Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (1985)

Who doesn't remember this from school disco days..?

'Tarzan Boy' was a major Italo Disco hit on both sides of the Atlantic in the summer of 1985, being certified Gold in France and Silver in the UK. Maurizio Bassi, Italian producer, who himself already managed several other artists, was on the lookout of another project and bumped into Jimmy McShane, a Red Cross worker from Derry, Northern Ireland. Jimmy's flamboyant and bubbly personality - he sported multiple hairstyles and wore red big-rimmed glasses, which got him the nickname 'Ruby' in the gay community - made him just the man for Maurizio.
He made him frontman of the project, although the lead vocals were actually performed by Maurizio Bassi (with Jimmy providing the backing vocals), despite the fact that McShane lip-synched while appearing in the music video. The single bounced back into the US Billboard Hot100 chart in March 1993 as a remix, climbing to US#51, at the time of its appearance in a Listerine commercial. The song was also featured in the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) and Beverly Hills Ninja (1997).
Sadly, Jimmy McShane died on 28 March 1995, of complications from HIV/AIDS.

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (1985)
FR#1, NL#1, CAN#1, AT#2, IRL#2, SWE#2, UK#3, DE#3, CH#4, NOR#4, IT#5, US#6, AUS#16, NZ#34



Lyrics:

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Jungle life
I'm far away from nowhere
On my own like Tarzan Boy

Hide and seek
I play along while rushing cross the forest
Monkey business on a sunny afternoon

Jungle life
I'm living in the open
Native beat that carries on

Burning bright
A fire the blows the signal to the sky
I sit and wonder does the message get to you

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Night to night
Gimme the other, gimme the other chance
tonight
Gimme the other, gimme the other
Night to night
Gimme the other, gimme the other world

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Jungle life
You're far away from nothing
It's all right
You won't miss home

Take a chance
Leave everything behind you
Come and join me
Won't be sorry
It's easy to survive

Jungle life
We're living in the open
All alone like Tarzan Boy

Hide and seek
We play along while rushing cross the
forest
Monkey business on a sunny afternoon

Night to night
Gimme the other, gimme the other
Chance tonight
Oh Yeah
Night to night
Gimme the other, gimme the other
Night to night
You won't play
Night to night
Gimme the other, gimme the other
Chance tonight
Oh Yeah
Night to night
Night to night
Gimme the other, gimme the other

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...