Juke Box Boy
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"Juke Box Boy" is a 1986
Italo disco
single recorded and released by Italy
-based act Baltimora
. It was the group's only single of 1986. The song itself did not feature on any studio album although it was included on the 1986 Canadian edition of the band's debut album Living in the Background. The song also features on the debut album's 1993 re-issue as a bonus track. The single had a promotional video created.
Despite the promotional video, the single failed to make any impact worldwide, only peaking at #12 in Italy.
The single was mixed at Paradise Studios in Munich whilst the U.S.A. Radio Version of Juke Box Boy was mixed at Power Station, New York.
12" Single
1986 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-January-June:*January 23 – The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
Italo disco
Italo disco
Italo disco encompasses much of the dance music output in Europe during the 1980s. It is one of the world's first forms of mostly electronic dance music and evolved during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other parts of Europe...
single recorded and released by Italy
Italy
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-based act Baltimora
Baltimora
Baltimora were an Italian New Wave dance outfit active in the mid to late 1980s. The group comprised Jimmy McShane , Maurizio Bassi , Giorgio Cocilovo , Claudio Bazzari , Pier Michelatti and Gabriele Melotti...
. It was the group's only single of 1986. The song itself did not feature on any studio album although it was included on the 1986 Canadian edition of the band's debut album Living in the Background. The song also features on the debut album's 1993 re-issue as a bonus track. The single had a promotional video created.
Despite the promotional video, the single failed to make any impact worldwide, only peaking at #12 in Italy.
The single was mixed at Paradise Studios in Munich whilst the U.S.A. Radio Version of Juke Box Boy was mixed at Power Station, New York.
Formats
7" Single- "Juke Box Boy" - 3:58
- "Pull the Wires" - 4:46
12" Single
- "Juke Box Boy" - 5:50
- "Pull the Wires" - 4:46
- "Juke Box Boy (U.S.A. Radio Version)" - 3:50
Chart performance
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italian Singles Chart | 12 |
Personnel
- Artwork By – Maurizio Cercola
- Photography – Fabio Nosoti
- Producer, Arranger, Written By – Maurizio Bassi
- Written By – Naimy Hacket