#22: Tarzan Boy by Baltimora
Peak Month: January 1986
Peak Position on CKLG chart ~ #2
14 weeks on Vancouver’s CKLG chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #13
Peak Position on Cashbox Singles Chart ~ #18
Peak Position on Belgian Singles chart ~ #1
Peak Position on Finnish Singles chart ~ #1
Peak Position on French Singles chart ~ #1
Peak Position on Dutch Singles chart ~ #1
Peak Position on Spanish Singles chart ~ #1
Peak Position on Austrian Singles chart ~ #2
Peak Position on Irish Singles chart ~ #2
Peak Position on Swedish Singles chart ~ #2
Peak Position on South African Singles chart ~ #3
Peak Position on UK Singles chart ~ #3
Peak Position on West German Singles chart ~ #3
Peak Position on Norwegian Singles chart ~ #4
Peak Position on Swiss Singles chart ~ #4
YouTube.com: “Tarzan Boy”
Lyrics: “Tarzan Boy”
James Harry McShane was born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1957. He was raised in a conservative household and was faced with rejection when he came out as gay to his family. He was hired as a stage dancer and backing singer, touring Europe with Dee D. Jackson and her band. During a visit to Italy with the band, he was attracted to the country’s underground dance scene, which inspired him to relocate to Milan in 1984. Having initially made his debut playing in small clubs in Derry without success, McShane instead went to work as an emergency medical technician for the Red Cross until meeting Italian record producer and keyboardist Maurizo Bassi, with whom he created the band Baltimora. Bassi was born in Italy in 1960.