#31: Captain Of Her Heart by Double
City: Montreal, PQ
Radio Station: CKOI
Peak Month: June 1986
Peak Position in Montreal ~ #1
Peak position in Vancouver ~ #29
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #16
Peak Position on Italian Singles chart ~ #3
Peak Position on Ireland Singles chart ~ #6
Peak Position on UK Singles chart ~ #8
Peak Position on French Singles chart ~ #9
Peak Position on Norway Single chart ~ #9
YouTube: “Captain Of Her Heart”
Lyrics: “Captain Of Her Heart”
Double (pronounced doo-BLAY) is a singing duo from Switzerland. Felix Haug was born in greater Zurich in 1952, and Kurt Maloo (born Kurt Meier) was also born in Zurich the following year. Haug learned to play drums and keyboards. In 1980, he played drums on the debut album by Yello titled Solid Pleasure. Meier was part of several bands that performed in local competition festivals, playing covers from The Beatles to Cream. From 1969 to 1972, he attended the Swiss Business School, but, after receiving his degree, Meier chose a career as a conceptual artist and painter. He exhibited his works at local galleries in Zurich and founded, along with three artist friends, the performance group MAEZ. At his own gallery openings, Kurt Meier, who changed his name to Kurt Maloo in 1975, always played the electric guitar. The solo performances metamorphosed into a band named Troppo, including two other members of MAEZ. It became a nine-piece band influenced by the New York Dolls and Funkadelic.