Too Shy by Kajagoogoo

“Too Shy” – Single by Kajagoogoo from the album White Feathers, released on January 10, 1983.

“Too Shy” was written by Kajagoogoo and produced by Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes and Colin Thurston, the latter of whom had produced Duran Duran’s first two albums. In 2006, “Too Shy” was ranked number 27 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s and number 9 on VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.

The music video directed by Simon Milne, cast model Carolyn Espley as a waitress cleaning up a nightclub at the end of the night. As the band performs the song on the club stage, she has visions of dancers from different eras populating the dance floor.

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Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (Official Music Video)

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“Too Shy” was written by Limahl (Chris Hamill) and the band’s bass player, Nick Beggs.

The girl in the video is Carolyn “Ali” Espley, a Canadian model who later married the comedian Dennis Miller. She was a friend of Limahl, which is how she got the gig.

Charted No.1 in UK and No.5 in US (Billboard HOT 100)

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