Strange Cruise was the name of a 1980s British pop group, led by former Visage

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 singer Steve Strange

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 and Wendy Wu

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, the former singer of The Photos

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. Steve Strange stated in a taped interview for the West German

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 television program Musikladen

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 that Elite

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 model Leza Cruz was to sing a duet with him and would be a member of the band Strange Cruise, and that their first single would be a cover of Sonny & Cher

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's The Beat Goes On with a big band sound. The band released one self-titled album in 1986, but this (and the singles from the album) were unsuccessful.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Strange and Steve Barnacle, unless stated otherwise

According to Blitzed! - The Autobiography of Steve Strange:

1. "Hit and Run" – 3:06
2. "The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono
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   ) – 3:26
3. "Rebel Blue Rocker" – 3:15
4. "Communication (Breaking Down The Walls)" – 4:00
5. "This Old Town" – 3:15
6. "Animal Call" – 2:54
7. "Heart is a Lonely Hunter" – 3:44
8. "Love Addiction" – 2:55
9. "12 Miles High" – 2:50
10. "Where Were Their Hearts" – 3:44

Personnel

• Steve Strange
  Steve Strange
  Steve Strange , is a Welsh pop singer, best known as the lead singer and frontman of the 1980s pop group Visage...
  
   - vocals
• Wendy Wu
  Wendy Wu
  The Photos were a British new wave band fronted by Wendy Wu, who had a top 5 album in the UK in 1980.-History:The Photos were originally a punk band named Satan's Rats that formed in Evesham, Worcestershire in 1977, with the first stable line-up of Paul Rencher , Steve Eagles , Roy Wilkes , and...
  
   - vocals (credited as Wendy Cruise)
• Frankie Hepburn - guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Steve Barnacle - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Pete Barnacle
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   - drums
  Drum kit
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  , backing vocals
• Pete Murray - synthesizer
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  , backing vocals