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Fun Boy Three
Band United Kingdom Active 1981–1983
Fun Boy Three formed in 1981 in the United Kingdom and was active until 1983. Fun Boy Three has 11 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Our Lips Are Sealed”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #287. The station that charted Fun Boy Three most often is Fred (XM 44) (XM Satellite Radio (national)), with 4 appearances.
Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding walked out of the Specials in 1981 and straight into something stranger. Fun Boy Three were singers first and last, and their records hang everything on those three voices: deadpan, eerie, half-chanted, stacked over skeletal new wave backing that feels like a party thrown in a haunted house.
"The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum" arrived in 1981 with a title that summed up the gloomy mood of the moment. Waiting followed in 1983 and let a little more light in, with "Our Lips Are Sealed" as its sweetest moment. Then they were done, finished that same year after two albums and seven UK top 20 hits: a short, odd and thoroughly memorable detour for three men who had already helped make the Specials matter.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Fun Boy Three on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our Lips Are Sealed | 7 | #287 | – | – | |
| 2 | The Lunatics Have Taken Over | 1 | #760 | – | – | |
| 3 | The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum | 2 | #475 | – | – | |
| 4 | My Lips are Sealed | 1 | #352 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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