Curiosity Killed the Cat was a British band who found success in the United… Read Full Bio ↴Curiosity Killed the Cat was a British band who found success in the United Kingdom pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

They played soulful, funky pop jazz and were initially signed to Phonogram Records' Mercury imprint. The first came to notice of the UK music and style press when they hooked up with photographer Andy Warhol for the video of the 1986 single Misfit. This featured the band in New York and at one point featured Ben Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot dancing down a side street whilst Andy Warhol referenced Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by dropping pieces of white card in time to the music (an efect that would also be copied by INXS in the Mediate of 1988).

Their debut album Keep Your Distance entered the British charts at number one in May 1987, and stayed in the Top Ten for 13 weeks, however the release of that album's "Free" lost some of the momentum by limping to only Number 56 in the UK charts.

The bands second album Getahead was lead by an upbeat funky track called "Name and Number". Even though this record only reached Number 14 in 1989, the "Hey How You Doin'" refrain would find itself in the Top Ten two years later as part of the De La Soul song "Ring Ring Ring (Hey Hey Hey)".

After the lack-leisure performance of Getahead and second single First Place, Curiosity (as they were now billed) found themselves dropped from Mercury Records. However three years after the release of that single they returned to the UK Top Ten as a three piece on RCA Records, with a cover of Johnny Bristol's Hang on in There Baby. However the band's follow ups (covers of I Need Your Lovin' and Gimme the Sunshine) flopped in the UK, which resulted in the album Back to Front only being released in Japan and selected overseas markets.

In the 2000s the band reformed for an appearance on a National Lottery midweek show on BBC 1 and since then Ben Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot has toured under the name Curiosity Killed the Cat on a number of 1980s revival packages.

Since Curiosity disbanded, Ben has, by request, continued to perform both live and in the studio and has recently teamed up with dance supremos "Element" (AKA Bimbo Jones) who have already produced remixes for the likes of Deep Dish, Usher and The Bodyrockers. They are also the co production duo responsible for "Meck's" "Thunder In My Heart Again".

Band members
Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (vocals; * 19 May 1965)
Julian Brookhouse (guitar; * 15 May 1963)
Nick Thorp (bass; * 25 October 1964)
Miguel Drummond (drums; * 27 January 1964)

First Place
Curiosity Killed the Cat Lyrics

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Bülow We were never friends in the first place So why you…
Chris Farren I've been doing the bare minimum Yet somehow it's still not…
Chris Garneau You have killed them And you don't know why Your lips, they…
Eyesore Too, too fast in the whip, do the dash That bitch…
Garneau Chris You have killed them And you don't know why Your lips, they…
JahCareggae Jah say we got to love each and every day Jah say we…
Kendall Bowser What do you think this is Think you can walk right…
KiingRod Koast Bitch! Fuck you fake niggas, steady smilin′ in my face…
LARRAY Okay, yeah, okay, okay Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Th…

Lavils I wish we didn't fuck On worst days My babe I wish we…
m3wk4 She fuckin with my head Bring them sticks start that drill…
Marshmello & SOB X RBE Mello made it right You know I'm that nigga on my…
Novo Amor Wouldn’t know if it kept calling My melatonin isn’t forming …
Polo G Oh Oh no Oh Don't give a fuck what nah nigga say Couldn't l…
Rafael Ok es geht langsam los hab ne fanbase Ja du feierst…
Snoop Dogg Convertibles and Cuban links just like a prize I gotta win,…
Teasley On Friday looking for an answer Asking every beauty queen Wh…
Terri Hendrix You gotta walk like you're in first place Talk like…
The Brook & The Bluff On the banister I′ve been leaning for you Cobbled streets We…
Tiffi My hearts been doing weird things all day Gymnastics, backfl…
Toni Romiti (Taste the producer, mm) Let's take it back to our first…
Vanna Rainelle We could've had something Could've been more Could've had ev…
W.B.G. Oh Oh no Oh Don't give a fuck what nah nigga say Couldn't l…
Yung Drug Припев: VVS diamonds на мне Мой gang это ВВС Я…
Zikai VERSE Remember I Had an early flight Sunday night But you …

We have lyrics for these tracks by Curiosity Killed the Cat:

Ball And Chain S-sitting down by my window, Oh, looking at the rain S-sit…
Curiosity Killed the Cat kau tak s'perti biasanya bersikap padaku tingkah lakumu kema…
Do Your Believin' As we hip-hop away from our bodega With a pocket…
Down To Earth Shooting stars in midnight pastures And hanging out on cloud…
Down To Earth (12 Shooting stars in midnight pastures And hanging out on cloud…
Down to Earth (extended version) Shooting stars in midnight pastures And hanging out on cloud…
Free All we want is our lifes to be free If we…
Hang On In There Baby Now that we’ve caressed A kiss so warm and tender I can’t…
Keep On Trying It's more than enough for me To see us smiling…
Long Train Runnin' Down around the corner, half a mile from here See them…
Mile High Shifting and on myself make the feel like you're playing a…
Misfit Sensitive child keep running wild in a confined space You're…
Misfits Sensitive child keep running wild in a confined space You're…
Name and Number Hello Hello Hey, how you're doin' I'm sorry you couldn't get…
Ordinary Day Ordinary Day Curiosity Killed The Cat Woke up this morni…
Red Lights Calling out the word Sparing vocal tones that hardly can be…

Something New Something Blue A new time of your life′s explored Will ever-weathered taste…

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