Richard Darbyshire, Marcus Vere and Anthony Critchlow formed Living in a box in Sheffield in 1985. Their most commercially successful single, 'Living in a box', peaked at number 5 on the UK singles chart and was the band's only single to chart in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, peaking at number 17. In the Netherlands, the single peaked at number 10.The Penthouse mix, which appears on the B-side of this single, was mixed by Arthur Baker.
My collection: 7" single no. 525
Found: Free Record Shop, Den Haag, 1985
Cost: 6 guilders
Tracks: 'Living in a box' / 'Living in a box (The Penthouse mix)'
Just found out Richard Derbyshire was earlier in a band called Zu Zu Sharks with Gary Tibbs from Adam & The Ants. Very poppy sound.
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