Nu Shooz

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Nu Shooz was a 1980s dance music group fronted by husband and wife duo John Smith and Valerie Day, based in Portland, Oregon. Nu Shooz originally released "I Can't Wait" as a single in Portland, Winter 1985 on Poolside Records. The original recording was done at "Cascade Recording" in Portland in Fall 1984. "I Can't Wait" was a big hit on Portland radio stations and this got the attention of Atlantic Records who signed them to their label. Atlantic had Nu Shooz re-record "I Can't Wait" and issued the new version in February 1986.

They scored two major pop / R&B / dance hits: "I Can't Wait," which climbed to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Its follow-up, "Point Of No Return," also topped the dance chart and hit #28 on the Hot 100. Both singles were on their album "Poolside" which made Billboard's Top 200 Album chart as high as #27 and selling a half million copies, garnering a gold record. RIAA certification on October 2, 1986.

Their final pop chart entry was "Should I Say Yes?" which hit #41, but they had two more dance hits, one of which, "Are You Lookin' For Somebody Nu," topped out at #2 on the dance charts in 1988. This single was on the album Told U So which climbed Billboard's Top 200 Album chart to #93.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

• "I Can't Wait" (1986) US #2, R&B #3, Adult Contemporary #38, Dance #1, UK #2
• "Point Of No Return" (1986) US #28, R&B #36, Dance #1, UK #48
• "Don't Let Me Be The One" (1986) Dance #39
• "Should I Say Yes" (1988) US #41, R&B #17
• "Are You Lookin' For Somebody Nu" (1988) Dance #2
• "Time Will Tell" (1992)
• "I Can't Wait: Unplugged"

[edit] Albums

• Can't Turn It Off (Nebula Circle, 1982)
• Poolside (Atlantic Records, 1986) US #27, UK #32
• Told U So (Atlantic Records, 1988) US #93

[edit] Audio sample

[edit] See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

The song "I cant wait" was later sample by 50 cent and mob deep in the song "Have a party(remix)" in 2005.

[edit] References

• Guinness Book of British Hit Singles 7th Edition - 1988

[edit] External links

• Nu Shooz - Official website
• Valerie Day - Valerie Day's Official website

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