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The Passions Were A British Pop Band Which Formed In 1978 And Disbanded In 1983. They Were Archetypal One-Hit Wonders With Their Misty Trance-Like Pop Song "I'm In Love With A German Film Star". Based In Shepherds Bush West London The Passions' Music Was Grounded Mainly In Barbara Gogan's Voice And Clive Timperley's Delicate Echoplex Guitar Work. Before Forming In 1978 Most Of The Members Had Spent Time In Other Groups. 1 Timperley Was An Ex-101ers Whilst Drummer Richard Williams And Singer/guitarist Barbara Gogan Were In The Punk Rock Outfit The Derelicts. 1 The Passions' First Single Issued In March 1979 Was "Needles And Pills" Which Helped Them Gain A Recording Contract With Fiction Records Home Of The Cure. 1 The Passions Were Predominantly A Guitar Band But They Fitted In With The Spirit Of The Times Being Part New Romantics And Part "European Grey". A Year Passed Between The Release Of The "Needles And Pills" Single And Michael And Miranda The Band's First Album. 1 Singles "Hunted" And "Swimmer" Followed And Then Their Major Charting Song "I'm In Love With A German Film Star". 1 Before "The Swimmer Bidwell And Barker Left The Band The Former To Join The Wall. David Agar Took Over On Bass Guitar. 1 The Band's Second Album 30 000 Feet Over China Was Released In August 1981. It Included Previously Released A-Sides And Several Brand New Recordings. Clive Timperley Left The Band In Verona In December 1981 During The Italian Leg Of Their Prophetically Named "Tour Till We Crack" Tour As A Result Of "serious Political Differences". The Follow-Up Single Release "Africa Mine" Was Recorded With A New Line-Up. Barbara Gogan Explained The Situation Thus "It's The Same Old Story. Some Bands Play Together For Ten Years And It's All Very Wonderful And Imaginative. More Often Though You Reach A Point Where You've Done All You Can Do And You Want To Change. Whenever We've Reached That Point Someone Has Always Left And Brought Us A Step Further On. Any Band Playing Their Own Songs To The Public Has A Duty To Change And Keep Being Imaginative All The Time". Kevin Armstrong A Contributor To A Thomas Dolby Album Who Had Previously Been With Local Heroes Joined And The Group Added A Keyboard Player Jeff Smith Perhaps Best Known For His Past Work With Lene Lovich. 1 Armstrong And Smith Took Part In The Recording Of The Band's Third Album Sanctuary Which Appeared In The Autumn Of 1982. Stephen Wright Previously In The Band Bim Joined In 1982 Replacing Armstrong.The Band Toured Europe And The U.S. Appeared On The Old Grey Whistle Test On BBC 2 And Whatever You Want On Channel 4 But Dissolved For Good In The Summer Of 1983 After Playing Their Last Ever Live Show At London's Marquee Club On 12 August That Year.
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The Lyrics For "I'm In Love With A German Film Star" Were Written By Barbara Gogan About A One Time Roadie For The Clash And The Sex Pistols Named Steve Connelly Who Had Minor Roles In Several German Films. It Was Produced By Pete Wilson Who Was The In House Producer For Polydor Records. According To Wilson "It Was A Song That Almost Seemed To Write Itself". The Music Weeklies Declared The Song "Single Of The Week" While It Was Named "Peoples Choice" On Capital Radio. This Lead To Two Top Of The Pops Appearances. Polydor Did Not Press Enough Copies Of The Single Which Topped Out At Number 25 Position On The UK Singles Charts.
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The Passions Were A British Pop Band Which Formed In 1978 And Disbanded In 1983. They Were Archetypal One-Hit Wonders With Their Misty Trance-Like Pop Song "I'm In Love With A German Film Star". Based In Shepherds Bush West London The Passions' Music Was Grounded Mainly In Barbara Gogan's Voice And Clive Timperley's Delicate Echoplex Guitar Work. Before Forming In 1978 Most Of The Members Had Spent Time In Other Groups. 1 Timperley Was An Ex-101ers Whilst Drummer Richard Williams And Singer/guitarist Barbara Gogan Were In The Punk Rock Outfit The Derelicts. 1 The Passions' First Single Issued In March 1979 Was "Needles And Pills" Which Helped Them Gain A Recording Contract With Fiction Records Home Of The Cure. 1 The Passions Were Predominantly A Guitar Band But They Fitted In With The Spirit Of The Times Being Part New Romantics And Part "European Grey". A Year Passed Between The Release Of The "Needles And Pills" Single And Michael And Miranda The Band's First Album. 1 Singles "Hunted" And "Swimmer" Followed And Then Their Major Charting Song "I'm In Love With A German Film Star". 1 Before "The Swimmer Bidwell And Barker Left The Band The Former To Join The Wall. David Agar Took Over On Bass Guitar. 1 The Band's Second Album 30 000 Feet Over China Was Released In August 1981. It Included Previously Released A-Sides And Several Brand New Recordings. Clive Timperley Left The Band In Verona In December 1981 During The Italian Leg Of Their Prophetically Named "Tour Till We Crack" Tour As A Result Of "serious Political Differences". The Follow-Up Single Release "Africa Mine" Was Recorded With A New Line-Up. Barbara Gogan Explained The Situation Thus "It's The Same Old Story. Some Bands Play Together For Ten Years And It's All Very Wonderful And Imaginative. More Often Though You Reach A Point Where You've Done All You Can Do And You Want To Change. Whenever We've Reached That Point Someone Has Always Left And Brought Us A Step Further On. Any Band Playing Their Own Songs To The Public Has A Duty To Change And Keep Being Imaginative All The Time". Kevin Armstrong A Contributor To A Thomas Dolby Album Who Had Previously Been With Local Heroes Joined And The Group Added A Keyboard Player Jeff Smith Perhaps Best Known For His Past Work With Lene Lovich. 1 Armstrong And Smith Took Part In The Recording Of The Band's Third Album Sanctuary Which Appeared In The Autumn Of 1982. Stephen Wright Previously In The Band Bim Joined In 1982 Replacing Armstrong.The Band Toured Europe And The U.S. Appeared On The Old Grey Whistle Test On BBC 2 And Whatever You Want On Channel 4 But Dissolved For Good In The Summer Of 1983 After Playing Their Last Ever Live Show At London's Marquee Club On 12 August That Year.
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The lyrics for "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" were written by Barbara Gogan about a one time roadie for The Clash and the Sex Pistols named Steve Connelly who had minor roles in several German films. It was produced by Pete Wilson who was the in house producer for Polydor Records. According to Wilson "It was a song that almost seemed to write itself". The music weeklies declared the song "Single of the Week" while it was named "Peoples Choice" on Capital Radio. This lead to two Top of the Pops appearances. Polydor did not press enough copies of the single which topped out at number 25 position on the UK singles charts. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.