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Brother Beyond
Brother Beyond were a British pop band in the late 1980s.
The group's first four singles, "I Should Have Lied", "How Many Times", "Chain-Gang Smile" (produced by Don Was), and an early version of "Can You Keep a Secret?", were written by band members Eg White and David Ben White in collaboration with Carl Fysh. The songs were performed by the band members, led by vocalist Nathan Moore. These early singles, released between 1986 and 1988, were minor successes in the UK Singles Chart.
When the songwriters and producers Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, known as Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), auctioned their services for charity, Brother Beyond and label EMI won the auction. The first song to be released from this session was "The Harder I Try", a UK No. 2 hit. The song was succeeded by the song "He Ain't No Competition", reaching No. 6 in the UK. The following releases from the Get Even album failed to make the UK Top Ten. All of these singles were taken from the two editions of their first album Get Even.
After a brief hiatus, they returned with a new single in late 1989, "Drive On", which peaked at No. 39 in the UK, from their second album Trust. They then released a cover of the ballad by The Three Degrees, "When Will I See You Again?", which peaked outside the UK top 40 at No. 43. The final release from their second album was the title track, "Trust", self-written, but this only peaked at No. 53 in the UK.
EMI America issued the album Trust in the USA mid-1990 adding two new songs which the group recorded in the USA and with a more American sound to break the US market. Both were released as singles there, with the lead single "The Girl I Used to Know" achieving success, peaking at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. Nathan Moore has alleged the band were required to pay £100,000 to the mafia as part of a payola strategy to secure US airplay for the single.
The follow-up single was "Just a Heartbeat Away", released commercially in Australia and as a promotional single in the US, which failed to chart. "The Girl I Used to Know" was released as a non-album single in Europe in early 1991 and peaked at No. 48 in the UK. The group disbanded that same year, with Moore joining another boyband, Worlds Apart.
In January 2011, an expanded edition of Get Even was released, featuring the original line up of the album, along with four bonus tracks. The bonus tracks are extended versions or remixes of "I Should Have Lied", "The Harder I Try", "He Ain't No Competition" and "Be My Twin".
Lead singer Nathan Moore went on to sing with another boy band called Worlds Apart, successful in France in the mid-90s, and worked as a manager to such acts as Jessica Garlick. He was also a contestant on ITV's Hit Me Baby One More Time, and part of Lisa Scott-Lee's Totally Scott-Lee programme set up on MTV.
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Brother Beyond
Brother Beyond were a British pop band in the late 1980s.
The group's first four singles, "I Should Have Lied", "How Many Times", "Chain-Gang Smile" (produced by Don Was), and an early version of "Can You Keep a Secret?", were written by band members Eg White and David Ben White in collaboration with Carl Fysh. The songs were performed by the band members, led by vocalist Nathan Moore. These early singles, released between 1986 and 1988, were minor successes in the UK Singles Chart.
When the songwriters and producers Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, known as Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), auctioned their services for charity, Brother Beyond and label EMI won the auction. The first song to be released from this session was "The Harder I Try", a UK No. 2 hit. The song was succeeded by the song "He Ain't No Competition", reaching No. 6 in the UK. The following releases from the Get Even album failed to make the UK Top Ten. All of these singles were taken from the two editions of their first album Get Even.
After a brief hiatus, they returned with a new single in late 1989, "Drive On", which peaked at No. 39 in the UK, from their second album Trust. They then released a cover of the ballad by The Three Degrees, "When Will I See You Again?", which peaked outside the UK top 40 at No. 43. The final release from their second album was the title track, "Trust", self-written, but this only peaked at No. 53 in the UK.
EMI America issued the album Trust in the USA mid-1990 adding two new songs which the group recorded in the USA and with a more American sound to break the US market. Both were released as singles there, with the lead single "The Girl I Used to Know" achieving success, peaking at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. Nathan Moore has alleged the band were required to pay £100,000 to the mafia as part of a payola strategy to secure US airplay for the single.
The follow-up single was "Just a Heartbeat Away", released commercially in Australia and as a promotional single in the US, which failed to chart. "The Girl I Used to Know" was released as a non-album single in Europe in early 1991 and peaked at No. 48 in the UK. The group disbanded that same year, with Moore joining another boyband, Worlds Apart.
In January 2011, an expanded edition of Get Even was released, featuring the original line up of the album, along with four bonus tracks. The bonus tracks are extended versions or remixes of "I Should Have Lied", "The Harder I Try", "He Ain't No Competition" and "Be My Twin".
Lead singer Nathan Moore went on to sing with another boy band called Worlds Apart, successful in France in the mid-90s, and worked as a manager to such acts as Jessica Garlick. He was also a contestant on ITV's Hit Me Baby One More Time, and part of Lisa Scott-Lee's Totally Scott-Lee programme set up on MTV.