Racey was a British pop and rock group that formed in 1976 in Weston-super-… Read Full Bio ↴Racey was a British pop and rock group that formed in 1976 in Weston-super-Mare. Created by musicians Phil Fursdon and Clive Wilson, the group is best known for their 1979 album 'Smash and Grab', giving them a burst of popularity as a slick, sunny pop artist akin to contemporaries such as Showaddywaddy and The Rubettes. The band was also formerly known as "Alive 'n' Rockin".

Racey scored a series of hit singles in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. These include "Lay Your Love on Me" and "Some Girls". Their aforementioned 'Smash and Grab' album sold about 500,000 copies worldwide. The band's best songs were written and produced by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, the same famous partnership behind other great artists such as rock legends Sweet.

A Chinn-Chapman song for Racey, "Kitty", was notably reworked and released by Toni Basil as "Mickey" in 1981; it reached Number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in early 1982.

Racey's first single, "Baby It's You", was penned by Smokie members Chris Norman and Pete Spencer. Their second single, "Lay Your Love on Me", was the group's first hit single, peaking at No.3 in late 1978/early 1979. The third single, "Some Girls", was written for Blondie, for whom Mike Chapman also produced, but was instead given to Racey as a follow-up to "Lay Your Love on Me".

Racey parted company with Chinn and Chapman after Smash And Grab, and the band split in 1985. Since then two separate groups named Racey exist, one featuring Richard Gower, and the other originally featuring Clive Wilson, Phil Fursdon and Pete Miller, the original bass player of Racey. Miller died of cancer on 6 May 2003.

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Love's A Riot
Racey Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Love's A Riot' by these artists:

Smokie Everybody was shakin' it was saturdaynight Love was never me…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Racey:

Baby It's You I was lost and at an end Seemed so long I…
Boh oh Boy The first time we touched, I liked it so much The…
Fighting Chance Look into my eyes You will see What you mean to me Search…
Kitty Oh Mickey you're so fine You're so fine you blow…
Lap Your Love On Me When I met you you were seventeen not just another teenage q…
Lay your Lovve on me When I met you you were seventeen not just another teenage…

Rest Of My Life It's only be a short time Me and you But I want…
Runaround Sue Here's my story, sad but true It's about a girl that…
Shame Shame you ran away from me Shame for two timing on…
Some Girl Some girls will, some girls won't Some girls need a lot…
Some Girls Some girls will, some girls won't Some girls need a lot…
Some Girls Do Some girls will, some girls won't Some girls need a lot…
Such A Night I was sitting drinking coffee On a Saturday night The…

Such a Night (To Have a Party) I was sitting drinking coffee on a saturday night The late…

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