Blue Pearl are an English electronic music duo consisting of American female singer

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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 ''

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. " Naked in the Rain" was a No. 4 hit in the UK Singles Chart and a No. 5 dance hit in the US in 1990, which was originally issued on blue

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. It was followed by " (Can You) Feel the Passion" (whose melody samples

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's " Playing with Knives"), 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 UK Singles Chart 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

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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 ''

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'', which charted at No. 1 in the

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'' (1990) UK No. 58

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