Wang Chung

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Wang Chung
Wang Chung at Summerfest on June 26, 2010
Wang Chung at Summerfest on June 26, 2010
General information
Genre (s) New wave , synth-pop
founding 1979, 1997
resolution 1990
Website http://www.wangchung.com/
Current occupation
Jack Hues
Bass , vocals, keyboard
 Nick Feldman
Drums , percussion , vocals, keyboard
 Darren Costin

Wang Chung , also Huang Chung , is a British new wave and synth pop band that was founded in 1979 by Jack Hues and Nick Feldmann. Darren Costin completed the trio .

Career

The musicians celebrated their greatest successes in the United States, while they had only minor successes in their homeland. In 1983 they were still under the band name Huang Chung on the BBC music show The Old Gray Whistle Test .

Wang Chung's most famous songs are Dance Hall Days (1984) and Everybody Have Fun Tonight (1986), in which the variation "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight" can be heard regularly . Dance Hall Days was able to place itself in the top 10 in Germany and Switzerland in spring 1984 . The song City of Angels from the 1985 album To Live and Die in LA was the template for the theme song by stern TV . Everybody Have Fun Tonight and Let's Go became top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

On October 31, 2010, her song "Space Junk" was released in the pilot of the AMC series The Walking Dead (and can also be heard in the season 9 episode "What Comes After").

In 1995, guitarist and singer Jack Hues, together with keyboardist Tony Banks from the English rock group Genesis, brought the musical project Strictly Inc. onto the market.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1984 Points on the curve DE34 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - UK34 (5 weeks)
UK 		US30 (37 weeks)
US
First published: January 16, 1984
1985 To Live and Die in LA - - - - US85 (18 weeks)
US
First published: September 30, 1985
1986 Mosaic - - - - US41
gold
gold

(36 weeks)US
First published: October 14, 1986
1989 The warmer side of cool - - - - US123 (6 weeks)
US
First published: May 16, 1989

More publishments:

  • 1982: Huang Chung
  • 1997: Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Greatest Hits
  • 2002: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of
  • 2010: Abducted by the 80's
  • 2012: Tazer Up!
  • 2019: Orchesography

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1983 Don't Be My Enemy
Points on the Curve 		- - - UK92 (1 week)
UK 		US86 (3 weeks)
US
First published: July 1983
1984 Dance Hall Days
Points on the Curve 		DE5 (18 weeks)
DE 		- CH5 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK21 (14 weeks)
UK 		US16 (22 weeks)
US
First published: January 1984
Don't Let Go
Points on the Curve 		DE40 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - UK81 (3 weeks)
UK 		US38 (11 weeks)
US
First published: January 1984
Wait
points on the curve 		- - - UK87 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: June 1984
1985 To Live and Die in LA
To Live and Die in LA 		- - - - US41 (18 weeks)
US
First published: September 1985
1986 Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Mosaic 		- - - UK76 (8 weeks)
UK 		US2 (21 weeks)
US
First published: September 1986
1987 Let's go!
Mosaic 		- - - UK81 (5 weeks)
UK 		US9 (18 weeks)
US
First published: January 1987
Hypnotize Me
Mosaic 		- - - - US36 (12 weeks)
US
First published: May 1987
1989 Praying to a New God
The Warmer Side of Cool 		- - - - US63 (7 weeks)
US
First published: May 1989

More singles:

  • 1980: Isn't it About Time We Were on TV
  • 1980: Stand still
  • 1981: Hold Back the Tears
  • 1982: Ti Na Na
  • 1982: China
  • 1985: Fire in the Twilight
  • 1985: Wake Up, Stop Dreaming
  • 1986: Triple Shot
  • 1989: Dance Hall Days - Revisited
  • 1997: Dance Hall Days ('97 Remixes)
  • 1997: Space Junk
  • 2019: Dance Hall Days (Orchestral Version) with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
  • 2019: Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Orchestral Version) with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Web links

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  1. ↑ Wang Chung and her song "Space Junk" in Rolling Stone
  2. ↑ Review of Strictly Inc.
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH UK US