Tongue 'n' Cheek were a
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electro music group formed by Robin Achampong and Delroy Murray of
Total Contrast, that were primarily popular in the UK
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scene between 1987 and 1992. The group's members were Conor Col Henry, Maureen Mason and Junior Williams.
Overview
All of the group's eight
singles charted on the
UK Singles Chart
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,
however they were more noticeable on the
UK Dance Chart
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. All of the group's four singles released by EMI entered the top ten of the UK Dance Chart with their album reaching No. 3 on the UK Album Dance Chart.
The group's biggest UK chart
hit single was "Tomorrow", which spent weeks in the charts and peaked at No. 20.
It was remixed by Chicago DJ
Frankie Knuckles. Follow-up singles included "Nobody" (UK #37) and "
Forget Me Nots
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" (UK #26), a
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of the
Patrice Rushen
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Her 1982 single "Forget Me Nots" received a Grammy Awar ...
song remixed by electronic music producers
DNA, best known for the remix of Suzanne Vega's UK top 5 single "
Tom's Diner
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". The group also had an album, ''This Is Tongue 'N' Cheek'', which reached No. 45 on the
UK Albums Chart
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.
Top of the Pops
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'' twice with singles "Forget Me Nots" and "Tomorrow", and also appeared on various TV shows including '' This Morning'' with Richard and Judy
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, '' The Derek Jameson Show'', ''The Hit Man and Her
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'' and were regulars on ''The Chart Show
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''T ...
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At the end of 1990, Tongue 'n' Cheek had one of the top 100 best-selling UK dance singles ahead of American groups Bell Biv DeVoe
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and Hi-Five
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.
The band regularly performed touring Europe with various UK R&B acts of the time such as Soul II Soul
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, the Pasadenas
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Career
The group scored a UK num ...
, Dina Carroll
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, Glen Goldsmith and supported the band Imagination on their UK tour.
Tongue 'n' Cheek's single "Tomorrow" appeared on the '' Now That's What I Call Music 17'' album which went platinum, selling over 300,000 copies. The band have also appeared on compilation albums which have sold over two million copies worldwide.
The lyrical content from "Tomorrow" was sampled
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by house music group Love Decade
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on their 1996 single "Is This a Dream" which reached No. 39 on the UK Singles Chart.Acen
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. The lyrics – albeit speeded up and altered, formed part of Acen's darkcore single "Trip II the Moon
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", which reached No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1992.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
Tongue-N-Cheek
on WhoSampled
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History
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Everyhit.co.ukTongue N Cheek Discography
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