Colin Campsie is a British

United Kingdom

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 born singer and songwriter

Songwriter

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A former member of 1980s pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 bands

Band (music)

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 The Quick and Giant Steps

Giant Steps (band)

Giant Steps was a dance pop duo from England, that consisted of vocalist Colin "Col" Campsie and bassist/keyboardist George McFarlane. They previously recorded as The Quick....

, Campsie was also closely involved with, but was not a member of, the pop band Go West

Go West (band)

Go West is an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist and drummer Peter Cox ; and guitarist and vocalist Richard Drummie...

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Lately, Campsie has turned his talents to songwriting, including the Chantelle Houghton

Chantelle Houghton

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 'song' "I Want It Right Now" (originally slated for Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

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) via the spoof

Parody

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 group Kandy Floss. He has also written tracks for Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...

 ("Don't You Think?" and "Wishing I Was There" on Imbruglia's debut album

Album

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 Left of the Middle

Left of the Middle

Left of the Middle is the first album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. Released in 1997, the album was a worldwide hit. Spurred by the success of lead single "Torn", the album reached number 1 in her home country and the top 10 in both the UK and US...

), and the Top 10 hit

Hit record

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 by Hepburn

Hepburn (band)

Hepburn were a four-piece British all-girl pop rock band. The band released an album and three singles in 1999-2000, but is best known for their first single, "I Quit", which reached #8 on the UK charts, and was best known to American audiences when it appeared on the soundtrack to the TV series,...

 "I Quit". He has also co-written the track, "Ouch That Hurt!" with Phil Thornalley and Mads Hauge for US singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 Warren Avis' debut, "Lucky Seven."

Personal life

After meeting backstage at a Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...

 concert

Concert

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, Campsie married singer Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven is a British singer-songwriter best known for her 1991 UK Top 5 hit single "Promise Me". Her most recent album, Close To Home, was released in 2009...

, and the couple have three daughters: Mollie, Brenna and Constance (Connie). Campsie and Craven used to own the top and bottom flats in a three-storey house in London

London

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. When the person in the middle moved out, they bought the flat and converted the building back into one house. The family now lives in Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield

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, Buckinghamshire

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. On her website on 24 December 2010, Beverley announced that "Colin and I have decided to go our separate ways after 20 years together".