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The patrons of the disco stand transfixed, as the band persuades the young audience to turn away from disco music and dance to the new-styled Antmusic. Eventually, they win over their audience, who one by one begin dancing to the song. Amanda Donohoe, who was Adam Ant's girlfriend at the time, makes her acting debut in the music video. [10]
Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant is a greatest hits compilation album from Adam Ant that covers his early work with Adam and the Ants as well as his solo work. [3]This greatest hits package reached number six on the UK album chart [4] The corresponding VHS, with all the music videos to the classic Ant/Ants hits, also charted very well on the UK video charts.
"Goody Two Shoes" is the debut solo single by Adam Ant, released on 7 May 1982. [7] It became Ant's third overall number one in the UK and his highest-charting song in the US, where it peaked at number 12.
Stuart Leslie Goddard, known professionally as Adam Ant (born 3 November 1954) is an English singer, musician, and actor. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. 1 singles.
Adam and the Ants made their radio debut on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show when they recorded a session on 23 January 1978 that included the songs "Deutscher Girls", "It Doesn't Matter", "Puerto Rican" and "Lou" – the latter of which featured the group's manager Jordan on lead vocals, [15] as she regularly did during live performances until 14 May 1978, when she left the band after a gig at ...
Friend or Foe also included the hit single "Goody Two Shoes" which was a Top 20 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as a third number one single for Ant on the UK Singles Chart. Ant would achieve further US singles chart success in the 1990s, with " Room at the Top " a second Top 20 hit in 1990 and the "Wonderful" title track a third ...
It was fairly common for Ant to record new versions of his pre-1980 compositions for the B-side of his singles. For this single, an old Ant song dating back at least to May 1977 was used. "Beat My Guest" was the first song Adam and the Ants played at their official debut gig at the Institute of Contemporary Arts restaurant on 10 May 1977. [15]
The B-side to the single is called "Bruce Lee", an obvious homage to the late martial artist (Adam impersonates Bruce Lee in the "Ant Rap" music video). Both songs appear on both sides of the cassette single. When Manners & Physique was reissued on Cherry Red Records in 2009, "Bruce Lee" was one of five bonus tracks added. US remix, 7" edit of ...