| Yello Then: Swiss electronic duo Yello were formed in 1979 by Dieter Maier (millionaire industrialist, professional gambler and member of Switzerland's national golf team) and composer Boris Blank. The duo debuted with Solid Pleasure in 1980 which provided their first hit "Bostitch". Claro Que Si was released in 1981 and showed the band experimenting with music videos. Their next album, You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess, followed in 1983 with considerable MTV airplay of videos for "I Love You" And "Lost And Found". 1985 was a big year for Yello: they released their album Stella, singles/videos for "Desire" also "Vicious Games" found success and the video for the clip "Pinball Cha Cha" (from Claro Que Si) was selected as one of 32 works included into the Museum Of Modern Art's Music Video Exhibition. 1986 wasn't too shabby either. Small films titled Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Secret Of My Success prominently feature a track off Stella called "Oh Yeah". The song charts in the U.S. and becomes their biggest hit. One Second was released in 1987 with vocal support by Shirley Bassey and ex-Associate Billy McKenzie. An international hit "The Race" followed off 1988's Flag but the duo would begin focusing their energies on film projects like scoring the movie Nuns On The Run. Now: Maier took this time to direct his own feature film 1990's Snowball. Yet, Yello came back in 1991 with Baby and followed it up with Zebra in 1994. They hadn't entirely left soundtrack music alone. They would provide tracks like "Unbelievable" for The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane and "Jingle Bells' for The Santa Clause. Pocket Universe was released in 1997. A lot of newly recorded tracks wind up in the 1998 movie Senseless but don't make the soundtrack. In 1999, Dieter and Boris released Motion Picture as a Europe-only release. |