Boy George : DON'T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP

Upon the suggestion of Sharon Heyward, head of the Black Music department at Virgin, American producers Gene Griffin and New Jack Swing mastermind Teddy Riley flew to London during the sessions for Boy George’s solo album, Tense Nervous Headache, to record four tracks that George disliked.

 "I thought Teddy and I would write together," he would later state in his memoir, Take It Like a Man.

"I agreed to sing them if I could work on the lyrics, which I did with little success. I convinced myself the fat beats and production would compensate for the lack of substance. I was wrong. When I received the final mixes I went into depression (...) They'd invested a ridiculous $75,000 and didn't care about my artistic integrity." 

The tracks were excluded from Headache. However, Virgin released DON’T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP in February 1989 in an effort to recoup their investment.

Despite the single continuing Boy George's disappointing charts performances when it only made No. 68 in the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard R&B Charts and No. 26 on the Billboard Dance Charts.

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