It didn’t break the Top 10 in the United States, but went to No. Follow-up singles scraped the bottom of the Top 40, but Charles & Eddie were one-hit wonders. (The song still has fans three decades on, with over 40 million YouTube plays. Pettigrew toured with Tom Tom Club before succumbing to cancer in 2001. In the months before his death, “we were back on the phone talking daily,” Chacon said.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2020 15:56 UTC