Blue Pearl are an English electronic music duo consisting of American female singer Durga McBroom and British musician

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(Martin Glover). They charted six times on the UK singles chart and had two songs reach the US '' Billboard''

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chart. "

Naked in the Rain "Naked in the Rain" is a song performed by English dance music group Blue Pearl and released as their debut single in 1990. The song was co-written by Blue Pearl's singer Durga McBroom and producer Youth (also known as Martin Glover). It is featu ...

" was a No. 4 hit in the

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and a No. 5 dance hit in the US in 1990, which was originally issued on blue vinyl. It was followed by "

(Can You) Feel the Passion "(Can You) Feel the Passion" is a 1991 rave-theme House song recorded, written, and produced by the American/British group Blue Pearl. The single is to date the act's second best known song after Naked In The Rain. Can You Feel The Passion had bet ...

" (whose melody samples Bizarre Inc's "

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"), which hit No. 1 on both ''Billboards Dance Club Play and the

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in 1992, reaching No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart. They also had a Top 40 hit in the

in November 1990 with the No. 31 hit, "Little Brother". As McBroom is a backing vocalist for

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, their records feature guest appearances from David Gilmour and Richard Wright. A couple of decades later, both Youth and McBroom went on to be involved in the completion of Pink Floyd's 2014 album '' The Endless River'', which charted at number 1 in the UK charts.

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*'' Naked'' (1990) UK No. 58

Singles

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Discography

Albums

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