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Lucy Show
Band London United Kingdom Active 1983–1989 UK new wave
Lucy Show formed in 1983 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 1989. Lucy Show has 2 chart appearances on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “New Message”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #1767. The station that charted Lucy Show most often is Fred (XM 44) (XM Satellite Radio (national)), with 2 appearances.
The Lucy Show came together in London in early 1983, built around two Canadian-born friends who had moved to England years before: Mark Bandola on vocals, guitar and keyboards, and Rob Vandeven on vocals and bass. They started out as Midnite Movie with Paul Rigby on drums, but Rigby soon quit, Pete Barraclough (guitars, keyboards) and Bryan Hudspeth (drums) came in, and the new name went up. Bandola and Vandeven split the songwriting and the lead vocals down the middle, though Vandeven wrote most of the early material.
Their first single, "Leonardo da Vinci", came out on the independent Shout Records in 1983 and got some airplay from John Peel, with Barraclough singing his own "Kill the Beast" on the flip. A&M signed them in 1984 and put out two singles and an EP that year on its Piggy Bank imprint, and a cassette of their songs sent to R.E.M. opened another door.
Mania, from 1986, is one of the two studio albums they made before calling it quits, and "New Message" and "A Million Things" show what they did best: chiming, nervy guitar pop with a melancholy undertow.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Lucy Show on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Message | 1 | #1767 | – | – | |
| 2 | A Million Things | 1 | #2039 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1767 | New Message | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
| 2003 | 2039 | A Million Things | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
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