Shakespear's Sister
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Shakespear's Sister was a band consisting of Siobhan Fahey (formerly of Bananarama) and Marcella Detroit. The band formed in 1988, the same year that Fahey left Bananarama. Detroit exited the band in 1993, and Fahey admitted herself into a psychiatric unit with severe depression.
Their single Stay is their best known work, achieving number one in both the UK (for eight weeks) and Ireland singles charts. It was their highest entry in the UK charts, being the only time they entered the top five. The single also became their biggest US hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992.
They released the albums Sacred Heart and Hormonally Yours.
Fahey recorded #3 as a solo album, but under pressure from London Records, it was to be issued as the third Shakespears Sister album. After the first single I Can Drive barely scraped the UK Top 30, the album was shelved by the label. After years of legal wrangling, Fahey was eventually given the rights to the album and in 2004 it was finally given a proper release exclusively through Fahey's website (much to the pleasure of fans who had to settle for substandard, illegal copies of the recording for over a decade).
A greatest hits CD/DVD retrospective was also released in 2004, containing all of the group's singles and videos, as well as tracks intended for the #3 album.
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Track list for Sacred Heart
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- "Heroine"
- "Run Silent, Run Deep"
- "Dirty Mind"
- "Sacred Heart"
- "Heaven Is In Your Arms"
- "Twist The Knife"
- "You're History"
- "Break My Heart"
- "Red Rocket"
- "Electric Moon"
- "Primitive Love"
- "Could You Be Loved"
- "You Made Me Come To This"
They released the tracks "Break My Heart", "You're History", "Run Silent", and "Dirty Mind" as singles.
Track list for Hormonally Yours
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- "Goodbye Cruel World"
- "I Don't Care"
- "My 16th Apology"
- "Are We In Love Yet"
- "Emotional Thing"
- "Stay"
- "Black Sky"
- "The Trouble With Andre"
- "Moonchild"
- "Catwoman"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
They released the tracks "Goodbye Cruel World", "Stay", "I Don't Care", and "Hello" as singles.
Track list for #3
- "Go"
- "I Can Drive"
- "Do I Scare You?"
- "Opportunity Knockers"
- "Can U Wait That Long"
- "Oh Dear"
- "Excuse Me John"
- "The Older Sister"
- "Singles Party"
- "I Never Could Sing Anyway"
The track "I Can Drive" was released as a single.
Track list for Greatest Hits
- "You're History"
- "Heroine"
- "Break My Heart"
- "Dirty Mind"
- "Waiting"
- "Goodbye Cruel World"
- "Stay"
- "I Don't Care"
- "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
- "I Can Drive"
- "Excuse Me John"
- "Can U Wait That Long"
- "Do I Scare You?"
- "White Rabbit"
- "Was It Something I Said"
- "Break My Heart" (video - DVD)
- "Heroine" (video - DVD)
- "Run Silent Run Deep" (video - DVD)
- "You're History" (video - DVD)
- "Dirty Mix - Remix" (video - DVD)
- "The Russian Film - featuring Dirty Mind & Heroine Live In Leningrad 1988" (video - DVD)
- "Goodbye Cruel World" (video - DVD)
- "Stay" (video - DVD)
- "I Don't Care" (video - DVD)
- "Catwoman - Live" (video - DVD)
- "My 16th Apology - Edit" (video - DVD)
- "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" (video - DVD)
- "I Can Drive" (video - DVD)
External links
- The official Siobhan Fahey site: http://www.siobhanfahey.com/
- The official Marcella Detroit site: http://www.marcelladetroit.com/
- "Shakespears Sister Info File" (reference): http://www.neilnet.force9.co.uk/