RACEY Boy Oh Boy

1979 was a huge year in pop music with disco reaching its fever pitch saturation, power pop getting a surge with proponents such as The Knack and Cars; superstar pairings - Neil & Barbra, Donna and Barbra, Smokie's Chris Norman with the Glycerine Queen Suzi Quatro; Kenny Loggins with Stevie Nicks. Then there were the quirky hitmakers and one hit wonders such as M, Buggles, U.K Squeeze, Patrick Hernandez, David Naughton, Anita Ward and Plastic Bertrand. In this diverse mix of musical acts at the end of a remarkable decade, came the retro sounding Racey; strangely anachronistic but hugely popular in Britain and Australia, where 3 hits in a row made the charts; 'Lay your love on me' and 'Some girls' being National No. 1's and the third 'Boy oh boy' missing the Top 10 but reaching #12. Originally mentored and produced by the hitmaking brainchilds that were Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, Racey picked up on the Happy Days. American Graffiti resurgence of 50's pop in the 1970's by presenting the clever hooks and harmonies wrapped in a squeaky clean dress-alike smoothness that even at the time had a bit of a cornball feel to it, but that didn't stop the group selling a lot of records in Europe and Australia.

[JohnMartin-foeh]

I remember when I was a teenager, & I absolutely loved listening to this song, 😊John Martin Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[irissowada]

Super Sänger und super Musik! Ich liebe Zeit vergeht, aber die Musik bleibt! ⏰️🎸🎸🎸🕺🎸🎸🎸🕺🎸🎸🎸🕺

[paulmidwinter]

Good 👍 to turn back the clock when music was music.makes driving a lot less boring.

[karinschafer]

Gerade spielte Carlo von Tiedemann dieses Lied im Radio, ich stellte lauter und hatte gute Laune und dachte an die schöne Zeit zurück!

[DavidGP]

Man I was 13 and in love back in the day

[jasonwilson]

Another one of my earliest childhood memories was this song.

[moa]

Remember this song playing on the radio when I was barely 4

[MayaMTanz]

Nach einem Traum letzte Nacht, auf der Suche nach "boy oh boy"...und fand im Text Erinnerungen an meinen ersten Lover, den ich um die Zeit der Entstehung dieses Songs, aus dem Herzen verlor...War er es, der mich letzte Nacht besuchte?

[waderaney]

Excellent song, everything from Racey is so 👍😉

[musikus]

I was 10 years old and my mother bought this single for me

[thatsgirl]

I really liked that! Great video... Good song! They were nice looking too, which makes it all the better! Thank you Dave, for once again linking me up... I really enjoyed that! You are a Real Gem! 💖

[chrisboyle]

Missed the UK Top 20 in Autumn 1979, peaked at No.22 and that was too low, the song should have got much higher.

[philipnorris]

Not as good as "Lay Your Love On Me" and "Some Girls" but definitely worth a spin now and again.