Boogie Box High

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| origin = London, England

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|dance-pop}}

| years_active = 1987–1989

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Boogie Box High was an English pop musical project headed by Andros Georgiou in the late 1980s that featured a range of collaborators, including George Michael,{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/ca/LadyMisty/hello.html|title=Hello! - Interview with Andreas Georgiou|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228150246/http://www.angelfire.com/ca/LadyMisty/hello.html|archive-date=28 December 2016}} guitarist Nick Heyward (of Haircut One Hundred), keyboardist Mick Talbot (of the Style Council), guitarist–songwriter David Austin, bassist Deon Estus, and others.{{cite book|last1=McAleer|first1=Dave|last2=Gregory|first2=Andy|last3=White|first3=Matthew|title=The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles, Volume 2|date=November 15, 2010|publisher=Random House|page=76|isbn=9780753522455}}

Overview

Boogie Box High's first single was a cover version of "Jive Talkin{{'-}}", originally a top ten hit for the Bee Gees in 1975, featuring Michael on lead vocals. Released in June 1987, the cover reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.

Outrageous, Boogie Box High's only album, was released in 1989. It was released in the United States via SBK Records. The album included the previous two singles, "Jive Talkin{{'-}}" and "Gave It All Away", as well as a new released titled "Nervous". The latter single failed to garner any chart success.

Michael's contributions to the album were two previously unreleased songs he had written for Wham!'s debut studio album Fantastic, "Golden Soul" and "Soul Boy".{{cite book|last1=Ridgeley|first1=Andrew|title=Wham! George & Me |date=2019|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780241385807|pages=184|edition=First}} Once again, Michael was not credited for any of this.{{cite book|last1=Munn |first1=Iain|title=Mr. Cool's Dream: The Complete History of the "Style Council"|date=2008|publisher=Wholepoint Publications|isbn=9780955144318}}

Discography

=Albums=

Outrageous (1989){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/boogie-box-high-mn0001493543/discography|title=Boogie Box High Albums and Discography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=27 March 2020}}

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="colw" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"\| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"\| Album
scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"\| UK {{Cite web\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24363/boogie-box-high/\|title=BOOGIE BOX HIGH \| full Official Chart History \| Official Charts Company\|website=Official Charts\|accessdate=27 March 2020}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"\| AUS {{cite book\|last=Kent\|first=David\|authorlink=David Kent (historian)\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|edition=illustrated\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, N.S.W.\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|page=42}}
scope="row"\| "Jive Talkin'" \| rowspan="2"\| 1987 \| 7 \|\| 8 \| rowspan="3"\| Outrageous
scope="row"\| "Gave It All Away" \| 88 \|\| —
scope="row"\| "Nervous" \| 1989 \| — \|\| —
colspan="5" style="font-size:90%"\| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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|+List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

! scope="colw" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Album

scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK
{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24363/boogie-box-high/|title=BOOGIE BOX HIGH | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Official Charts|accessdate=27 March 2020}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=42}}

scope="row"| "Jive Talkin'"

| rowspan="2"| 1987

| 7 || 8

| rowspan="3"| Outrageous

scope="row"| "Gave It All Away"

| 88 || —

scope="row"| "Nervous"

| 1989

| — || —

colspan="5" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.