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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = M| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = London , England , United Kingdom | genre = New wave music|New Wave Synthpop | years_active = 19791984| label = Sire Records|Sire (North America) MCA Records|MCA (elsewhere)| associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Robin Scott | past_members = (contributors) Mark King (music)|Mark King Wally Badarou Phil Gould (musician)|Phil Gould Mark OrchinBrigit Novik M was England|English musician Robin Scott 's brief but very successful New Wave music|new wave / synthpop project in the late 1970s and early 1980s. M is most known for the 1979 hit " Pop Muzik ", which reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1979, and #1 in the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart|chart on 3 November 1979. Musicians who contributed to M at one time or another included Wally Badarou , Mark King (music)|Mark King , and Phil Gould (musician)|Phil Gould , of Level 42 .
Career
In 1978, Scott re-christened himself 'M' and recorded the single "Moderne Man," which flopped.cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p19061/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Steve Huey |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=17 February 2009 However, M's next release, "Pop Muzik," was an instant hit; it featured support from Roogalator (band)|Roogalator bassist Julian Scott (Robin's brother), keyboardist Wally Badarou, programmer John Lewis, and backing vocalist , Brigit Novik (Scott's wife). Demand for an album was met by New York London Paris Munich , which added woodwind instrument|woodwind player Gary Barnacle and drummer Phil Gould to M's backing band.
M had three other singles that achieved a chart entry in the UK, "Moonlight and Muzak" (#33 in December 1979), "That's the Way the Money Goes" (#45 in March 1980) and "Official Secrets" (#64 in November 1980).cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 335 M released three studio albums throughout their career: New York & bull; London & bull; Paris & bull; Munich in 1979, The Official Secrets Act (album)|The Official Secrets Act in 1980, and Famous Last Words in 1981 which was never released in the UK. A fourth album, Robin Scott with Shikisha , was recorded in 1984 but was not released until 1998.
M's first single "Moderne Man" was later remix ed with "Satisfy Your Lust", the A-side and B-side|B-side of "That's the Way the Money Goes", and appeared as a medley (music)|medley on their album New York London Paris Munich . The original single releases appeared on the 1997 Compact disc|CD re-release. A remixed version of "Pop Muzik" was played before each concert of U2 's PopMart Tour .
Only a 1989 remix of "Pop Muzik" returned M to the charts. Meanwhile, Scott worked with Ryϋichi Sakamoto on two albums and recorded an album with African artists. http://www.nme.com/artists/m M biography at NME.com; accessed February 2009
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Year
Album
UK Albums Chart
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1979
New York London Paris Munich
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#79
1980
The Official Secrets Act
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1981
Famous Last Words
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1984
Jive Shikisha!
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Recorded in 1984 - not released until 1998 and credited to Robin Scott & Shikisha.
Pop Muzik - The Very Best Of M (1996, Music Collection International)
Pop Muzik (1997, Collectables Records ) Reissue of the US version of New York - London - Paris - Munich|New York & bull; London & bull; Paris & bull; Munich .
'''M' The History - Pop Muzik The 25th Anniversary (2004, Union Square Music)
Pop Muzik - 30th Anniversary Remixes (2009, Echo Beach) Remix album featuring 13 remixes of " Pop Muzik ".
Singles
Year
Title
UK Singles Chart
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1978
"Moderne Man"
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1979
" Pop Muzik "
#2
#1
1979
"Moonlight and Muzak"
#33
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1980
"That's the Way the Money Goes"
#45
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1980
"Official Secrets"
#64
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1981
"Keep It to Yourself"
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1982
"Danube"
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1983
"Eureka"
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1984
"Crazy Zulu"
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1989
"Pop Muzik" ( remix )
#15
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- billed as Robin Scott
See also
List of New Wave bands and artists
List of artists who reached number one in the United States
List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart
List of synthpop artists
List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
References
reflist
External links
http://www.robinscott.org/ Robin Scott's official website
http://lyricwiki.org/M:Pop_Muzik Lyrics for "Pop Muzik" @ lyricwiki.org
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