#141: Sunshine Reggae by Laid Back
City: Montreal, PQ
Radio Station: CKOI
Peak Month: March 1984
Peak Position in Montreal ~ #6
Peak position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart
YouTube: “Sunshine Reggae”
Lyrics: “Sunshine Reggae”
Laid Back is a duo from Denmark. John Guldberg was born in Denmark in 1947. Tim Stahl, also from Denmark, was the other vocalist. Guldberg and Stahl met in the mid-1970s, and they played together in a group called the Starbox Band. After a poorly received show supporting the Kinks, the band split up, but the duo continued working together. Guldberg set up a small studio in downtown Copenhagen where the two musicians began exploring the possibilities that were being opened up by new technologies, such as multitrack tape recorders, synthesizers, and drum machines. In 1980, their single “Maybe I’m Crazy” became a number-two hit in Denmark. Their debut album, simply titled Laid Back, was released in 1981. A second track from the debut album, “Bolivia”, reached #3 in Denmark.