"Juke Box Boy" is an

Italo disco Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the early 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, p ...

song recorded by the

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Baltimora Baltimora was an Italian music project from Milan, active from 1984 to 1987. They are best known for their 1985 single " Tarzan Boy" and are often considered a one-hit wonder in the United Kingdom and the United States. In other European countri ...

and released as the group's only single in 1986. The song itself did not appear on any original studio album although it was included on the 1986 Canadian edition of the band's first album '' Living in the Background'' and on the album's 1993 re-issue as a bonus track. The single had a promotional video created. Despite the promotional video, the single failed to make much impact worldwide, only peaking at #12 in Italy and #33 in Belgium. The single was mixed at Paradise Studios in Munich while the US radio version was mixed at

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, New York.

Formats

7-inch single #"Juke Box Boy" - 3:58 #"Pull the Wires" - 4:46 12-inch single #"Juke Box Boy" - 5:50 #"Pull the Wires" - 4:46 #"Juke Box Boy" (U.S.A. Radio Version) - 3:50

Personnel

Maurizio Bassi Maurizio Bassi (born 1960) is an Italian music composer and musician. He is best known as the singer of Baltimora along with Naimy Hackett and Jimmy McShane. He is also the father of Emiliano and Matteo Bassi. Career Not much is documented about ...

– producer, arranger * Maurizio Cercola – artwork * Fabio Nosoti – photography

Charts

References

{{authority control 1986 songs 1986 singles Baltimora songs EMI Records singles Songs written by Maurizio Bassi