By Stacey Lynn
Jun 4, 2021
Today’s band is an English new wave band, formed in London in 1980. The band’s name means "yellow bell" in Chinese. They found their greatest success in the US, with five Top 40 hits, including today’s song, which was a top 20 hit in 1984.
But today’s song did not chart initially, so they spent most of the next year recording their second album, Points on the Curve. Released in January 1984, the album had a re-recorded version of today’s song which made it to number 16 in the US.
The popularity of today’s song, plus a spelling change of their unusual name gave this band the ability to spend two months touring the United States on their own and with the Romantics and Berlin and in 1984 they would be the opening act for the Cars on their "Heartbeat City" tour.