Bananarama’s tenth studio album, 2009’s VIVA, remains their most electro sounding collection to date. It was a collaboration with celebrated producer, composer, songwriter and remixer Ian Masterson, whose credits include work with Girls Aloud, Kylie Minogue and the Pet Shop Boys.

The music video for "Venus" received heavy airplay on MTV in the United States. It featured the group in various costumes including a devil, a French temptress, a vampire, and Greek goddesses. The video marked a pivotal shift towards a more glamorous and sexy image, which contrasted with their tomboyish appearances in their earlier work. After the third single from Wow! was released in early 1988, Fahey– who had married Eurythmics' Dave Stewart– left the group. Her last performance as a member of the group was "Love in the First Degree" at the Brit Awards in February 1988. She would later resurface in the BRIT Award–winning pop duo Shakespears Sister with Marcella Detroit. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked them the 94th most successful dance artist of all time. [29] 2017–present: original line-up tour, In Stereo, Really Saying Something and Masquerade [ edit ] Bananarama in 2018

Stoked from seeing recent British concerts by the Rolling Stones and Duran Duran, Dallin and Woodward have some events lined up around Masquerade‘s release, including festival dates in the U.K. and Ireland, along with a wealth of TV appearances to promote the album. Nothing is planned for the U.S. yet, but Dallin affirms that “we would love to come that way,” though Woodward notes that post-COVID skittishness, as well as increased travel and production expenses, have tabled any international plans for the moment. Bananarama announced that two album launch shows would take place at London Lafayette on 3 and 4 August 2022. [7] [8] The second single released from the album on 12 August is "Forever Young". "Running With the Night" will be released as the album's third single on 14 October.

Kaye, Roger (31 October 1984). "Culture Club, Duran Duran, Police lead second invasion". Pittsburgh Press . Retrieved 13 November 2017. Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021 . Retrieved 7 July 2021. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Annual International Dance Music Awards - Winter Music Conference 2016 - WMC 2016". Archived from the original on 26 November 2016 . Retrieved 17 May 2020. Sara& Keren reunite with producer Ian Masterson and the result is a tremendously entertaining electro-dance album that sounds both fresh and quintessentially Bananarama.

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Their connection is evident across the pair’s latest offering and, when it comes to album closer Waiting For The Sun To Shine, they demand you give in to the music and embrace life wholeheartedly. Milward, Charlie (22 December 2018). "Pointless Celebrities: 'End the show' Richard Osman makes HUGE admission moments into show". Express . Retrieved 5 September 2022.

Wow! was released on 4 September 1987 by London Records. It topped the Australian ARIA album charts for one week in June 1988. On 9 July 2012, Warner Music imprint Rhino Records released a greatest hits CD and DVD Collection 30 Years of Bananarama to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary. [27] The album charted at #62 on the UK Albums Chart. On 9 August 2012, the band performed at the men's final of the beach volleyball at the London Olympics. They performed a medley of " Cruel Summer", " Love in the First Degree", and " Venus". [28] In 2005, Dallin and Woodward collaborated with Swedish hit makers Murlyn, writing and recording in Sweden for 6 months to produce the album 'Drama'. The first single "Move in My Direction" reached #14. The second single "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" entered and peaked at #26 on the UK charts. In the US on the Billboard Dance Chart, "Look on the Floor" peaked at #2 and "Move in My Direction" reached #14 in July 2006. After O'Sullivan's late-1991 departure, Dallin and Woodward continued Bananarama as a duo, with further top-30 hits including " Movin' On" (1992), " More, More, More" (1993), " Move in My Direction" (2005), and " Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango) (2005)". Masquerade is the twelfth studio album by English musical duo Bananarama. It was released on 22 July 2022 as part of the band's 40th anniversary celebrations.

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It has been such a turnaround for us – which we only really discovered in 2019 after not doing an album for 10 years,” said Keren Woodward. “You just sort of think, ‘Oh my God, you can do it yourself and have complete control,’ which is obviously something that we’ve always hankered after.” On 19 March 2007, Bananarama's first six studio albums were reissued by Rhino Records on CD with bonus material, including alternative versions, remixes, and B-sides. On 7 May 2007, another best-of collection titled Greatest Hits and More More More was released by Warner Bros. Records. [21] Now, as the girls are set to embark on a UK tour, The Greatest Hits Collection is being reissued as a revised and expanded double CD on November 24 th on London Music Stream Limited.

During 1982 and 1983, Bananarama did several promotional US press tours and TV appearances the first being on The Uncle Floyd Show and on American Bandstand and Solid Gold. Success in the United States came in 1984 with a Top Ten hit " Cruel Summer". Deep Sea Skiving is being reissued as a revised and expanded CD on July 20th on London Music Stream Limited. Bananarama: Biography". Bananarama.co.uk. 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017 . Retrieved 12 June 2019. Warburton, Paul (11 August 2012). "Warbo's Word: Olympics day 14". Harrow Observer . Retrieved 19 February 2013.Speaking in an exclusive RETROPOP cover feature, Bananarama opened up about how their approach to releasing music has changed over the past decade as they celebrate their latest milestone as independent artists. By 2002, Bananarama had sold 40 million records worldwide. [ citation needed] That year, they released another greatest hits album, The Very Best of Bananarama, in the UK. They also recorded the song "Love Him, Leave Him, Forget Him" for Sky TV's show Is Harry on the Boat? as well as the song "U R My Baby" for a German disco project. With Siobhan Fahey returning as a special guest for a performance of "Venus", the group celebrated the 20th anniversary of their first hit with a gig at G-A-Y at the London Astoria, in front of an audience of 3,000 people. [ citation needed]