Sigue Sigue Sputnik performing 21st Century Boy
on BBC Top of the Pops in 1986
The outrageous glam punk/new wave band Sigue Sigue Sputnik was
created by former Generation X bass player Tony James in 1982. 21st
Century Boy was the second single release, and despite being heavily
criticised by the music press (their main gripe was that the song
sounded like the band had simply recycled their first single) it still
reached a fairly respectable #20 in the UK.The song was the follow-up to the band's biggest hit single Love Missile F1-11 which had reached #3 in the UK singles chart. The song featured in the hit 80s movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off
which gave a major boost to the band's popularity.
The first two hit
singles both featured on Sigue Sigue Sputnik's only successful album Flaunt It, which reached #10 in the UK album charts. The only other Top 40 hit single for the band was Success which reached #31 in 1988.
