Stacey Q
Encyclopedia
Stacey Q is a pop
singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1985 hit single "Two of Hearts".
, California. She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Joyce Swain, was a dog breeder whose Cardigan Welsh Corgi
s have appeared in various Hollywood films and television series. Swain once stated in a 1989 interview that she had asked for dance lessons as early as age three, but her mother "made me wait until I was five". By 1963, Swain was studying classical ballet
and aspired to become a ballerina. In 1969, at age ten, Swain became the youngest member of the Dance Theater of Orange County, a local company that performed at benefit shows in Anaheim
. She spent a total of eleven years studying ballet and flamenco dancing
.
In 1970 Swain became an entertainer at Disneyland while completing dance training at the Wilshire Theater of Arts in Los Angeles
. For three years, Swain participated in the Fantasy on Parade, an annual event scheduled every Christmas at the theme park. She performed in costume as the "Dutch Puppet", a name she used as a publishing alias during her early recording career. After graduating from Anaheim High School
in 1976, Swain auditioned for and won a position in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, where she performed her first year as a showgirl and her second year as an elephant rider. Her first singing project began on Los Angeles radio, where she would introduce and announce programs impersonating members of The Go-Go's
.
. St. James had also been a "sound-alike" announcer for Los Angeles radio and was proprietor of Fullerton's Casbah Recording Studio
, which had hosted Berlin
and Social Distortion
.
In 1981 Swain and St. James formed the synthpop
outfit Q
composed of St. James on guitars, Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren
on vocoder
and synthesizer
, and Swain as assistant producer (Van Patten and Keith Walsh had previously collaborated on Berlin's single The Metro
). When the band was recording basic tracks for The Q EP
, St. James realized someone was needed to provide vocals for the first track, "Sushi." Swain, who had previously recorded demos at St. James's studio, was asked to sing the lyrics, and her vocals were featured on the final record. Swain became the band's lead singer based on that performance, even though she still considers herself a dancer rather than a singer.
reportedly had "established use of the 'Q' moniker"). Swain explained in a 2006 radio interview that the band was renamed SSQ
after Jon St. James "was fishing in a lake 'no bigger than a bathtub' and made a joke that the boat was the 'S.S. Q,'" referring to the current band Q. St. James had another reason for the name: "SS" stood for "Stacey Swain", who had become the most recognized of the band's members.
SSQ first released their debut album Playback
in 1983 under Enigma Records
. The video for the "Synthicide" single premiered on West Coast television and brought greater notice for the five-member band. Skip Hahn officially replaced John Van Tongeren just before the release of Playback.
, was distributed in cassette format to limited release (the album contained an early version of "Two of Hearts", which originated with another artist, Sue Gatlin). As a solo artist, Swain adopted the name "Stacey Q" in reference to the original Q project.
"Shy Girl" and other singles sold approximately one hundred thousand copies, enough to attract the attention of the major record labels. Atlantic Records
signed Stacey Q in 1986 as a solo artist, with Jon St. James as manager and the other members of SSQ as backup musicians. Better Than Heaven
, her debut record for Atlantic, was recorded in three weeks, with tracks co-written by Berlin ("Better Than Heaven"), Jon Anderson
of Yes
("He Doesn't Understand") and Willie Wilcox of Utopia ("We Connect
").
, became a best-selling effort, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100
chart. "Two of Hearts" could have hit the #1 spot, but Swain was signed to Atlantic and On the Spot Records at the same time, and both labels released and promoted the single simultaneously, therefore competing with one another. The follow-up single, "We Connect", was released in 1987 and became a Top 40 hit.
"Two of Hearts" received heavy radio airplay during the later half of 1986, and the promotional video for the single premiered at the same time on MTV
. By the end of the year Swain had performed live on several talk shows and appeared as a panel member on The Gong Show
and The New Hollywood Squares. As Better Than Heaven hit #59 on the charts and eventually hit Gold
status, Swain became an international star, and even a teen idol. At the height of the success of "Two of Hearts", she was approached by "Weird Al" Yankovic
for permission to record a parody single, "Two Pop-Tarts". The parody was never released.
Following the release of Better Than Heaven, Swain embarked on a national club tour and European club tour, performing live in several countries. One of the millions of fans to see her in concert happened to be a writer for the NBC
television network. That fall Swain auditioned for and won an acting role specifically written for her on the television series The Facts of Life
.
was an episode titled "Off-Broadway Baby", where she performed "Two of Hearts" in character as Cinnamon, an aspiring singer competing for the same role as Tootie in a Broadway musical. Her second and final appearance on the series was an episode titled "A Star Is Torn", where she performed "We Connect
" as Cinnamon. That episode also featured George Burnett, a recurring character played by a young and then-unknown George Clooney
. By the episode finale, George and Cinnamon officially start dating, and George announces his decision to become a roadie for Cinnamon's concert tour. The ending was written to explain Clooney's departure from the series and provide the possibility of a spin-off sitcom starring Clooney and Swain. When Swain's managers voiced their opposition, however, NBC canceled all plans for a spin-off series.
, in 1988. The singer changed her image for Hard Machine, dying her hair from blond to red (she is a natural brunette) and adopting a wardrobe influenced by punk artists. Hard Machine also employed other producers besides Jon St. James, resulting in a different, more symbolic musical direction. The final track, "Another Chance", was written almost entirely by Swain herself, who considers it one of the greatest songs she has ever recorded.
Hard Machine was not nearly as successful as Better Than Heaven, however the single "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself
" hit #66 on the Billboard Hot 100, and a remixed version by Shep Pettibone
was a top five hit on the Hot Dance chart. "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" was featured in an episode of Full House
where Swain briefly appeared as herself ("D.J. Tanner's Day Off"). "The River" and "Another Chance" were featured in the cult action film One Man Force, which Swain had a special appearance in.
, Swain's last record under Atlantic, was released in 1989. The singer changed her image again for Nights Like This, this time adopting short blond hair and going for more of an underground
appearance. Nights Like This was recorded with backing vocals by The Weather Girls, and the album's second single, "Heartbeat", featured backing vocals by Timothy B. Schmit
of The Eagles. Like Hard Machine, Nights Like This also experimented instrumentally, including songs using Kawai
keyboards. The members of SSQ had largely stopped working with Swain after the release of Hard Machine.
Hard Machine and Nights Like This were considered stronger albums than their predecessors, but were virtually unheard compared to Better Than Heaven and earlier singles. After the release of Nights Like This, Swain began another national tour performing at clubs across the United States. She continued her acting career in an episode of Mama's Family
where she played a member of an all-girl band, "The Bonecrushers" ("Bubba's House Band").
, a digitally remastered collection of some of her singles. The following year her first single of the new decade, "Too Hot For Love", was released by Thump Records
. The single was structured toward an early-1990s dance sound and featured sexually suggestive lyrics, representing another change in direction for the singer.
Stacey Q's Greatest Hits
was released in 1995. Many fans agreed the album was the definitive compilation of Swain's career, since it contained tracks from Q
and SSQ that had never been released on compact disc (including "The Model", which was recorded for the soundtrack of the 1986 film Crystal Heart). However, most of the tracks were either slightly remixed or re-edited entirely from their original versions in an attempt to modernize them, and no songs were included from Hard Machine or Nights Like This. Because the artist was so associated with "Two of Hearts" and 1980s dance-pop, some critics had written her off as another one-hit wonder
of the 1980s.
. Swain's experience abroad resulted in the 1997 album Boomerang, a reflection of her conversion to Buddhism and her first new album in almost a decade. Though Boomerang didn't prove to be the comeback album some fans had hoped for, the follow-up single "Tenderness", a Janis Ian
cover, hit #5 on the Jamaican charts.
musicians in the United States and Europe. She returned to acting with an appearance in the gay-themed art film Citizens of Perpetual Indulgence
and a "special non-sexual appearance" in the gay porn film Playing the Odds
. She later appeared with director Geoffrey Karen Dior
on the compilation album Porn to Rock
and Dior's 2001 album S E X, and also recorded an unreleased remix album including new versions of "Two of Hearts" and songs from Boomerang. In 2000 she returned to theater in "The Life of Padmasambhava
", a musical dramatization of one of the most revered characters in Buddhism, produced by the San Francisco-based Namsay Dorje Theater Company. Swain played the lead female character, Yeshe Tsogyal
, in a multicultural cast of actors and musicians.
In 2002 Swain appeared on the short-lived VH1
version of Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as a guest star on the show's "Identity Parade" round. Her vocals were featured on "Hear The Feeling", a 2003 single by DJ Simply Jeff (credited as "Divine Frequency featuring Stacey Q") used for the soundtrack of a documentary on raves. In 2004 Swain became a voice actor
by providing the voice of "Karin Kikuhara" on the English-language version of Stratos 4
, a Japanese anime
series. Later she appeared as one of the female singers on the debut album of the Echo Junkies, a duo formed in 2004 by Jon St. James and Skip Hahn.
"Two of Hearts" has been featured on the soundtracks of three recent motion pictures: Little Nicky
, Party Monster and the Andy Samberg
comedy Hot Rod
.
In 2008 Swain provided guest vocals on Liquid, the debut album of the Australian-American rock duo Hydra Productions. The album featured appearances by other dance-pop artists of the 1980s, including Tiffany
and Gioia Bruno
of Exposé
. In November of that year she performed "Two of Hearts" on CBS's The Early Show as part of the show's 1980s flashback segment.
Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts" appeared as the "Lipsynch for Your Life" elimination, between Morgan McMichaels and Sonique, challenge on the February 22, 2010 episode of RuPaul's Drag Race
. She appeared as a student on the second season finale of RuPaul's Drag U
on August 29, 2011. While Morgan McMichaels, who previously lipsynched to "Two of Hearts" on RuPaul's Drag Race
was not her professor, Morgan was a professor of Jane Wiedlin (of The Go-Go's) in the same episode.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1985 hit single "Two of Hearts".
Early life
Stacey Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in FullertonFullerton, California
Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.It was founded in 1887 by George and Edward Amerige and named for George H. Fullerton, who secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway...
, California. She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Joyce Swain, was a dog breeder whose Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
The Cardigan Welsh corgi is one of two separate dog breeds known as Welsh corgis that originated in Wales, the other being the Pembroke Welsh corgi. It is one of the oldest herding breeds.-Characteristics:...
s have appeared in various Hollywood films and television series. Swain once stated in a 1989 interview that she had asked for dance lessons as early as age three, but her mother "made me wait until I was five". By 1963, Swain was studying classical ballet
Classical ballet
Classical Ballet is the most formal of the ballet styles, it adheres to traditional ballet technique. There are variations relating to area of origin, such as Russian ballet, French ballet, British ballet and Italian ballet...
and aspired to become a ballerina. In 1969, at age ten, Swain became the youngest member of the Dance Theater of Orange County, a local company that performed at benefit shows in Anaheim
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
. She spent a total of eleven years studying ballet and flamenco dancing
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
.
In 1970 Swain became an entertainer at Disneyland while completing dance training at the Wilshire Theater of Arts in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. For three years, Swain participated in the Fantasy on Parade, an annual event scheduled every Christmas at the theme park. She performed in costume as the "Dutch Puppet", a name she used as a publishing alias during her early recording career. After graduating from Anaheim High School
Anaheim High School
Anaheim High School is a public, four-year high school in the city of Anaheim, California, United States. Anaheim High School was first established in 1898, which makes it the oldest of nine comprehensive high schools in the Anaheim Union High School District...
in 1976, Swain auditioned for and won a position in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, where she performed her first year as a showgirl and her second year as an elephant rider. Her first singing project began on Los Angeles radio, where she would introduce and announce programs impersonating members of The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
The Go-Go’s are an all-female American rock band formed in 1978. They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts....
.
Q
Swain was introduced to the recording industry by her then-boyfriend, a local musician. Her recording career began in 1981, when she met producer, future manager and longtime collaborator Jon St. JamesJon St. James
Jon St. James is an American guitarist, songwriter–composer, producer and engineer whose Casbah Recording Studio was a part of Orange County, California's new music scene in the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s. St. James' first album was as leader–frontman–songwriter of the progressive rock group...
. St. James had also been a "sound-alike" announcer for Los Angeles radio and was proprietor of Fullerton's Casbah Recording Studio
Casbah Recording Studio
The Casbah Recording Studio or simply Casbah is a recording studio in the Orange County suburb of Fullerton, California that helped to spawn several highly successful acts, including Berlin, Stacey Q, and Social Distortion....
, which had hosted Berlin
Berlin (band)
Berlin is an American New Wave/Synthpop band. The group was formed in Los Angeles in 1978 by John Crawford . The band contained Crawford, Terri Nunn , David Diamond , Ric Olsen , Matt Reid and Rod Learned . Learned left during the first EU tour and was replaced by Rob Brill...
and Social Distortion
Social Distortion
Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and David Hidalgo, Jr...
.
In 1981 Swain and St. James formed the synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
outfit Q
Q (band)
Q was a small American techno band, formed in 1982 by Jon St. James and Stacey Swain. Ross Wood was also a group member, and John Van Tongeren was involved as well. The group only had two releases: a 7" single of their song "Playback" on Cocteau Records, and a four-track EP released almost...
composed of St. James on guitars, Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren
John Van Tongeren
John Van Tongeren is a music composer, mainly for films and television series.- Biography :Van Tongeren began his career as one of the original members of Media Ventures . During his time at Media Ventures Van Tongeren worked on films such as Thelma and Louise, True Romance and Drop Zone with Hans...
on vocoder
Vocoder
A vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
and synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, and Swain as assistant producer (Van Patten and Keith Walsh had previously collaborated on Berlin's single The Metro
The Metro (song)
"The Metro" is a new wave song written by John Crawford for his band, Berlin. The song has been covered by a number of artists, including System of a Down, Alkaline Trio, John Frusciante and Hannah Fury...
). When the band was recording basic tracks for The Q EP
The Q EP
The Q EP is an EP released by techno/synthpop band Q, with Stacey Swain as the lead singer. It was released by M.A.O. Records in 1982. This album was released almost exclusively to college radio stations. Only 1,000 copies were printed of the EP, and it's therefore considered highly collectible.The...
, St. James realized someone was needed to provide vocals for the first track, "Sushi." Swain, who had previously recorded demos at St. James's studio, was asked to sing the lyrics, and her vocals were featured on the final record. Swain became the band's lead singer based on that performance, even though she still considers herself a dancer rather than a singer.
SSQ
Although The Q EP was played almost exclusively on college radio, it was successful enough for St. James and Swain to continue on other projects. In 1982 Q reformed with two additional members, drummer Karl Moet and synth player Rich West. After the reformation, St. James was forced to change the name of Q because of copyright problems (famed producer Quincy JonesQuincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
reportedly had "established use of the 'Q' moniker"). Swain explained in a 2006 radio interview that the band was renamed SSQ
SSQ (band)
SSQ was a 1980s synthpop outfit formed from the already-in-existence band Q .-Biography:The original Q project was composed of Stacey Swain as lead singer, Jon St. James on guitars, and Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren on vocoder and synthesizer...
after Jon St. James "was fishing in a lake 'no bigger than a bathtub' and made a joke that the boat was the 'S.S. Q,'" referring to the current band Q. St. James had another reason for the name: "SS" stood for "Stacey Swain", who had become the most recognized of the band's members.
SSQ first released their debut album Playback
Playback (SSQ album)
Playback is an album released in 1983 by synthpop band SSQ. The album was released on both Enigma Records and EMI America Records."Synthicide", "Big Electronic Beat" and "Clockwork" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1984 film Hardbodies. "Synthicide" and "Anonymous" appeared on the soundtrack of...
in 1983 under Enigma Records
Enigma Records
Enigma Records was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, which it split-off from in 1985 to become its own company...
. The video for the "Synthicide" single premiered on West Coast television and brought greater notice for the five-member band. Skip Hahn officially replaced John Van Tongeren just before the release of Playback.
Solo career
In 1985 Swain signed a recording contract with On the Spot Records, an independent label. Her first solo single, "Shy Girl", was released the same year, while her first solo album, Stacey QStacey Q (album)
Stacey Q is the eponymous debut solo album by singer Stacey Q. The album was only released in cassette format to Limited Release. Track B1 is a cover of Kim Wilde's "Dancing in the Dark."-Track listing:#"Shy Girl"...
, was distributed in cassette format to limited release (the album contained an early version of "Two of Hearts", which originated with another artist, Sue Gatlin). As a solo artist, Swain adopted the name "Stacey Q" in reference to the original Q project.
"Shy Girl" and other singles sold approximately one hundred thousand copies, enough to attract the attention of the major record labels. Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
signed Stacey Q in 1986 as a solo artist, with Jon St. James as manager and the other members of SSQ as backup musicians. Better Than Heaven
Better Than Heaven
Better Than Heaven was singer Stacey Q's first album under Atlantic Records. This release was the first full-length album that the same lineup of musicians , released simply under the name Stacey Q. The artist continued to work with her SSQ bandmates in her solo albums such as Better Than Heaven,...
, her debut record for Atlantic, was recorded in three weeks, with tracks co-written by Berlin ("Better Than Heaven"), Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson is an English singer-songwriter and musician best known as the former lead vocalist in the progressive rock band Yes...
of Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
("He Doesn't Understand") and Willie Wilcox of Utopia ("We Connect
We Connect
"We Connect" is a song written by Willie Wilcox recorded by Stacey Q for her album Better Than Heaven from which it was released as a single in November 1986...
").
"Two of Hearts" and Better Than Heaven
Swain's most successful period as a recording artist began in 1986. "Two of Hearts", the first single off Better Than HeavenBetter Than Heaven
Better Than Heaven was singer Stacey Q's first album under Atlantic Records. This release was the first full-length album that the same lineup of musicians , released simply under the name Stacey Q. The artist continued to work with her SSQ bandmates in her solo albums such as Better Than Heaven,...
, became a best-selling effort, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart. "Two of Hearts" could have hit the #1 spot, but Swain was signed to Atlantic and On the Spot Records at the same time, and both labels released and promoted the single simultaneously, therefore competing with one another. The follow-up single, "We Connect", was released in 1987 and became a Top 40 hit.
"Two of Hearts" received heavy radio airplay during the later half of 1986, and the promotional video for the single premiered at the same time on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. By the end of the year Swain had performed live on several talk shows and appeared as a panel member on The Gong Show
The Gong Show
The Gong Show is an amateur talent contest franchised by Sony Pictures Television to many countries. It was broadcast on NBC's daytime schedule from June 14, 1976 through July 21, 1978, and in first-run syndication from 1976–1980 and 1988–1989. The show was produced by Chuck Barris, who also served...
and The New Hollywood Squares. As Better Than Heaven hit #59 on the charts and eventually hit Gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
status, Swain became an international star, and even a teen idol. At the height of the success of "Two of Hearts", she was approached by "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
for permission to record a parody single, "Two Pop-Tarts". The parody was never released.
Following the release of Better Than Heaven, Swain embarked on a national club tour and European club tour, performing live in several countries. One of the millions of fans to see her in concert happened to be a writer for the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
television network. That fall Swain auditioned for and won an acting role specifically written for her on the television series The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life (TV series)
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious...
.
"Cinnamon" and The Facts of Life
Stacey Q's first appearance on The Facts of LifeThe Facts of Life (TV series)
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious...
was an episode titled "Off-Broadway Baby", where she performed "Two of Hearts" in character as Cinnamon, an aspiring singer competing for the same role as Tootie in a Broadway musical. Her second and final appearance on the series was an episode titled "A Star Is Torn", where she performed "We Connect
We Connect
"We Connect" is a song written by Willie Wilcox recorded by Stacey Q for her album Better Than Heaven from which it was released as a single in November 1986...
" as Cinnamon. That episode also featured George Burnett, a recurring character played by a young and then-unknown George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
. By the episode finale, George and Cinnamon officially start dating, and George announces his decision to become a roadie for Cinnamon's concert tour. The ending was written to explain Clooney's departure from the series and provide the possibility of a spin-off sitcom starring Clooney and Swain. When Swain's managers voiced their opposition, however, NBC canceled all plans for a spin-off series.
Hard Machine
Swain released her second album, Hard MachineHard Machine
Hard Machine is the third solo album of singer Stacey Q, released in 1988. It includes the moderate hit, "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" which peaked at #66. While the album was not very successful with mainstream audiences, it fared slightly better with electronic dance music audiences. It also...
, in 1988. The singer changed her image for Hard Machine, dying her hair from blond to red (she is a natural brunette) and adopting a wardrobe influenced by punk artists. Hard Machine also employed other producers besides Jon St. James, resulting in a different, more symbolic musical direction. The final track, "Another Chance", was written almost entirely by Swain herself, who considers it one of the greatest songs she has ever recorded.
Hard Machine was not nearly as successful as Better Than Heaven, however the single "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself
Don't Make a Fool of Yourself
"Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" is a song by American recording artist Stacey Q. The song was written by Stacey Swain, Jon St. James and Skip Hahn and was produced by Jon St. James. The song was mixed by musician Shep Pettibone, who collaborated with artists like Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Janet...
" hit #66 on the Billboard Hot 100, and a remixed version by Shep Pettibone
Shep Pettibone
Robert E. Pettibone, Jr. is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. His earliest work known to the public was for one of New York City's top disco/dance radio stations, WRKS 98.7 "Kiss" FM, and later as remixer/producer for the disco label Salsoul...
was a top five hit on the Hot Dance chart. "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" was featured in an episode of Full House
Full House
Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...
where Swain briefly appeared as herself ("D.J. Tanner's Day Off"). "The River" and "Another Chance" were featured in the cult action film One Man Force, which Swain had a special appearance in.
Nights Like This
Nights Like ThisNights Like This
Nights Like This was Stacey Q's follow up album to Hard Machine. Some of the songs made it to the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart such as the lead single, "Give You All My Love" produced by Clivilles & Cole of C&C Music Factory. That song as well as others failed to reach the top 40 in the Hot 100...
, Swain's last record under Atlantic, was released in 1989. The singer changed her image again for Nights Like This, this time adopting short blond hair and going for more of an underground
Underground music
Underground music comprises a range of different musical genres that operate outside of mainstream culture. Such music can typically share common values, such as the valuing of sincerity and intimacy; an emphasis on freedom of creative expression; an appreciation of artistic creativity...
appearance. Nights Like This was recorded with backing vocals by The Weather Girls, and the album's second single, "Heartbeat", featured backing vocals by Timothy B. Schmit
Timothy B. Schmit
Timothy Bruce Schmit is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as bass guitar player and singer for Poco and the Eagles. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician and solo artist.-Early career:Raised in Sacramento, Schmit began playing in the folk music group...
of The Eagles. Like Hard Machine, Nights Like This also experimented instrumentally, including songs using Kawai
Kawai
The of Japan is best known for its grand and upright pianos, electronic keyboards and electronic synthesizers. The company was established in August 1927, and has its headquarters in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.-Pianos:...
keyboards. The members of SSQ had largely stopped working with Swain after the release of Hard Machine.
Hard Machine and Nights Like This were considered stronger albums than their predecessors, but were virtually unheard compared to Better Than Heaven and earlier singles. After the release of Nights Like This, Swain began another national tour performing at clubs across the United States. She continued her acting career in an episode of Mama's Family
Mama's Family
Mama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It was cancelled in May 1984, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985. In September 1986, Mama's Family returned in first-run syndication, where it aired for an additional four seasons,...
where she played a member of an all-girl band, "The Bonecrushers" ("Bubba's House Band").
One-hit wonder status
In 1990 Swain left Atlantic Records, two years following the departure of her SSQ bandmates. In 1992 she and producer Jon St. James began production on Stacey Q's Greatest HitsStacey Q's Greatest Hits
Stacey Q's Greatest Hits is a compilation of previously recorded material by Stacey Q, largely drawn from her albums Better Than Heaven and Playback.It was re-released on 2008 by the title of Queen Of The 80s, with a different artwork, but same tracklisting.-Track listing:# "Two Of Hearts"# "Love...
, a digitally remastered collection of some of her singles. The following year her first single of the new decade, "Too Hot For Love", was released by Thump Records
Thump Records
Thump Records is a record label specialized in freestyle music, Latin music and hip hop music. They are probably best known for their rap and R&B Old School compilations, as well as their Low Rider compilations.-Artists on Thump Records:* Adolfo...
. The single was structured toward an early-1990s dance sound and featured sexually suggestive lyrics, representing another change in direction for the singer.
Stacey Q's Greatest Hits
Stacey Q's Greatest Hits
Stacey Q's Greatest Hits is a compilation of previously recorded material by Stacey Q, largely drawn from her albums Better Than Heaven and Playback.It was re-released on 2008 by the title of Queen Of The 80s, with a different artwork, but same tracklisting.-Track listing:# "Two Of Hearts"# "Love...
was released in 1995. Many fans agreed the album was the definitive compilation of Swain's career, since it contained tracks from Q
Q (band)
Q was a small American techno band, formed in 1982 by Jon St. James and Stacey Swain. Ross Wood was also a group member, and John Van Tongeren was involved as well. The group only had two releases: a 7" single of their song "Playback" on Cocteau Records, and a four-track EP released almost...
and SSQ that had never been released on compact disc (including "The Model", which was recorded for the soundtrack of the 1986 film Crystal Heart). However, most of the tracks were either slightly remixed or re-edited entirely from their original versions in an attempt to modernize them, and no songs were included from Hard Machine or Nights Like This. Because the artist was so associated with "Two of Hearts" and 1980s dance-pop, some critics had written her off as another one-hit wonder
One-hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is a person or act known mainly for only a single success. The term is most often used to describe music performers with only one hit single.-Characteristics:...
of the 1980s.
Conversion to Buddhism
After deciding on a different direction for her future releases, Swain traveled to Tibet, where she was introduced to the monastic dance and song of the Far East. For a time she lived in Nepal, where she studied at monasteries with Buddhist lamas and was trained in the ancient art of cham danceCham Dance
The cham dance , also spelled tscham or chaam, is a lively masked and costumed dance associated with some sects of Buddhism, and is part of Buddhist festivals. The dance is accompanied by music played by monks using traditional Tibetan instruments...
. Swain's experience abroad resulted in the 1997 album Boomerang, a reflection of her conversion to Buddhism and her first new album in almost a decade. Though Boomerang didn't prove to be the comeback album some fans had hoped for, the follow-up single "Tenderness", a Janis Ian
Janis Ian
Janis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-sixties; most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century...
cover, hit #5 on the Jamaican charts.
Career to present
In the years following the release of Boomerang, Swain became a vocalist on records by various houseHouse music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
musicians in the United States and Europe. She returned to acting with an appearance in the gay-themed art film Citizens of Perpetual Indulgence
Citizens of Perpetual Indulgence
Citizens of Perpetual Indulgence is a gay-themed comedy/drama/art film. The film features an appearance by singer/actress Stacey Q. The title is a pun on the name of the organization of gay "nuns" known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence....
and a "special non-sexual appearance" in the gay porn film Playing the Odds
Playing the Odds
Playing The Odds is a 1998 gay porn film directed by Karen Dior that saw a "special non-sexual appearance" of pop singer Stacey Q as a Chinese food delivery girl....
. She later appeared with director Geoffrey Karen Dior
Karen Dior
Karen Dior was an American transgender adult film performer, director, singer. She was best known as a pioneer in popularizing adult films involving transsexual people.-Life and career:...
on the compilation album Porn to Rock
Porn to Rock
-Track listing:#"Harder" #"Asshole Man" #"Man on the Moon" #"Who's Normal" #"Screw My Head" #"Happy"...
and Dior's 2001 album S E X, and also recorded an unreleased remix album including new versions of "Two of Hearts" and songs from Boomerang. In 2000 she returned to theater in "The Life of Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava ; Mongolian ловон Бадмажунай, lovon Badmajunai, , Means The Lotus-Born, was a sage guru from Oddiyāna who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighbouring countries in the 8th century...
", a musical dramatization of one of the most revered characters in Buddhism, produced by the San Francisco-based Namsay Dorje Theater Company. Swain played the lead female character, Yeshe Tsogyal
Yeshe Tsogyal
Yeshe Tsogyal , was the consort of the great Indian tantric teacher Padmasambhava, the founder-figure of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Nyingma tradition considers her equal in realization to Padmasambhava himself. The meditational practices related to her, stress her enlightened...
, in a multicultural cast of actors and musicians.
In 2002 Swain appeared on the short-lived VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
version of Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
as a guest star on the show's "Identity Parade" round. Her vocals were featured on "Hear The Feeling", a 2003 single by DJ Simply Jeff (credited as "Divine Frequency featuring Stacey Q") used for the soundtrack of a documentary on raves. In 2004 Swain became a voice actor
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
by providing the voice of "Karin Kikuhara" on the English-language version of Stratos 4
Stratos 4
is an anime series by Studio Fantasia and Bandai Visual, and directed by Takeshi Mori. Originally spanning a 13-episode anime TV series, which premiered across Japan between January 5, 2003 to March 30, 2003, the series was continued onto three OVA-series sequels, the first of which was released on...
, a Japanese anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series. Later she appeared as one of the female singers on the debut album of the Echo Junkies, a duo formed in 2004 by Jon St. James and Skip Hahn.
"Two of Hearts" has been featured on the soundtracks of three recent motion pictures: Little Nicky
Little Nicky
Little Nicky is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill. It stars Adam Sandler as Nicky, one of Satan's three sons.-Plot:The story revolves around a struggle to determine which of Satan's three sons will succeed their father as ruler of Hell...
, Party Monster and the Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg
David Andrew "Andy" Samberg is an American actor, comedian, rapper and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live...
comedy Hot Rod
Hot Rod (film)
The soundtrack was composed by ex-Yes guitarist, Trevor Rabin. Several songs by the Swedish rock band Europe are in the movie, including "Cherokee" and "Rock the Night." The full trailer contains three Swedish rock band songs, Europe's "Cherokee" and "The Final Countdown," and The Hives' "See...
.
In 2008 Swain provided guest vocals on Liquid, the debut album of the Australian-American rock duo Hydra Productions. The album featured appearances by other dance-pop artists of the 1980s, including Tiffany
Tiffany (singer)
Tiffany Renee Darwish , known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer and former teen icon. She is most notable for her 1987 cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now", originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells in 1967. Released as the second single from her eponymous album, Tiffany,...
and Gioia Bruno
Gioia Bruno
Gioia Bruno is an Italian-born American popular music singer, most noted as a member of the vocal group Exposé.-Early life and career:...
of Exposé
Exposé (band)
Exposé is an American vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved much of their success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from their debut...
. In November of that year she performed "Two of Hearts" on CBS's The Early Show as part of the show's 1980s flashback segment.
Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts" appeared as the "Lipsynch for Your Life" elimination, between Morgan McMichaels and Sonique, challenge on the February 22, 2010 episode of RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo. RuPaul plays host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar."...
. She appeared as a student on the second season finale of RuPaul's Drag U
RuPaul's Drag U
RuPaul's Drag U is an American reality television series. Hosted by RuPaul and a team of drag queen "professors," Drag U is a spin-off of the series RuPaul's Drag Race...
on August 29, 2011. While Morgan McMichaels, who previously lipsynched to "Two of Hearts" on RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo. RuPaul plays host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar."...
was not her professor, Morgan was a professor of Jane Wiedlin (of The Go-Go's) in the same episode.
Albums
| Year | Album | U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
U.S. R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
Record Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Q EP The Q EP The Q EP is an EP released by techno/synthpop band Q, with Stacey Swain as the lead singer. It was released by M.A.O. Records in 1982. This album was released almost exclusively to college radio stations. Only 1,000 copies were printed of the EP, and it's therefore considered highly collectible.The... (as Q) |
- | - | - | MAO Records |
| 1983 | Playback Playback (SSQ album) Playback is an album released in 1983 by synthpop band SSQ. The album was released on both Enigma Records and EMI America Records."Synthicide", "Big Electronic Beat" and "Clockwork" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1984 film Hardbodies. "Synthicide" and "Anonymous" appeared on the soundtrack of... (as SSQ) |
- | - | - | Enigma Records Enigma Records Enigma Records was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, which it split-off from in 1985 to become its own company... / EMI America |
| 1985 | Stacey Q Stacey Q (album) Stacey Q is the eponymous debut solo album by singer Stacey Q. The album was only released in cassette format to Limited Release. Track B1 is a cover of Kim Wilde's "Dancing in the Dark."-Track listing:#"Shy Girl"... |
- | - | - | On the Spot |
| 1986 | Better Than Heaven Better Than Heaven Better Than Heaven was singer Stacey Q's first album under Atlantic Records. This release was the first full-length album that the same lineup of musicians , released simply under the name Stacey Q. The artist continued to work with her SSQ bandmates in her solo albums such as Better Than Heaven,... |
59 | 46 | 36 | Atlantic Records Atlantic Records Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz... |
| 1988 | Hard Machine Hard Machine Hard Machine is the third solo album of singer Stacey Q, released in 1988. It includes the moderate hit, "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" which peaked at #66. While the album was not very successful with mainstream audiences, it fared slightly better with electronic dance music audiences. It also... |
115 | - | - | Atlantic |
| 1989 | Nights Like This Nights Like This Nights Like This was Stacey Q's follow up album to Hard Machine. Some of the songs made it to the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart such as the lead single, "Give You All My Love" produced by Clivilles & Cole of C&C Music Factory. That song as well as others failed to reach the top 40 in the Hot 100... |
- | - | - | Atlantic |
| 1995 | Stacey Q's Greatest Hits Stacey Q's Greatest Hits Stacey Q's Greatest Hits is a compilation of previously recorded material by Stacey Q, largely drawn from her albums Better Than Heaven and Playback.It was re-released on 2008 by the title of Queen Of The 80s, with a different artwork, but same tracklisting.-Track listing:# "Two Of Hearts"# "Love... |
- | - | - | Thump Thump Records Thump Records is a record label specialized in freestyle music, Latin music and hip hop music. They are probably best known for their rap and R&B Old School compilations, as well as their Low Rider compilations.-Artists on Thump Records:* Adolfo... |
| 1997 | Boomerang | - | - | - | Eno |
| 2010 | Color Me Cinnamon Color Me Cinnamon Color Me Cinnamon is the sixth studio album of singer Stacey Q, released in 2010.On February 14, 2010, Stacey Q released her most-recent album Color Me Cinnamon by Hydra Productions... |
- | - | - | Hydra Productions |
Singles
| Year | Single | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
U.S. Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
Various | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Playback" / "Music's Gone" (as Q) | - | - | - | - | The Q EP |
| 1983 | "Synthicide" (as SSQ) 1 | - | - | 47 | - | Playback |
| "Big Electronic Beat" (as SSQ) 1 | - | - | 47 | - | ||
| 1984 | "Screaming in My Pillow" (as SSQ) | - | - | - | - | |
| 1986 | "Two of Hearts" | 3 | 56 | 4 |  #24  #7  #2  #8  #6  #18  #4  #19  #6 #87 |
Better Than Heaven Better Than Heaven Better Than Heaven was singer Stacey Q's first album under Atlantic Records. This release was the first full-length album that the same lineup of musicians , released simply under the name Stacey Q. The artist continued to work with her SSQ bandmates in her solo albums such as Better Than Heaven,... |
| 1987 | "We Connect We Connect "We Connect" is a song written by Willie Wilcox recorded by Stacey Q for her album Better Than Heaven from which it was released as a single in November 1986... " |
35 | - | 14 | #7 |
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| "Insecurity" | - | - | 1 | #77 |
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| "Music out of Bounds" | - | - | 19 | - | ||
| "Shy Girl" 2 | 89 | - | - | - | Stacey Q | |
| 1988 | "Favorite Things" | - | - | - | - | Hard Machine |
| "I Love You" | - | - | 49 | - | ||
| "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself Don't Make a Fool of Yourself "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" is a song by American recording artist Stacey Q. The song was written by Stacey Swain, Jon St. James and Skip Hahn and was produced by Jon St. James. The song was mixed by musician Shep Pettibone, who collaborated with artists like Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Janet... " |
66 | - | 4 | #73 |
||
| 1989 | "Give You All My Love" | - | - | 16 | - | Nights Like This Nights Like This Nights Like This was Stacey Q's follow up album to Hard Machine. Some of the songs made it to the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart such as the lead single, "Give You All My Love" produced by Clivilles & Cole of C&C Music Factory. That song as well as others failed to reach the top 40 in the Hot 100... |
| "Heartbeat" | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993 | "Too Hot for Love" | - | - | - | - | Stacey Q's Greatest Hits |
| 1997 | "Tenderness" | - | - | - | - | Boomerang |
| 2009 | "Trip" | - | - | - | - | Color Me Cinnamon |
| 2010 | "Pandora's Box" | - | - | - | - | Color Me Cinnamon |
- 1 "Synthicide" / "Big Electronic Beat" charted together on the U.S. dance chart.
- 2 "Shy Girl" recorded in 1985, charted in 1987.
SSQ
- 1983 "Synthicide"
- 1984 "Screaming in My Pillow" (directed by Bradley Friedman)
- Three different videos were released for "Screaming in My Pillow". The first version was a PG-13-rated version that received airplay on MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. A more controversial "uncensored" version was aired on Playboy TVPlayboy TVPlayboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...
depicting full-frontal nudity and lesbianism by Stacey Swain and an unknown model. A third video, called the NC-17 version, was considered too graphic for mainstream airplay. It was included on Red Hot Rock, a VHSVHSThe Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
compilation of uncensored music videos.
Stacey Q
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Two of Hearts" | Peter Lippman |
| 1987 | "We Connect" | Greg Gold |
| "Insecurity" | Visionwear | |
| 1988 | "I Love You" | Rupert |
| "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" | Tony Van De Nend | |
| 1989 | "Give You All My Love" | Jane Simpson |
- Stacey Q shooting scenes for the "Insecurity" video (photos by Skip Hahn)
- The teen couple in the "Give You All My Love" video was played by Justin Nylander and Christiana Eastman, who went on to become T.H.E.M. Thee Human Egomaniacs
Filmography
- Stratos 4Stratos 4is an anime series by Studio Fantasia and Bandai Visual, and directed by Takeshi Mori. Originally spanning a 13-episode anime TV series, which premiered across Japan between January 5, 2003 to March 30, 2003, the series was continued onto three OVA-series sequels, the first of which was released on...
(2003) ...as Karin Kikuhara (voice, English version) - Never Mind the BuzzcocksNever Mind the BuzzcocksNever Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
(2002) ...as herself - Citizens of Perpetual IndulgenceCitizens of Perpetual IndulgenceCitizens of Perpetual Indulgence is a gay-themed comedy/drama/art film. The film features an appearance by singer/actress Stacey Q. The title is a pun on the name of the organization of gay "nuns" known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence....
(2000) ...as Stacey - Playing the OddsPlaying the OddsPlaying The Odds is a 1998 gay porn film directed by Karen Dior that saw a "special non-sexual appearance" of pop singer Stacey Q as a Chinese food delivery girl....
(1998) ...as Chinese Food Delivery Woman - One Man Force (1989) ...as Leah Jennings
- Mama's FamilyMama's FamilyMama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It was cancelled in May 1984, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985. In September 1986, Mama's Family returned in first-run syndication, where it aired for an additional four seasons,...
(1989) ...as Ciji - Full HouseFull HouseFull House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...
(1988) ...as herself - The Facts of Life (1986; 1987) ...as Cinnamon
- The New Hollywood Squares (1986; 1988–1989) ...as herself
- Cavegirl (1985) ...as Brenda
- Red Hot Rock (aka "Sexy Shorts") ...as herself