Too Shy

"Too Shy"
Single by Kajagoogoo
from the album White Feathers
B-side
  • "Too Shy (Instrumental)" (7", 12")
  • "Take Another View" (12")
Released10 January 1983
Genre
Length3:45
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kajagoogoo singles chronology
"Fear Machine"
(1981)		 "Too Shy"
(1983)		 "Ooh to Be Ah"
(1983)
Music video
"Too Shy" on YouTube
"Too Shy" ('92 remix)
Single by Limahl
from the album Love Is Blind
B-side
  • "Too Shy (Remix '92) (Acapella)"
  • 7"
Released1992
Length4:12
LabelBellaphon
Songwriter(s)
  • Steve Askew
  • Nick Beggs
  • Stuart Neale
  • Jez Strode
  • Christopher Hamill
Producer(s)Limahl
Limahl singles chronology
"Maybe This Time"
(1992)		 "Too Shy" ('92 remix)
(1992)		 "Love Is Blind"
(1992)
Audio video
"Too Shy" ('92 remix) on YouTube

"Too Shy" is a 1983 song by new wave band Kajagoogoo and is the leading single from their debut studio album White Feathers. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Ireland and Belgium, number 5 in the United States and the Netherlands, number 2 in New Zealand, France and Switzerland, number 6 in Italy and Australia, number 8 in Canada and number 11 in South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kajagoogoo – White Feathers". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Wide, Steve (September 22, 2020). "Honourable Mentions: New Wave 'One-Hit Wonders'". A Field Guide to Post-Punk and New Wave. Smith Street Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-925811-76-6.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Mark. "1983: The Last Great Year of Pop". Out. Retrieved 11 May 2015. Other 1983 synthpop singles that got played to death either in the common room or in my bedroom included (...) the toe-tapping, fringe-flapping "Too Shy," by Kajagoogoo
  4. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (February 24, 2023). "The 100 Best Songs of 1983, the Year Pop Went Crazy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 4, 2023. An elfin star child named Limahl sings "Too shy-shy, hush hush, eye to eyes," twirling barefoot to the gooshy synth-funk...
  5. ↑ Molanphy, Chris (April 14, 2023). "The British Are Charting Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Kajagoogoo - White Feathers (1982) Review at AllMusic