Climie Fisher
Climie Fisher | |
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 Rob Fisher (left) and Simon Climie at the Montreux Pop Festival in Switzerland, 1988. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Pop[1] |
| Years active | 1986–1990 |
| Labels | EMI Capitol Records (US) |
| Associated acts | Naked Eyes |
| Past members | Simon Climie Rob Fisher |
Climie Fisher were a British pop duo formed by vocalist Simon Climie and former Naked Eyes keyboardist Rob Fisher. In 1987–88, they had two international hit singles: "Rise to the Occasion" and "Love Changes (Everything)".
Career[]
Simon Climie and Rob Fisher met at Abbey Road Studio, where they were both performing as session musicians.[2] The duo is best known for the 1987 hit single "Love Changes (Everything)" which won an Ivor Novello Award.[3][4] It reached number 67 in the UK[5] and, after a remix and re-released, number 2 in the UK, 12 in New Zealand, 24 in Australia, 7 in Germany, 8 in Switzerland, 15 in Austria and 23 in the US, all in 1988. The hip hop-styled remix of "Rise to the Occasion" had also previously reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart,[5] and later reached number 1 in South Africa, number 6 in Belgium, number 14 in Germany, number 17 in Sweden and number 19 in Austria. Their last major hit single was "Love Like a River" in 1989, which reached number 18 in Austria, number 22 in the UK[5] and number 54 in Germany. They wrote most of their own material together with Dennis Morgan, who Climie had previously worked with; and hired Steve Lillywhite and Stephen Hague as producers.[2] Although their first album Everything charted in both the UK (number 14) and US (number 120), their second album Coming In for the Kill (UK number 35) was less successful and they split up shortly after its release.[2]
Fisher later co-wrote Rick Astley's song "Cry for Help" (UK Singles Chart number 7 in 1991). He also contributed as songwriter to Astley's albums Free (1991) and Body & Soul (1993). Fisher died on 25 August 1999 during surgery for bowel cancer.
Climie had, before the success of Climie Fisher, co-written (with Dennis Morgan) the George Michael/Aretha Franklin single "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" in 1986. He worked as a producer for recording artists such as Louise, MN8 and Five Star and as a co-songwriter and musician for Eric Clapton, including the album with J.J. Cale (featuring Derek Trucks and Billy Preston), The Road to Escondido. Climie released a solo album and single, both titled "Soul Inspiration" in 1992. He also worked with former Doobie Brothers member Michael McDonald on his Motown albums. He produced the 2009 album by the American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, titled The Distance.
In popular culture[]
The folk pastiche Ballad of Climie Fisher by the band Half Man Half Biscuit on their album Trouble Over Bridgwater is a fictional tale of what happened to the pair post break-up.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Release | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | GER | SA | SWE | SWI | US | |||||
| Everything |
|
14 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 120 | |||
| Coming In for the Kill |
|
35 | — | 6 | 36 | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Compilation albums[]
- Keep It Special EP (1988)
- Twice as Much (1992)
- The Best of Climie Fisher (1996)
- Premium Gold Collection (2000)
- Love Changes Everything (2020)
Singles[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] |
GER [7] |
NETH [8] |
BEL [9] |
AUS [10] |
NZ [11] |
AUSTRIA [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
POR |
S.A. |
U.S. Hot 100 [15] |
U.S. AC [16] |
U.S. Dance [17] | ||
| "This Is Me" | 1986 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| "Love Changes (Everything)" | 1987 | 67 | – | 30 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| "Keeping the Mystery Alive" | – | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "Rise to the Occasion" | 10 | 14 | 1 | 6 | – | – | 19 | 17 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| "Love Changes (Everything)" (remix) |
1988 | 2 | 7 | – | – | 23 | 12 | 15 | – | 8 | – | 2 | 23 | 12 | 16 |
| "This Is Me" (reissue) |
22 | 60 | 34 | 26 | – | 43 | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | |
| "I Won't Bleed for You" | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "Love Like a River" | 22 | 54 | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "Facts of Love" | 1989 | 50 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| "Fire on the Ocean" | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
References[]
- ^ Sutton, Michael. "Climie Fisher – Everything". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Sutton, Michael. "Biography of Climie Fisher". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ Lister, David (28 May 1994). "Pop Ballads Bite Back". London: The Independent Newspaper. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ Climie, Simon. "Simon Climie Pocket Bio" (PDF). Simon Climie Songs.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 110–111. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "CLIMIE FISHER - full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de.
- ^ "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl.
- ^ "ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". Ultratop.be.
- ^ "Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)". Australian-charts.com.
- ^ "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". Charts.nz.
- ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at.
- ^ "SverigeTopplistan". Hitparad.se.
- ^ "Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)". Hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Climie Fisher". Billboard.
- ^ "Climie Fisher Adult Contemporary Chart History". Billboard.
- ^ "Climie Fisher Dance Club Songs Chart History". Billboard.
Further reading[]
- "Climie Fisher". Music Technology. Vol. 2 no. 3. February 1988. p. 26. ISSN 0957-6606. OCLC 24835173.
External links[]
- Musical groups established in 1986
- Musical groups disestablished in 1990
- Musical groups from London
- English pop music duos
- Male musical duos
- EMI Records artists
- Capitol Records artists