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The Flirts - Wikipedia

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The Flirts
Origin	United States
Genres	Hi-NRG, synth-pop
Years active	1981–present
Labels	"O" Records, Rams Horn Records, Sony Music Entertainment

The Flirts are a project concept group formed by Bobby "O" Orlando to front his performances as an artist, musician and songwriter. The group consisted of Orlando and featured a revolving roster of female session singers and models. Under The Flirts name, Orlando churned out hits "Passion", "Danger", "Helpless" and "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)". While many of the girls were just models for the group, Andrea Del Conte, Rebecca Sullivan, Debra Gaynor, Tricia Wygal, and Christina Criscione used their real vocals. Today, the group features a relatively stable trio that performs at 80s music festivals and other venues mainly in the U.S. with some international appearances.

Concept and first chart success

Orlando conceived the idea for the Flirts, wrote the songs, played the instruments, and produced the tracks. He then auditioned girls to be the faces of the group. Orlando often called in the services of professional session singers to sing the female vocals for the tracks because most of the performers were trained as dancers, models or actresses. The Flirts went through numerous lineup changes, and with every album release and tour, some girls left while others stayed. Orlando released six studio albums under The Flirts name from 1982 to 1992 and numerous singles.

"Jukebox" received significant airplay on MTV in 1982. The song rose to number 28 on the Billboard US Dance Chart. The follow-up single "Passion" peaked the same year at number 21 and became a huge success in Europe, reaching number 22 in the Netherlands^[1] and number 4 in Germany.^[2]

"Helpless (You Took My Love)" peaked at number 12 on the Billboard US Dance Chart, and reached number 13 on the German Top 75. Members of The Flirts performed in the German feature film Feel the Motion [de].^[3]

In 1985, "You and Me", which Orlando co-wrote with influential hip hop producer Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, topped the US dance chart.^[4]^[5]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	SWE ^[6]
10¢ a Dance	Released: September 1982 Label: "O" Formats: LP, cassette tape	38
Born to Flirt	Released: 1983 Label: Ariola, Unidisc Formats: LP, cassette tape	—
Made in America	Released: June 1984 Label: Telefon Formats: LP, cassette tape	—
Blondes Brunettes & Redheads	Released: October 1985 Label: CBS Formats: LP, cassette tape	—
Questions of the Heart	Released: October 1986 Label: CBS Formats: LP, cassette tape	—
Take a Chance on Me	Released: 1992 Label: Vono Disc Formats: CD Switzerland-only release	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details
Flirt with the Flirts	Released: 1983 Label: Rams Horn Formats: 2xLP Netherlands-only release
Passion of Disco – The Remix Album	Released: 14 November 2014 Label: Hargent New Media Formats: CD Hungary-only release

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
The Best of the Flirts	Released: September 1991 Label: "O" Formats: CD, 2xLP, cassette tape
Greatest Hits	Released: March 1994 Label: Unidisc Formats: CD Canada-only release
Physical Attraction	Released: 2001 Label: Trilogie Formats: 3xCD

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
Title	Year	US Dance ^[7]	BE (FL) ^[8]	DEN ^[9]	GER ^[10]	NL ^[11]	SWI ^[12]
"Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)"	1982	28	—	1	—	—	—
"Passion"	1982	21	36	14	4	23	4
"On the Beach"	1983	—	—	—	—	—	—
"We Just Want to Dance"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Calling All Boys"		21	—	—	57	—	—
"Danger"		—	—	—	—	—	30
"Helpless (You Took My Love)"	1984	12	—	—	13	—	15
"Telephone"	1984	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Dancin' Madly Backwards"	1985	47	—	—	46	—	—
"Voulez Vous"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"You & Me"		1	—	—	—	—	—
"New Toy"	1986	5	—	—	—	—	—
"Miss You"		15	—	—	—	—	—
"All You Ever Think About Is (Sex)"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"A Thing Called Love"	1988	—	—	—	—	—	—
"After School" (featuring Full Force)	1989	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Featured tracks on compilations

"Danger" - Disco Discharge: Pink Pounders (2010)
"Passion" - Disco Discharge: Gay Disco & Hi-NRG (2009)
"Passion" - Grand 12 Inches 4 (2007, Sony)
"Helpless (You Took My Love)" - I Love Bobby O (2006)
"Passion" - Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys (2005)
"Passion" - I Love Disco Energy (2003)

References

^ Dutch Top 40
^ German charts
^ 'Feel the Motion' on IMDb
^ US Chart Singles Discography
^ "The rush to ride the rap tide". The Washington Post. 1987-01-29. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
^ "The Flirts". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
^ "Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2022-03-25.

External links

The Flirts at AllMusic

v t e The Flirts
Studio albums	10¢ a Dance
Singles	"Passion" "Calling All Boys" "Danger" "Helpless (You Took My Love)" "Dancin' Madly Backwards" "You & Me"
Related articles	Bobby Orlando

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