The Saxxy 80s: 'Don't Be My Enemy' by Wang Chung (1984)

The Saxxy 80s feature for this week belongs to that British 80's new-wave group Wang Chung, and their saxxy 1984 song Don't Be My Enemy.  According to Wikipedia the name of the band came from the Chinese word Huang Chung which literally means "yellow bell" in Chinese but the band surmised their translation of it as meaning the sound that a guitar made. In fact it wasn't until 1983 that they changed their name from Huang Chung to Wang Chung because apparently english speaking people kept referring to them as Hung Chung.They originally formed in 1979 and consisted of core members Jack Hues (vocals/guitar) (real name is Jeremy Ryder), and bassist Nick Feldman, and like so many other 80's acts they split up in the 90's only to reconvene in the 00's and are still playing concerts to this day. Wang Chung had their greatest musical successes in the US markets, producing 5 top 40 hits there between the years of 1984-87. Don't Be My Enemy is a single off of their Points on the Curve album, which was released in January of 1984, and it peaked at #84 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and #92 on the UK Singles Chart.