the Cat on Allmusic (English)
• Curiosity Killed the Cat at Discogs (English)