''Wanna Be a Star'' is the ninth album by the

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rock band

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, released in September 1981. At this point, the band had collapsed into a trio, without a full-time drummer, but leader Bill Henderson and guitarist/keyboardist/drummer Brian MacLeod had become a powerful songwriting team during the interim. The single release "

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" became the group's first hit since the 1979 collapse of their former label

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, reaching #1 in Canada and giving Chilliwack their U.S.

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breakthrough peaking at #22 on the ''

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: "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" also gave Chilliwack their only evident chart item outside North America reaching #57 in Australia with a disproportionately long chart run of 28 weeks. The success of "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" led to a touring version of Chilliwack re-forming. The album's second single: " I Believe", released in early 1982, was also a Top 10 Canadian hit and returned Chilliwack to the U.S. Top 40 at #33. In November 1982, ''Wanna Be a Star'' was certified Platinum (in excess of 100,000 copies sold) in Canada. Overall the album is something of a concept album about the "rock and roll" lifestyle and the pursuit of fame. The leadoff track "Sign Here" is a reference to Chilliwack's new quest for mainstream success, tempered by their brush with fame on Mushroom. This was the first album they recorded with

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in Canada, a new Toronto-based label.

Track listing

#"Sign Here" ( Bill Henderson/ Brian MacLeod) (2:57) #"So You Wanna Be a Star" (Henderson/MacLeod) (4:29) #"Tell It to the Telephone" (Henderson) (3:14) #"Too Many Enemies" (Henderson/MacLeod) (4:39) #"Living In Stereo" (4:49) (Henderson) #"Mr. Rock" (3:51) (Henderson) #"

" (Henderson/MacLeod) (4:16) #"(Don't Wanna) Live for a Living" (MacLeod) (3:22) #"Walk On" (Henderson) (3:38) #" I Believe" (Henderson) (3:57)

Musicians

* Bill Henderson - vocals, guitars, keyboards * Brian MacLeod - vocals, drums, guitars, keyboards *Ab Bryant - bass

References

{{Authority control 1981 albums Chilliwack (band) albums