Album · Bananarama
Wow! by Bananarama
Wow! is an album by Bananarama, released in 1987. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Heard a Rumour”, on 3 lists with a best position of #57.
Wow!, Bananarama's fourth studio album, came out on London Records on 7 September 1987, and it's the record where the trio went all the way in with Stock Aitken Waterman. The production team produced every track and co-wrote the songs with the group, and the result is high-gloss dance-pop built for the disco: drum machines ticking like taxi meters, synth bass pumping, and Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward and Siobhan Fahey's cool, deadpan vocals gliding over the top. "I Heard a Rumour" is the pick of the bunch, a strutting rush of a single.
The shine hid some friction. Fahey clashed with the producers over how much say the group had in the songwriting and what the words should be, and five months after the album's release she walked, going on to form Shakespears Sister while Jacquie O'Sullivan stepped in. Wow! still went on to top the album chart in Australia.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wow! on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Heard a Rumour | 3 | #57 | – | 1987–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.