Bow Wow Wow - Leigh Gorman

<p>Leigh Gorman in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>Bow Wow Wow signed with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI_Records'>EMI Records</a> in July 1980. Their first single, "<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C2%B730_C%C2%B760_C%C2%B790_Go'>C·30 C·60 C·90 Go</a>!", for which Gorman shared songwriting credit with McLaren, Ashman and Barbarossa, holds the distinction of being the world's first-ever <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_single'>cassette single</a>. It reached No. 34 on the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart'>UK Singles Chart</a> and stayed on the chart for seven weeks.</p> <p>In November 1980, Bow Wow Wow released the cassette-only <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-album'>mini-album</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Cassette_Pet'>Your Cassette Pet</a>. Gorman again shared songwriting credit with McLaren, Ashman and Barbarossa on seven of its eight tracks.</p> <p>Bow Wow Wow signed next with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records'>RCA Records</a> and in October 1981 they released their first full-length album, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_Jungle!_See_Jungle!_Go_Join_Your_Gang,_Yeah._City_All_Over!_Go_Ape_Crazy'>See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy</a>. It earned them their first UK top ten hit, "<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Wild_in_the_Country'>Go Wild in the Country</a>". In May 1982, Bow Wow Wow released a four-track <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play'>EP</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Mohicans_(EP)'>The Last of the Mohicans</a>, which contained a remake of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strangeloves'>the Strangeloves</a>' 1965 hit, "<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_Candy'>I Want Candy</a>". "I Want Candy" was Bow Wow Wow's biggest international hit, and has lived on as an eighties classic, thanks in part to an iconic <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video'>music vi