Jesus Loves You (band)

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Jesus Loves You is a British band, founded by singer Boy George. The band's music is a mixture of electronic dance music, Indian classical music and western pop music. Their lyrics are about love, spirituality and equality of all humans.

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History

After the band Culture Club broke up, Boy George started his solo career. She succeeded with singles taken from her debut album Sold in 1987. For the next two albums, Tension Relief (1988) and Boyfriend 1989), he wants to get out in a new direction, by dabbling in electronic dance music. Singles taken from two albums did not achieve much commercial success, but they often played in clubs.

Boy George founded the band Jesus Loves You, as a collective project with other musicians, under his own label More Protein, which aims to be an underground label and is not meant to release music for the charts. George adopted the pseudonym "Angela Dust". "After the Love", the first song by Jesus Loves You to be released as a single, is about the separation from former bandmate Jon Moss, drummer of Culture Club, and the two artists wrote it together.

The first three singles by the band only had modest success on the UK Singles Chart. On the way across India, Boy George must be more familiar with the Hare Krishna movement. He was impressed by Hare Krishna's philosophy, and as a result he wrote the song "Bow Down Mister". This was an important reversal point for the band, as it was their first religious song. It was released as a single in 1991 and became a hit in the United Kingdom - with a peak of # 27, their highest position, France, Switzerland, Germany and especially in Austria - where it peaked at # 2 on the 3rd ÃƒÆ'Ã¢ â‚¬ "Austria Top 40, official singles.

Due to this success, the band's debut album, The Martyr Mantras , was released in the same year. Meanwhile, Boy George feels more and more grateful to Hare Krishna. The religion helped him conquer heroin addiction, he said.

In late 1991, remixes of "Generations of Love" and "After the Love" were released as singles.

In July 1992, the band performed in front of 35,000 people at the Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow, Russia, during the Hare Krishna festival (festivals also took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Riga, Latvia and Kiev, Ukraine, but the band only participated in the Moscow show ).

In December 1992, the release of the second album, The Popularity of Breeds Contempt , was planned. The single "Sweet Toxic Love" (with "Am I Losing Control" as B-side) was released earlier, but record company Virgin Records was very disappointed with the chart position of the single whose album was not released. The remaining songs recorded for the album have not been released yet. The band broke up in no time.

In 2005, the 12 "white label and one side 12" promotions were released in the summer, using the fictitious name Jesus Loves You. The track was called "Love Your Brother". On the information sheet that came with a white label, it was suggested to "expect an album in September", but it never materialized. The track got some positive reviews.

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Discography

Singles

Albums

Note: Nothing was released in the United States. The album The Martyr Mantras was released as Boy George's album in the United States, and unlike Jesus Loves You.