Blue Pearl was a techno

Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

 and house music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 duo

Duet (music)

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, consisting of American

United States

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 female singer Durga McBroom

Durga McBroom

Durga McBroom is a singer and actress, born October 16, 1962 in California, who has performed backing vocals for Pink Floyd and was a member of Blue Pearl.-Biography:...

 and British

United Kingdom

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 musician Youth (Martin Glover

Martin Glover

Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:...

). They charted

Record chart

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 two song

Song

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s on the US

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 Billboard

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Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart

Record chart

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.

"Naked In The Rain

Naked in the Rain

"Naked In The Rain" is a hit song performed by dance music group Blue Pearl and released as their debut single in 1990.It is different from most dance songs, as it features a heavier, rawer sound, mostly due to live drumming and the hard-hitting synthesizer riffs not too dissimilar to the sound of...

" was a #4 hit in the UK Singles Chart

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 and a #5 dance hit in the US in 1990, which was originally issued on blue vinyl

Gramophone record

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. It was followed by "(Can You) Feel the Passion" (their response to Bizarre Inc's "Playing With Knives"), which hit #1 on the UK Dance Chart

UK Dance Chart

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 in 1992, reaching #14 on the UK Singles Chart. They also had a minor hit in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in November 1990 with the #31 hit, "Little Brother".

Their records featured guest appearances from David Gilmour

David Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...

 and Richard Wright

Richard Wright (musician)

Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound...

 of Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

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, for whom McBroom had been a backing vocalist.

Singles

• "Naked In The Rain" (1990) UK
  UK Singles Chart
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   #4, U.S. Dance
  Hot Dance Club Play
  The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
  
   #5
• "Little Brother" (1990) UK #31
• "Alive" (1991)
• "(Can You) Feel The Passion" (1991) US Dance #1 (2 Weeks), UK #14
• "Mother Dawn" (1992) UK #50
• "Fire Of Love" (with Jungle High) (1993) UK #71
• "Naked In The Rain '98" (1998) UK #22

See also

• List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart