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"You've got a friend" - Big Fun and Sonia

Ver Fun sitting on bar stools, in their bomber jackets with colour-coded linings. Sonia is on another bar stool, at an angle to the trio so she's facing them, and she remains in the shadows until it's her turn to sing. Gary Barnacle plays the role of Epic Sax Guy up in the crow's nest, an inventive use of the studio.

Why this and not Carole King's song? Matt Aitken explained on "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman" ep 59. https://www.chartbeats.com.au/saw

That's the last we see of Big Fun, whose ten months of fame are now up.

#TOTP #BigFun #Sonia

A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman

A podcast about all the singles produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman.

Chart Beats

fs May 12

40 Jahre IG Jazz Rhein-Neckar – Jubiläumsveranstaltung und fotografischer Rückblick von Manfred Rinderspacher

https://jazzpages.de/40-jahre-ig-jazz-rhein-neckar-fotos-rinderspacher-2605121/

50+ Music Oct 20, 2025

"The Second Time Around" is a 1979 hit by Los Angeles–based group #Shalamar. The song is the first single from their album, #BigFun. Released in August 1979, the single went to number one on the soul chart and was their most successful hit on the Hot 100 pop chart, reaching number eight in early 1980. "The Second Time Around" also went to number one on the disco/dance chart in January 1980.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl2hM1wItQA

The Second Time Around

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50+ Music Sep 10, 2025

"The Second Time Around" is a 1979 hit by Los Angeles–based group #Shalamar. The song is the first single from their album, #BigFun. Released in August 1979, the single went to number one on the soul chart and was their most successful hit on the Hot 100 pop chart, reaching number eight in early 1980. "The Second Time Around" also went to number one on the disco/dance chart in January 1980.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl2hM1wItQA

The Second Time Around

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50+ Music Aug 18, 2025

"The Second Time Around" is a 1979 hit by Los Angeles–based group #Shalamar. The song is the first single from their album, #BigFun. Released in August 1979, the single went to number one on the soul chart and was their most successful hit on the Hot 100 pop chart, reaching number eight in early 1980. "The Second Time Around" also went to number one on the disco/dance chart in January 1980.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekn_d2mKcDc

Shalamar - The Second Time Around

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BuzzingRoom Aug 14, 2025

Inner City // #InnerCity //

Big Fun
[single (Remastered) (Extended Mix), 2024]

//via // #KMSRecords #ArmadaMusic //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #InnerCity #BigFun #KevinSaunderson #ParisGrey #ArtForest #JamesPennington

link bandcamp: https://djinnercity.bandcamp.com/track/big-fun-remastered-extended-mix

Big Fun (Remastered) (Extended Mix), by Inner City

from the album Big Fun (Remastered)

Inner City

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Our group declare to be true May 17, 2025

Yeah, "Bara bad bastu" is OK, but I still prefer their earlier hit "Can't shake the feeling".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-WhtWM4vJY

#Eurovision #BigFun #TOTP

Big Fun - Can't Shake The Feeling TOTP

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Our group declare to be true Apr 25, 2025

One last winner from the Smash Hits Poll of 1989, the Most Promising New Group.

Big Fun, three lads who sung in almost-harmony, who danced in near-unison, and whose hair was suspiciously like Bruce Forsyth's. They didn't have any big hits after 1989, and band member Jason John died in 2017.

There is something undeniably brilliant about the chorus of "Can't shake the feeling", I'll remember them this way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwprFF11SAE

#JukeboxFridayNight #MusicAwards #NotForgotten #BigFun