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Boogie Box High
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>Boogie Box High's first single was a cover version of "<a href="/facts/Jive_Talkin%27/ShIeyYI8">Jive Talkin'</a>", originally a top ten hit for the <a href="/facts/Bee_Gees/J7zwBuFe">Bee Gees</a> in 1975, featuring Michael on lead vocals. Released in June 1987, the cover reached number 7 on the <a href="/facts/UK_Singles_Chart/s2yyGUlD">UK Singles Chart</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p><i>Outrageous</i>, Boogie Box High's only album, was released in 1989. It was released in the United States via <a href="/facts/SBK_Records/HreWln4d">SBK Records</a>. The album included the previous two singles, "Jive Talkin'" and "Gave It All Away", as well as a new released titled "Nervous". The latter single failed to garner any chart success. </p><p>Michael's contributions to the album were two previously unreleased songs he had written for <a href="/facts/Wham!/cTr4jwEK">Wham!</a>'s debut studio album <i><a href="/facts/Fantastic_(Wham!_album)/39GzFT5r">Fantastic</a></i>, "Golden Soul" and "Soul Boy".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Once again, Michael was not credited for any of this.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="discography">Discography</h2> <h3>Albums</h3> <ul><li><i>Outrageous</i> (1989)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Singles</h3> List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name<table><tbody><tr><th scope="colw" rowspan="2">Title</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year</th><th scope="col" colspan="2">Peak chart positions</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Album</th></tr><tr><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/UK_Singles_Chart/s2yyGUlD">UK</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Kent_Music_Report/HdgVXfSz">AUS</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row">"<a href="/facts/Jive_Talkin%27/ShIeyYI8">Jive Talkin'</a>"</th><td rowspan="2">1987</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td rowspan="3"><i>Outrageous</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"Gave It All Away"</th><td>88</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">"Nervous"</th><td>1989</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/139081">Boogie Box High</a> discography at <a href="/facts/Discogs/wdyMoREv">Discogs</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Hello! - Interview with Andreas Georgiou". Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161228150246/http://www.angelfire.com/ca/LadyMisty/hello.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20161228150246/http://www.angelfire.com/ca/LadyMisty/hello.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>McAleer, Dave; Gregory, Andy; White, Matthew (15 November 2010). The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles, Volume 2. Random House. p. 76. ISBN 9780753522455. <a href="9780753522455" target="_blank">9780753522455</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"BOOGIE BOX HIGH | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 27 March 2020. <a href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24363/boogie-box-high/" target="_blank">https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24363/boogie-box-high/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Ridgeley, Andrew (2019). Wham! George & Me (First ed.). Penguin. p. 184. ISBN 9780241385807. <a href="9780241385807" target="_blank">9780241385807</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Munn, Iain (2008). Mr. Cool's Dream: The Complete History of the "Style Council". Wholepoint Publications. ISBN 9780955144318. <a href="9780955144318" target="_blank">9780955144318</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Boogie Box High Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 March 2020. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/boogie-box-high-mn0001493543/discography" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/artist/boogie-box-high-mn0001493543/discography</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"BOOGIE BOX HIGH | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 27 March 2020. <a href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24363/boogie-box-high/" target="_blank">https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24363/boogie-box-high/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. <a href="0-646-11917-6" target="_blank">0-646-11917-6</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>