With their clean-cut look and frothy pop melodies, Haircut 100 became major sensations in the UK when their debut album Pelican West was released in late 1981. The album wouldn't hit the States until the following summer and although they wouldn't create quite the stir they had in England, their lone US Top 40 hit would become one of the more unusual and memorable hits of the early '80s.

That track was "Love Plus One." Sparkling pristine, the song had a breezy, island feel accentuated by congas and Latin percussion as well as a bossa nova-feel. The quirky song sounded like little on American radio before or since and "Love Plus One" became a Top Ten club hit. The single slowly and steadily climbed the pop charts and, in mid-July, bobbed into the US Top 40.

It would be a relatively short stay - a mere month - and "Love Plus One" would only reach a peak at #37, but it's retained a place in the memories of music fans far stronger than much bigger hits of the same time. "Love Plus One" would be Haircut 100's one hit in the States and the band would effectively end before the release of their second album when lead singer Nick Heyward opted to pursue a solo career.

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