"Rumors" is a song by San Francisco Bay Area-based music group
Timex Social Club
Timex Social Club is an American R&B group, formed in 1985 and best known for the 1986 hit single "Rumors".
History
Originally known as the Timex Crew, members included Marcus Thompson (founder), Gregory "Greg B" Thomas, Michael Marshall, Cr ...
, from their debut album ''
Vicious Rumors
Vicious Rumors are an American power metal band, originally formed in 1979 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was conceived by founder and guitarist/vocalist Geoff Thorpe, and has been actively recording and touring worldwide since thei ...
''. It was a top-10 hit in the United States, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, reaching No. 8 on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also topped the US R&B and dance charts.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Parodies
The song was
parodied
A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subj ...
as "Roaches" by
Bobby Jimmy and the Critters, also released in 1986.
See also
*
List of number-one singles of 1986 (Canada)
''RPM'' was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1986, forty-one songs peaked at number one on the magazine's chart. Lionel Richie's " Say You, Say Me" was the first chart-topper of the ...
*
List of number-one R&B singles of 1986 (U.S.)
*
List of number-one dance singles of 1986 (U.S.)
These are the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and 12 Inch Singles Sales number-one hits of 1986.
See also
*1986 in music
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
Re ...
References
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1986 singles
1986 songs
Post-disco songs
RPM Top Singles number-one singles