Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats | |
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Men Without Hats (2011) |
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General information | |
origin | Montreal , Canada |
Genre (s) | Synth pop |
founding | 1976 as Wave 21 1977 as Men Without Hats |
Website | www.menwithouthats.com |
Current occupation | |
Ivan Doroschuk | |
Keyboard |
Louise Dawson (since 2010) |
Keyboard |
Rachel Ashmore (since 2012) |
guitar |
Sho Murray (since 2016) |
Men Without Hats is a Canadian synth pop - band that the new wave is associated with movement. Her greatest success was the song The Safety Dance from 1982.
history
Founded in Montreal in 1976 as Wave 21, the group was renamed Men Without Hats in 1977. Their first production was the EP Folk of the 80s in the early 1980s . Her greatest commercial success was the song The Safety Dance from 1982. The most successful albums are Rhythm of Youth and Pop Goes the World . In the 1990s, synthesizer music lost its importance. The band therefore recorded an electric guitar- heavy album with Sideways .
Lead singer Ivan Doroschuk released a solo album with The Spell in 1997 before the band reunited in 2003 and released their first EP album in over a decade. In 2012 the album Love in the Age of War was released with ten new songs. The band, newly founded around the lead singer, wanted to connect with Rhythm of Youth and presented catchy and danceable synthesizer music in the style of the 1980s. A European tour in 2013 also took Men Without Hats to Germany.
Members
The core of the band consists of Ivan Doroschuk and his brother Stefan. Other members included a. another brother, Colin and Jeremy Arrobas, Tracy Howe, Roman Martyn and Allan McCarthy.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | CA | |||
1982 | Rhythm of Youth |
DE9 (15 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK96 (1 week) UK |
US13
gold
(26 weeks)US |
CA15th
platinum
(… Where.)CA |
First published: March 20, 1982
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1984 | Folk of the 80s (Part III) | - | - | - | - |
US127 (4 weeks) US |
CA42 (... weeks) CA |
First published: May 1984
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1987 | Pop Goes the World | - |
AT11 (8 weeks) AT |
- | - |
US73 (25 weeks) US |
CA8th
platinum
(… Where.)CA |
First published: June 29, 1987
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1989 | The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA41
gold
(… Where.)CA |
First published: October 1989
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
more publishments
- 1980: Folk of the 80s (EP)
- 1982: The Safety Dance (EP)
- 1985: Freeways (EP)
- 1991: Sideways
- 1996: Collection
- 1997: The Spell
- 1997: Greatest Hats
- 1997: The Very Best Of
- 2003: No Hats Beyond This Point
- 2006: My Hats Collection
- 2006: Live Hats!
- 2008: The Silver Collection
- 2010: The Safety Dance - The Collection
- 2012: Love in the Age of War
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | CA | |||
1982 | I Like Rhythm of Youth |
- | - | - | - |
US84 (3 weeks) US |
- |
First published: January 24, 1982
Chart entry: November 1983 |
The Safety Dance Rhythm of Youth |
DE2 (20 weeks) DE |
AT7 (10 weeks) AT |
CH4 (11 weeks) CH |
UK6th
silver
(16 weeks)UK |
US3 (24 weeks) US |
CA11
gold
(… Where.)CA |
First published: March 1982
Chart entry: June 1983 |
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I Got the Message Rhythm of Youth |
- | - | - |
UK99 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: May 27, 1982
Chart entry: December 1983 |
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1984 | Where Do the Boys Go? Folk of the 80s (Part III) |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA30 (... weeks) CA |
First published: 1984
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1987 | Pop Goes the World Pop Goes the World |
- |
AT1 (12 weeks) AT |
- | - |
US20 (21 weeks) US |
CA2
gold
(… Where.)CA |
First published: October 1987
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Moonbeam Pop Goes the World |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA23 (... weeks) CA |
First published: October 1987
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1989 | Hey Men The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA8 (... weeks) CA |
First published: 1989
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In the 21st Century The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA35 (... weeks) CA |
First published: 1989
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1991 | Sideways Sideways |
- | - | - | - | - |
CA50 (... weeks) CA |
First publication: 1991
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More singles
- 1982: Living in China
- 2012: Head Above Water
Individual evidence
- ↑ Men Without Hats Evie Nagie in: Rolling Stone: Q&A: Men Without Hats' Ivan Doroschuk on New Album, Meeting Carly Rae Jepsen and the Return of New Wave, June 12, 2012
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US CA
Web links
- Website (English)
- Literature by and about Men Without Hats in the catalog of the German National Library
- Men Without Hats at Discogs
- Men Without Hats at Allmusic (English)