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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=February 2011Unreferenced|date=December 2010 Wa Wa Nee was an Australian funk / Pop music|pop band (music)|band , active from approximately 1985 to 1989.
Career
Led by singer/songwriter Paul Gray and guitarist Steve Williams, bassist Mark Gray and drummer 'The Sween', the band signed with CBS Records in 1985. Wa Wa Nee had four single (music)|singles in the Australia n 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 United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Top 40. This, however would be their only success in America; "Stimulation" was released as the followup single, but only reached #86, culminating their chart career there.
The band's self titled debut album went music recording sales certification|platinum in Australia , despite only reaching #29 on the charts.
Their follow-up album|LP , Blush was released in late 1989, and spawned two more Top 100 hits in Australia - "Can't Control Myself", and "So Good". The album however, received a lukewarm response, and the band has not record chart|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 two songs: "Stimulation" and "Sugar Free". He has also appeared with 80s Enuff and Idols of the 80s.
Gray performed Wa Wa Nee hits on 28 March 2010, at a fundraiser for the children of Jenin, a devastated area of the West Bank , Palestine . All funds went directly to the building of a pre-school in the area.
Wa Wa Nee's "Stimulation" featured in the first episode of Channel 9's Underbelly: The Golden Mile (on Monday 12 April 2010). Gray performed at local music venues in Melbourne in 2010, with fellow 1980s hitmakers, Scott Carne ( Kids In The Kitchen ) and Brian Mannix ( Uncanny X-Men ). It was also featured in the 1988 film Satisfaction .
"Sugar Free" appeared on the soundtrack to the film Cassandra (1986).
Paul Gray supported Belinda Carlisle on some of her dates in her 2011 Australian Tour.
1986 "Stimulation" (AUS #2/US #86 released as followup to Sugar Free)
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)
See also
List of 1980s one-hit wonders in the United States
External links
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p14661/biography|pure_url=yes Wa Wa Nee at Allmusic
DEFAULTSORT:Wa Wa Nee Category:Australian pop music groups Category:Funk musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1985 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1989
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