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"Wild Wild West" - The Escape Club
from the album Wild Wild West (1988)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 16

Today's song of the day comes from the British rock band the Escape Club, who came together in the early 80's in London from members of other new wave bands. After a little-noticed debut album in 1985, the group, led by singer Trevor Steel, changed labels for their sophomore effort Wild Wild West in 1988. The title track, a campy march of a tune that only lyrically identified with the title, made not a scratch of inway in their native UK, but was a big-time novelty hit in the US (kind of like if INXS did a comedy record)...

"Wild Wild West" climbed all the way to #1 on the American pop chart in November of 1988. The single also went to #3 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, #45 on the Mainstream Rock radio chart, and popped in at #36 on their dance club play list. The song also made it to #6 in Australia and #12 in New Zealand...

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Here's a little interview from Steel and the band along with the clip...

..and them performing on MTV in 1989...