''Messin' with the Boys'' (1980) is the second album by American singer

Cherie Currie Cherie Ann Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, musician, actress and artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a rock band from Los Angeles, in the mid-to-late 1970s. After The Runaways, she became a solo artist. ...

, and the first to feature her sister

Marie Currie Marie Michelle Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and artist. Currie is best known for playing in a band with her identical twin Cherie Currie called Cherie & Marie Currie. Their song " Since You Been ...

as a major contributor. Their band was called ''Cherie and Marie Currie''. Marie was a guest vocalist on Cherie's first album, so Marie went on tour with Cherie to support her first album, ''

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''. When Marie would join Cherie on stage to sing the encores, the audience would go wild. Cherie then ran with the idea that two blonds are better than one. The idea paid off because ''Messin' with the Boys'' received more radio play than ''Beauty's Only Skin Deep'', and their song "

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" made it to 95 on US charts. The single "This Time" and the album ''Messin' with the Boys'' made the top 200 on U.S. charts. This makes ''Messin' with the Boys'' Cherie Currie's most successful solo album. "I Just Love the Feeling" originally surfaced on the 1974 album, ''S.S. Fools'' by the group of the same name. Cherie duetted with that group's lead singer,

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, and wrote the additional lyrics in the second verse. ''Messin' with the Boys'' was originally released by

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in 1980, but was re-released on

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in 1997. For the 1997 re-release, the twins recorded seven new bonus tracks, tracks 11 through 17. One of the bonus tracks is "

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", a song Cherie recorded with

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. When Cherie was in the Runaways, it was regarded as their signature song. In 1988, singer Tone Norum covered Cherie and Marie Currie's song "This Time". She named her album after that song. "This Time" was also covered by the UK band Smart.

Marie Currie's quotes

When Brad Hamlin asked Marie Currie, "Tell us how ''Messin' with the Boys'' came about", Marie replied: "That's a very long story, but I still to this day believe it is one of the best albums we could've made. We had the best musicians, songwriters, and a tremendous amount of support. I look back at recording that album with a smile."

Track listing

#"Messin' with the Boys" (Joey Brasler, M. Ruth) – 3:47 #"

" (

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) – 3:41 #"I Just Love the Feeling" (featuring

) (Bobby Kimball, Cherie Currie) – 4:32 #"All I Want" (John Batdorf, Sue Sheridan) – 3:40 #"

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) – 5:01 #"Elaine" (

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) – 3:20 #"This Time" (Billy Bizeau) – 6:08 #"

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) – 3:27 #"Secrets" (Cherie Currie, Michelle Winding) – 2:26 #"We're Through" (Joey Brasler) – 5:13 #"Kamakazee Lover" (Joey Brasler, Stephen G. Crane) - 3:33 (1997 Bonus track) #" I Surrender" (

) - 3:48 (1997 Bonus track) #"Prisoner" (DB Cooper, James Lance) - 3:29 (1997 Bonus track) #"You're a Baby" (Joey Brasler, B. Berkowitz) - 3:34 (1997 Bonus track) #"Tough Break" (S. Dunscombe-Lynch, L. Whitman) - 3:50 (1997 Bonus track) #"Always the Last to Know" (Joey Brasler, Cherie Currie) - 3:09 (1997 Bonus track) #"

" (

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, Kim Fowley) - 2:13 (1997 Bonus track)

Singles

Personnel

- vocals *

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- guitar *

Waddy Wachtel Robert "Waddy" Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, Kim Carnes, Randy ...

- guitar *Joey Brasler - guitar *

Mike Porcaro Michael Joseph Porcaro (May 29, 1955 – March 15, 2015) was an American bass player known for his work with the rock band Toto. He retired from touring in 2007 as a result of being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was ...

- bass guitar *

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- drums *Jai Winding - synthesizer, keyboards *

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- acoustic guitar on "Since You've Been Gone" *John Pierce - bass guitar on "We're Through" * Mike Landau - guitar on "We're Through" *

- male lead vocal on "I Just Love the Feeling" *

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, Tom Kelly,

, Keith Landry, Tommy Funderburk,

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- backing vocals

Production

*Producer: Jai Winding *Assistant producer: Michele Winding

References

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