All Topics  
The Flirts

 
The Flirts

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

The Flirts
 
 
  Topics The Flirts Topic Home

The Flirts were a female trio from New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 who had several dance hits and music videos on MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 in the early eighties when the channel was still in its infancy. The trio - initially Andrea, Holly and Rebecca - are best known for releasing quirky and/or sensual New Wave
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
, Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG is high-tempo disco music , as well as a more specific, derivative genre of electronic dance music that achieved mainstream popularity in the mid to late 1980s....
 and Dance-pop
Dance-pop

Dance-pop is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of pop music that evolved from disco, circa 1981, that combines dance beats with a pop music/contemporary R&B song structure....
 tunes, one of which was their 1982 hit "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" from their debut album 10¢ a Dance. The single received heavy airplay on MTV and has appeared on several 80's new wave compilation albums. Their singles still get airplay by some College radio stations.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'The Flirts'
Start a new discussion about 'The Flirts'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


The Flirts were a female trio from New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 who had several dance hits and music videos on MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 in the early eighties when the channel was still in its infancy. The trio - initially Andrea, Holly and Rebecca - are best known for releasing quirky and/or sensual New Wave
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
, Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG is high-tempo disco music , as well as a more specific, derivative genre of electronic dance music that achieved mainstream popularity in the mid to late 1980s....
 and Dance-pop
Dance-pop

Dance-pop is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of pop music that evolved from disco, circa 1981, that combines dance beats with a pop music/contemporary R&B song structure....
 tunes, one of which was their 1982 hit "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" from their debut album 10¢ a Dance. The single received heavy airplay on MTV and has appeared on several 80's new wave compilation albums. Their singles still get airplay by some College radio stations. The group was created and masterminded by American Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG is high-tempo disco music , as well as a more specific, derivative genre of electronic dance music that achieved mainstream popularity in the mid to late 1980s....
 producer, Bobby Orlando
Bobby Orlando

Robert "Bobby" Orlando , also known as Bobby O, is a disco dance music artist and record producer who was most successful in the early-mid 1980s....
 aka 'Bobby O', an artist in his own right.

In 1983-1984 The Flirts toured Europe.

After the moderate success of "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)", the single "Passion" off the same album as "Jukebox" began to receive some attention in dance clubs. Other singles followed but didn't quite match the success of the previous two hits. The Flirts also went through numerous lineup changes; with almost every album release, some girls left the group while others stayed. Below is a listing of their albums.

Discography


Albums

  • 1982 10¢ a Dance
  • 1983 Born to Flirt
  • 1984 Made in America (The Flirts album)|Made in America
  • 1985 Blondes Brunettes & Redheads
  • 1986 Questions of the Heart
  • 1991 The Best of the Flirts
  • 1993 Greatest Hits
  • 1992 Take A Chance On Me


Singles

  • "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)"
  • "Passion"
  • "Calling All Boys"
  • "Jungle Rock"
  • "We Just Want to Dance"
  • "On the Beach"
  • "Miss You"
  • "Boy Crazy"
  • "Helpless (You Took My Love)"
  • "Dancing Madly Backwards"
  • "Danger"
  • "You and Me"
  • "New Toy"
  • "Oriental Boy"
  • "After Midnight"
  • "All You Ever Think About Is (Sex)"


The Flirts' biggest chart success in America is with "You & Me", which hit number one on the Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play

Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. nightclubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs."...
 chart in 1985, helped along by an early Shep Pettibone
Shep Pettibone

Robert E. Pettibone, Jr. is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club Disc jockey, 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-FM, and later as remixer/producer for the disco label Salsoul Records....
 club mix. Another one of their popular dance tracks is "Oriental Boy", noted for its blatant politically incorrect stereotyping of Asians-in the song, the singer is in love with an Asian man who ultimately leaves her despite her pleading.

See also

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
    List of number-one dance hits (United States)

    This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in United States dance clubs....
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart