Topic: New Tab Postings
In the mid-1980's, the song "New Girl Now" helped Honeymoon Suite to win Toronto radio station Q107's "Homegrown" contest for unsigned artists. Shortly afterward, the band signed with WEA Records.Their 1984 self-titled debut album (pictured) spawned four hit singles, with "Stay In the Light", "Burning In Love", and "Wave Babies" following "New Girl Now" onto the Canadian charts. "New Girl Now" rose to #23 on the charts (#57 in the US), while the album peaked at #38.
"New Girl Now" also benefitted from being released in the same year that Canadian cable music channel MuchMusic first started broadcasting (in August). "Much" gave the video heavy airplay, as I'm sure lots of you will remember.
The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/honeymoonsuite-newgirlnow.txt
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQAIPhuUU2Y
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Updated: Monday, October 12, 2009 1:31 AM EDT
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