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5 unusual facts about A Flock of Seagulls


A Flock of Seagulls

In November 2003, the original line-up (Mike and Ali Score, Paul Reynolds and Frank Maudsley) reunited for a one-off performance on the VH1 series, Bands Reunited.

The album track, "D.N.A." from A Flock of Seagulls, won a Grammy Award in 1983 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

In the 1998 movie The Wedding Singer, a ticket desk clerk with a Mike Score-like hair style asks Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) if he is a Flock of Seagulls fan.

Boss of All Bosses

This song's chorus is based on "I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock of Seagulls, with different lyrics ("I run the streets all night and day").

The Lassie Foundation

Supported live and in the studio by Happy Tsugawa-Banta (vibes & keyboards) and Joel Patterson (drums), The Lassie Foundation reinvented itself on Face Your Fun, citing influences such as Echo & the Bunnymen, The Jam, New Order, U2, A Flock of Seagulls, Guided by Voices, and The Jesus and Mary Chain.


Barry Weiss

In 1981, Clive Calder of Zomba started his first U.S. record label Jive Records, which released British dance and pop music such as Q-Feel, A Flock of Seagulls and Tight Fit.

Martin Rycroft

Over the course of the show, the trio known as The Honeytraps were shown having lessons in how to be feminine and recorded a download single, a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' 1982 hit "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)".

The Sharks

With the success of the Elektra release and the support of MTV, the Sharks toured and shared the stage with The Go-Go's, A Flock of Seagulls, Robert Palmer, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, The Romantics, Night Ranger, The Fixx, and The Stray Cats.


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Mike Score

In 2003, the original members of A Flock of Seagulls were reunited by VH1's Bands Reunited.