Wa Wa Nee

Wa Wa Nee was an Australian funk/pop band, active from approximately 1985 to 1989.

Career

Led by the songwriting team of Paul Gray and Steve Williams, the band signed with CBS Records in 1985. Wa Wa Nee had four singles in the Australian top 40 from their debut album release of the same name. They included "Stimulation" which reached number 2 nationally in Australia in 1986, "I Could Make You Love Me", reaching the Top 5 in the same year, and both "One And One (Ain't I Good Enough)" and "Sugar Free" making the Top 20. "Sugar Free" also reached the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 top 40. This, however would be their only success in America.

The band's self titled debut album went platinum in Australia despite only reaching #29 on the charts.

Their follow-up LP, "Blush" was released in late 1989, and spawned two more Top 100 hits in Australia - "Can't Control Myself", and the religiously motivated "So Good" (even though the music video bordered on the pornographic). The album however, received a luke-warm response, and the band has not charted in Australia since.

Paul Gray of Wa Wa Nee appeared in the Countdown Spectacular 2 concert series in Australia between late-August and early-September 2007 as a performer and musical director. He sang 2 songs: "Stimulation" and "Sugar Free".

Discography

Albums

W A W A N E E "(AUS: 1986/USA: 1987 - AUS#29/US #123)"
01. "One And One (Ain't I Good Enough)"
02. "Teacher"
03. "Stimulation"
04. "Jelly Baby"
05. "Gone"
06. "Sugar Free"
07. "When The World Is A Home"
08. "Man Child"
09. "Love Reaction"
10. "I Could Make You Love Me"

U L T A - M I X E S "(EP/Remixes)" "(1987)"
01. "Gone" (12" Mix)
02. "Stimulation" (12" Mix)
03. "Sugar Free" (New York Mix)
04. "Never Been So In Love"
05. "One And One" (12" Mix)
06. "I Could Make You Love Me" (12" Mix)
07. "Sugar Free" (12" Oz Mix)

B L U S H "(1989: AUS#29)"
01. "Can't Control Myself"
02. "So Good"
03. "Giving Everything"
04. "One Day"
05. "Never Been So In Love"
06. "I Want You"
07. "Bright Lites"
08. "Do It To Me"
09. "Moral Inspiration"
10. "Blush"
11. "Tossing And Turning"

ingles

* 1986 "Stimulation" "(AUS #2)"
* 1986 "I Could Make You Love Me" "(AUS #5)"
* 1986 "Sugar Free" "(AUS #10/US #35)"
* 1987 "One And One (Ain't I Good Enough)" "(AUS #19)"
* 1988 "Can't Control Myself" "(AUS #31)"
* 1989 "So Good" "(AUS #36)"
* 1989 "I Want You" "(no chart placing)"

ee also

* List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/wawaneegal/ Kelly's Wa Wa Nee Page]
* [http://www.geocities.com/wawaneegal/forum.html Wa Wa Nee Discussion Forum]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3m9yxdjbjold~T1 Wa Wa Nee] at Allmusic