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Line 38: Active from 1979, Wylie and company garnered critical acclaim throughout 1980 for the [[Single (music)\|singles]] "[[Better Scream]]" and "[[Seven Minutes to Midnight (song)\|Seven Minutes to Midnight]]" (both as Wah! Heat), the latter being single of the week in the ''[[NME]]'', ''[[Sounds (magazine)\|Sounds]]'' and ''Melody Maker'' during spring 1980, as well as the 1981 Warner Bros. album ''Nah = Poo! – The Art of Bluff'' (as Wah!). Their biggest [[hit single]] was "[[The Story of the Blues (song)\|The Story of the Blues]]", which was released in late 1982; it reached number 3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> A follow-up single, "Hope (I Wish You'd Believe meMe)" was released in 1983, but found limited success. Next, Wylie released an officially sanctioned "official bootleg" of new and old songs entitled ''The Maverick Years 1980–81'' on his own label. Clad in a cover that alluded to the early 1970s "Trade Mark of Quality" bootlegs, the record appeared as a [[white label]] with a blank outer cover and a sheet attached with sleevenotes by music journalist Adam Sweeting. This release did not shore up Wylie's dwindling fortunes and Wah! were subsequently dropped by [[Warner Music Group\|WEA]]. In 1984, the Mighty Wah! had a Top 20 hit with the song "Come Back" (as with "The Story of the Blues", the song was chosen by the [[BBC Radio 1]] DJ [[John Peel]], as his "single of the year"). The accompanying double album, recorded for [[Beggars Banquet Records\|Beggars' Banquet]], was entitled ''A Word to the Wise Guy''. It was critically acclaimed, but sold poorly and the band were again dropped. By 1986, having ditched his backing ensemble, Wylie had a solo hit with "[[Sinful!]]", which peaked at number 13 in the UK, ostensibly produced by [[Ian Ritchie (producer)\|Ian Ritchie]], but with major input from [[Zeus B. Held]]. "Sinful!" became the title track of his 1987 solo album, which included the enigmatically titled "[[Four Eleven Forty Four\|FourElevenFortyFour]]".

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