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In 2004, more than 20 years after their split, Haircut One Hundred (including Heyward) reunited for the VH1 show Bands Reunited and performed "Love Plus One" and "Fantastic Day". There were no further appearances from the band until five years later in 2009, when they rekindled their friendship via Facebook, and Heyward invited the rest of the ...
"Fantastic Day" is a song by the British new wave band Haircut One Hundred, released as the third and final single from their debut studio album Pelican West. The song reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1982.
Pelican West is the debut studio album by the British new wave band Haircut One Hundred, released on 26 February 1982 by Arista Records.It peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart [2] and No. 31 on the Billboard 200, [3] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
A new wave one-stop shop will tour North America this summer when Howard Jones and ABC will be hitting stages across North America with special guest Haircut 100. The full itinerary appears below.
The single spent a total of eight weeks in the top 40 and 14 in the top 100. [3] The group appeared on Top of the Pops for the first time to perform the song on 29 October 1981, when the single had reached No. 40 in the UK charts. They performed the song on the show for the second and final time on 12 November 1981, when it was at the No. 9 ...
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The single was the band's only hit in the United States, where it peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [8] In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked it 79 on their list "100 Best Songs of 1982". [9] The song ranked at No. 90 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s. [citation needed]
The song did not initially appear on any album, but was later included as a bonus track on the 1992 reissue of Pelican West. It was the band's final UK top 40 hit and the last that singer-songwriter Nick Heyward recorded with the band before he left in late 1982. The music video features an appearance from Patsy Kensit.