Fun Boy Three formed in the summer of 1981 when Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staples broke away from The Specials. The band quickly hit the UK top 40 charts with their debut single, 'The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum). This was followed in early '82 by two UK Top 10 singles with Bananarama, 'T'Aint What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)' and 'Really Saying Something'. A further 7 singles (Summertime, The Tunnel of Love, Our Lips Are Sealed etc.) and two albums, The Fun Boy Three (1982) and Waiting (1983), the later produced by Talking Heads front man, David Byrne, were released before calling it a day in the Summer of 1983. The Complete Fun Boy Three includes 69 audio tracks which brings together all the official recordings (albums/singles/b-sides/remixes/live and previously unreleased outtakes). The 27 track DVD includes all their promo videos, Top of The Pops performances and a live concert from 1983. This is packaged in a DVD Sized hardback book, with newly written sleeves notes by John Earls (Classic Pop/Record Collector) with contributions from the band and photographs.

Tracklist:

Sanctuary
Way on Down
The Lunatics Have Take Over the Asylum
Life in General (Lewe in Algemeen)
Faith, Hope ; Charity
Funrama 2
Best of Luck Mate
T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) (Album Version)
The Telephone Always Rings (Album Version)
I Don't Believe It
Alone
Murder She Said
The More I See (The Less I Believe)
Going Home
We're Having All the Fun
The Farm Yard Connection
The Tunnel of Love
Our Lips Are Sealed (Album Version)
The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight Off the Body)
Things We Do
Well Fancy That!
T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) (Single Version)
Funrama 2
Really Saying Something
The Telephone Always Rings (Single Version)
The Alibi (The Station's Full of Pipes)
Summertime
Summer of '82
The Alibi (The Station's Full of Pipes) (Nme Version)
?
The Lunacy Legacy
Our Lips Are Sealed (Single Version)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Urdu Version)
Tell Me Why (Outtake)
96 Tears (Outtake)
Tunnel of Love (Rough Mix)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Rough Mix)
The Things We Do (Rough Mix)
If Dogs Run Free (Rough Mix)
The Pressure of Life (U.S. Single Version)
Tell Me Why (Dub Mix)
T'aint What You Do
Just Do It (Extended Version)
Funrama 2 (Extended Version)
Really Saying Something (Extended Version)
The Telephone Always Rings (Extended Version)
The Alibi [The Station's Full of Pipes] (Extended Version)
Summertime (Extended Version)
The More I See [The Less I Believe] (Parts 1;2)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Special Remix Version)
The Pressure of Life (U.S. Club Mix)
The Tunnel of Love (David Jensen Session 16
1
1983)
The Pressure of Life (David Jensen Session 16
1
1983)
Going Home (David Jensen Session 16
1
1983)
Well Fancy That (David Jensen Session 16
1
1983)
The More I See (The Less I Believe) (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Pressure of Life (Takes Weight Off the Body) (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Farm Yard Connection (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Going Home (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Things We Do (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Well Fancy That (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Summetime (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Alibi (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Tunnel of Love (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
We're Having All the Fun (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Gangsters (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Telephone Always Rings (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Tunnel of Love (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Lunatics Have Take Over the Asylum (2023 HD Remaster)
T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) (2023 HD Remaster)
Really Saying Something (2023 HD Remaster)
The Telephone Always Rings (2023 HD Remaster)
Summertime (2023 HD Remaster)
The More I See (The Less I Believe) (2023 HD Remaster)
The Tunnel of Love (2023 HD Remaster)
Our Lips Are Sealed (2023 HD Remaster)
The Lunatics Have Take Over the Asylum (Top of the Pops 3
12
81)
T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) (Top of the Pops 11
2
82)
The Telephone Always Rings (Top of the Pops 3
6
82)
Summertime (Top of the Pops 12
8
82)
The Tunnel of Love (Top of the Pops 17
2
83)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Top of the Pops 19
5
83)
The Telephone Always Rings (Something Else 18
4
82)
The Alibi (Something Else 18
4
82)
Intro: Murder She Said
Interview (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The More I See (The More I Believe) (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Pressure of Life (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Going Home (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Things We Do (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Summertime (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Alibi (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
The Tunnel of Love (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
We're Having Al the Fun (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
Gangsters (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)
T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) (Live in Hitchin 6
4
1983)

UPC: 5060516096503
Label: Chrysalis
Release Date: 8.4.23
Format: CD

Fun Boy Three - Complete Fun Boy Three (W/Dvd) (CD)