Tight Fit is a 1982 album by the British pop group Tight Fit

Tight Fit

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The album featured the No.1 single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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" as well as the top five hit "Fantasy Island". Tracks "Secret Heart" and "I'm Undecided" were released as singles also, but achieved less success. The album itself peaked at a low 87. Soon after the album's release, two of the members, Julie Harris and Denise Gyngell

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 departed the group. The album was produced by Tim Friese-Greene

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 and released on the fledgling Jive Record

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 label.

In 1986, Samantha Fox

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 recorded the song "Baby I'm Lost for Words" for her debut album

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 (which was released on the same label).

This album was re-released later on the Music for Pleasure label as The Lion Sleeps Tonight with an added track, "High Wire" (a 1983 B-side).

Track listing

Side One

1. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
2. "Fantasy Island"
3. "Hearts of Stone Break Hearts of Glass"
4. "One Two Three"
5. "Secret Heart"

Side Two

1. "I'm Undecided"
2. "Just a Moment Away"
3. "Baby I'm Lost for Words"
4. "One Thing Leads to Another"
5. "Magic Eyes"