Brothers Pat and Greg Kane formed pop duo Hue & Cry in Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1983.
Their first single Here Comes Everybody was released on a small Glasgow-based independent label called Stampede in 1986.
Although it was not a hit, it attracted the interest of Virgin Records’s subsidiary Circa, which signed the duo. Their debut single for Circa was I Refuse, which was followed by Labour of Love, which became their biggest hit. Their debut album, Seduced and Abandoned, was released in 1987.
Their 1988 album Remote spawned the singles Looking for Linda and Violently (Your Words Hit Me), which both also charted.
A period of musical experimentation followed in the 1990s, with the brothers embracing folk, country, jazz and Latin music.
Pat and Greg reformed as Hue & Cry in 2005 when they won the fourth-week heat of the ITV pop-competition show Hit Me Baby One More Time. They were beaten in the final by Shakin’ Stevens but continued to perform live and, in 2008, released the album Open Soul.
A new album, Hot Wire, was released in March 2012 to critical acclaim.
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