This article is about the Kajagoogoo song. For the Maureen Tucker song, see Too Shy (Maureen Tucker song).
"Too Shy"
Single by Kajagoogoo
from the album White Feathers
B-side
"Too Shy (Instrumental)" (7", 12")
"Take Another View" (12")
Released
January 1983
Genre
New wave[1]
synth-pop[2]
synth-funk[3]
disco[4]
Length
3:45
Label
EMI (UK)
EMI America (US)
Songwriter(s)
Steve Askew
Nick Beggs
Stuart Neale
Jez Strode
Christopher Hamill
Producer(s)
Nick Rhodes
Colin Thurston
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"
Released
1992
Length
4:12
Label
Bellaphon
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)
"Too Shy" is a song written and recorded by English band Kajagoogoo, released in January 1983. The first single from their debut album White Feathers, the song was an immediate hit and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. It was also very successful in other European countries and Japan, spending five weeks at number one in Germany, also reaching number one in Belgium and Ireland, as well as reaching number two in France and Switzerland, and number four in Sweden, Austria and the Netherlands.
Assisted by heavy rotation on MTV, the song later became a success in the United States, peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] "Too Shy" is Kajagoogoo's only significant hit in the US, where the band is widely regarded as a one-hit wonder. In the UK, however, Kajagoogoo had further hits, including two more top 10 singles: "Ooh to Be Ah" and "Big Apple", both in 1983.
^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kajagoogoo – White Feathers". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
^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
^Sheffield, Rob (24 February 2023). "The 100 Best Songs of 1983, the Year Pop Went Crazy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 September 2023. An elfin star child named Limahl sings "Too shy-shy, hush hush, eye to eyes," twirling barefoot to the gooshy synth-funk...
^Molanphy, Chris (14 April 2023). "The British Are Charting Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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