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They also charted with " Love, Truth and Honesty" and " Nathan Jones". This line-up had UK top-five hits with "I Want You Back", (1988) and a cover of The Beatles' "Help!" (1989) recorded with comedy duo French and Saunders for the charity Comic Relief. įahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister, best known for the UK number one " Stay" (1992). They topped the Australian ARIA albums chart in June 1988 with Wow! (1987), and earned Brit Award nominations for Best British Single for " Love in the First Degree", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of the Supremes single " Nathan Jones". The trio performed on " Do They Know It's Christmas?", a UK chart-topping collaborative charity single released in 1984. They are associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US. In total, they had 11 singles reach the US Billboard Hot 100 (1983–1988), including the top-10 hits " Cruel Summer" (1984) and " I Heard a Rumour" (1987). number one with another of their UK top-10 hits, a cover of " Venus". The group's UK top-10 hits include " It Ain't What You Do." (1982), " Really Saying Something" (1982), " Shy Boy" (1982), " Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (1983), " Cruel Summer" (1983), " Robert De Niro's Waiting." (1984), " Love in the First Degree" (1987), " I Want You Back" in 1988 and charity track " Help!" in 1989. Between 19, they had 30 singles reach the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. Their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in the Guinness World Records for achieving the world's highest number of chart entries by an all-female group. Bananarama is an Irish/English pop group from London formed in 1980 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward.