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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
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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