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Wet Wet Wet

Wet Wet Wet is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Scritti Politti, The Beatles, Billy Bragg, Bryan Adams and The Troggs. Those roots explain a lot about how Wet Wet Wet arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Deacon Blue, Go West, T'Pau, Climie Fisher and Jason Donovan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Go West and Raye, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Wet Wet Wet, reaching back through Scritti Politti and forward to Go West. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish soft rock band formed in 1982 in Clydebank by Marti Pellow, Graeme Clark (bass), Graeme Duffin (guitar) and Tommy Cunningham (drums). The bands debut album, Popped In Souled Out (1987) spawned four successful singles, including "Wishing I Was Lucky" and "Angel Eyes ", with the album peaking atop the albums charts in the United Kingdom, selling 1.5 million copies and earning a 5x Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

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Wet Wet WetScritti PolittiThe BeatlesBilly BraggBryan AdamsThe TroggsWhigfieldGunYouthGo WestRayeDeacon BlueGo WestT'PauClimie FisherJason DonovanRichard MarxBelinda CarlisleMike & The Mechanics

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Wet Wet Wet connections

Wet Wet Wet grew out of Scritti Politti, The Beatles, Billy Bragg and Bryan Adams, shares an orbit with Deacon Blue, Go West, T'Pau and Climie Fisher, went on to shape Go West and Raye. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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