WANG CHUNG

Wang Chung came out of the post-punk, New Wave scene in the UK, going on to achieve global success, selling millions of records. Throughout their 40-year career, they have released six albums and two Greatest Hits compilations. They have had six US Top 40 hits, including a number one, and other international smash hits including "Dance Hall Days" and "Let’s Go." They achieved cult status with their soundtrack and score for legendary director of The Exorcist and French Connection, William Friedkin’s movie To Live and Die in LA, as well as their original song contribution to John Hughes’ legendary movie, The Breakfast Club.

In the process of all of this (and somewhat unintentionally), Wang Chung became part of the contemporary culture of North America. Their huge smash "Everybody Have Fun Tonight," with its now-famous line "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight," saw the invention of a new US verb: "to Wang Chung," the band being name-checked by everyone from Homer Simpson, Austin Powers, Two and a Half Men’s Charlie and Alan Harper, Top Gear’s James May and Richard Hammond, to Frasier Crane, to name just a few.

More recently, their music has also featured in TV shows like The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, South Park, Glee, This Is Us, SNL, and The Goldbergs, amongst many others, as well as in movies like Bumblebee, Deadpool, and The Fighter. They have also featured in various huge video game titles like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and in many big commercials.

On the live front, they have toured extensively to great acclaim and continue to successfully "Wang Chung" audiences all over the world. In 2012, they ventured back into the studio to record an album of new material called Tazer Up!, and in 2019 they released a newly recorded album of orchestral reinterpretations of their biggest songs, performed with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. It is called Orchesography and is on August Day Records.

In July 2020, they re-recorded a special version of their number one US smash "Everybody Have Fun Tonight," renaming it "Everybody Stay Safe Tonight" in aid of the Covid-19 charity.

2024 will also see the release of a deluxe anthology including their greatest hits and rare unreleased tracks called Clear Light, Dark Matter.